Amo 1-2 | ESV | STEP | The words of Amos , who was among the shepherds of Tekoa , which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel , two years before the earthquake .

1 The words of Amos, who was among the ^ashepherds ^{▼▼Or sheep breeders} of ^cTekoa, which he saw concerning Israel ^din the days of ^eUzziah king of Judah and in the days of ^fJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years ^{▼▼Or during two years} before ^hthe earthquake.

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

2 And he said:

ⁱ“The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
^jthe pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the ^ktop of ^lCarmel withers.”
3 Thus says the Lord:

^m“For three transgressions of ⁿDamascus,
and for four, ^oI will not revoke the punishment, ^{▼▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13}
because they have threshed ^qGilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 ^rSo I will send a fire upon the house of ^sHazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ^tBen-hadad.
5 I will ^ubreak the gate-bar of ^vDamascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of ^wAven, ^{▼▼Or On}
and him who holds the scepter from ^yBeth-eden;
and the people of ^zSyria shall go into exile to ^aaKir,”

says the Lord.
6 Thus says the Lord:

^ab“For three transgressions of ^acGaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^adthey carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^aeGaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from ^afAshdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”

says the Lord God.
9 Thus says the Lord:

^ag“For three transgressions of ^ahTyre,
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.
10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of ^aiTyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”
11 Thus says the Lord:

^aj“For three transgressions of ^akEdom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
^albecause he pursued his brother with the sword
^amand cast off all pity,
^anand his anger tore perpetually,
^aoand he kept his wrath forever.
12 So I will send a fire upon ^apTeman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ^aqBozrah.”
13 Thus says the Lord:

^ar“For three transgressions of the ^asAmmonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ^atthey have ripped open pregnant women in ^auGilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ^avRabbah,
^awand it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
^axwith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15 and ^aytheir king shall go into exile,
he and his princes ^{▼▼Or officials} together,”

says the Lord.

Amos 2

1 Thus says the Lord:

^ba“For three transgressions of ^bbMoab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, ^{▼▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6}
because ^bdhe burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of ^beKerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 ^bfI will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill ^bgall its princes ^{▼▼Or officials} with him,”

says the Lord.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the Lord:

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

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the Lord:

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

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

declares the Lord.