Amos 1

1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.Cross-references: Ex 3:1 · 2Sam 14:2 · 1Ki 19:19 · 2Ki 14:21 · 2Ki 14:23 · 2Chr 11:6 · +15 more

2He said: “Yahweh will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”Cross-references: 1Sam 25:2 · Prov 20:2 · Isa 33:9 · Isa 35:2 · Isa 42:13 · Jer 12:4 · +12 more

3Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;Cross-references: 1Ki 19:17 · 2Ki 8:12 · 2Ki 10:32 · 2Ki 13:3 · 2Ki 13:7 · Job 5:19 · +16 more

4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.Cross-references: Judg 9:19 · Judg 9:57 · 1Ki 19:15 · 1Ki 20:1 · 2Ki 6:24 · 2Ki 8:7 · +14 more

5I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,” says Yahweh.Cross-references: 2Ki 16:9 · Isa 43:14 · Jer 50:36 · Jer 51:30 · Lam 2:9 · Amos 9:7 · +1 more

6Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;Cross-references: 1Sam 6:17 · 2Chr 21:16 · 2Chr 28:18 · Isa 14:29 · Jer 47:1 · Jer 47:4 · +10 more

7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.Cross-references: Deut 32:35 · Deut 32:41 · 2Ki 18:8 · 2Chr 26:6 · Ps 75:7 · Ps 94:1 · +6 more

8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord Yahweh.Cross-references: 2Chr 26:6 · Ps 81:14 · Isa 1:25 · Isa 14:29 · Isa 20:1 · Jer 47:4 · +5 more

9Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;Cross-references: 2Sam 5:11 · 1Ki 5:1 · 1Ki 9:11 · 2Chr 2:8 · Isa 23:1 · Jer 25:22 · +7 more

10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”Cross-references: Ezek 26:12 · Amos 1:4 · Amos 1:7 · Zech 9:4

11Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;Cross-references: Gen 27:40 · Num 20:14 · Deut 2:4 · Deut 23:7 · 2Chr 28:17 · Ps 83:3 · +18 more

12but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”Cross-references: Gen 36:11 · Gen 36:33 · Isa 34:6 · Jer 49:7 · Jer 49:13 · Jer 49:20 · +2 more

13Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.Cross-references: Deut 2:19 · Deut 23:3 · Judg 10:7 · Judg 11:15 · 1Sam 11:1 · 2Sam 10:1 · +15 more

14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;Cross-references: Deut 3:11 · 2Sam 12:26 · Job 39:25 · Ps 83:15 · Isa 9:5 · Isa 30:30 · +5 more

15and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says Yahweh.Cross-references: Jer 49:3