The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerningIsrael in the days of Uzziahking of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joashking of Israel, two yearsbefore the earthquake.
And he said, The LORDwillroarfromZion, and utter his voicefromJerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherdsshallmourn, and the top of Carmelshallwither.
Thussaith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turnaway the punishmentthereof; becausetheyhavethreshedGileadwiththreshinginstruments of iron:
I willbreakalso the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitantfrom the plain of Aven, and him thatholdeth the sceptrefrom the house of Eden: and the people of Syriashall go intocaptivityunto Kir, saith the LORD.
Thussaith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turnaway the punishmentthereof; becausetheycarriedawaycaptive the wholecaptivity, to deliverthem up to Edom:
And I will cut off the inhabitantfromAshdod, and him thatholdeth the sceptrefromAshkelon, and I willturnminehandagainstEkron: and the remnant of the Philistinesshallperish, saith the Lord GOD.
Thussaith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turnaway the punishmentthereof; becausetheydelivered up the wholecaptivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherlycovenant:
Thussaith the LORD; For threetransgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turnaway the punishmentthereof; because he did pursue his brotherwith the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tearperpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Thussaith the LORD; For threetransgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turnaway the punishmentthereof; becausetheyhaveripped up the womenwithchild of Gilead, thattheymightenlargetheirborder:
But I willkindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shalldevour the palacesthereof, withshouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: