Amos 1:6

6Thus says the Lord:

^a“For three transgressions of ^bGaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^cthey carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.

Amos 1:9-15

9Thus says the Lord:

^d“For three transgressions of ^eTyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^fTyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”
11Thus says the Lord:

^g“For three transgressions of ^hEdom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
ⁱbecause he pursued his brother with the sword
^jand cast off all pity,
^kand his anger tore perpetually,
^land he kept his wrath forever.
12So I will send a fire upon ^mTeman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ⁿBozrah.”
13Thus says the Lord:

^o“For three transgressions of the ^pAmmonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^qthey have ripped open pregnant women in ^rGilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^sRabbah,
^tand it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
^uwith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15and ^vtheir king shall go into exile,
he and his princes ▼

▼Or officials

together,”

says the Lord.

Amos 2

1Thus says the Lord:

^x“For three transgressions of ^yMoab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, ▼

▼Hebrew  I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6

because ^aahe burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ^abKerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 ^acI will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill ^adall its princes ▼

▼Or officials

with him,”

says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4Thus says the Lord:

^af“For three transgressions of Judah,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^agthey have rejected the law of the Lord,
and have not kept his statutes,
but ^ahtheir lies have led them astray,
those after which their fathers walked.
5So ^aiI will send a fire upon Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”

Judgment on Israel

6Thus says the Lord:

^aj“For three transgressions of Israel,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^akthey sell the righteous for ^alsilver,
and the needy for a pair of sandals—
7those who trample the head of the poor ^aminto the dust of the earth
and ^anturn aside the way of the afflicted;
^aoa man and his father go in to the same girl,
so that my holy name is profaned;
8they lay themselves down beside every altar
on garments ^aptaken in pledge,
and in the house of their God they drink
the wine of those who have been fined.
9 “Yet ^aqit was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,
^arwhose height was like the height of the cedars
and who was as strong as the oaks;
^asI destroyed his fruit above
and his roots beneath.
10 ^atAlso it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt
^auand led you forty years in the wilderness,
^avto possess the land of the Amorite.
11And I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
and some of your young men for ^awNazirites.
Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?”

declares the Lord.
12 “But you made the Nazirites ^axdrink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, ^ay‘You shall not prophesy.’
13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
14 ^azFlight shall perish from the swift,
^baand the strong shall not retain his strength,
^bbnor shall the mighty save his life;
15he who handles the bow shall not stand,
and he who is ^bcswift of foot shall not save himself,
^bdnor shall he who rides the horse save his life;
16and he who is stout of heart among the mighty
shall flee away naked in that day,”

declares the Lord.