Amos 1

Amos 1:1

The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.

The words of Amos, who was one of the herdmen of Tekoa in the land of Judah, which he received from God, concerning the Ten Tribes of Israel especially; in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, who was noted for his presumption in daring to offer incense in the temple; and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash king of Israel; two years before that famous earthquake, which fell out in the days of Uzziah.

Amos 1:2

And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

And he said, The Lord, who hath hitherto kept himself silent, and exercised his patient longsuffering, shall now shew himself terrible to the world: his judgments shall no less affright the people, than the roaring of a lion shall terrify the beasts of the field; so as his drought shall scorch the pastures, and cause the fruitfullest grounds to wither.

Amos 1:3

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof: because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

Thus saith the Lord; For the manifold transgressions of Damascus, I will surely punish that wicked city and people; because they have grievously oppressed Israel, and especially the nearest border thereof, which is Gilead.

Amos 1:4

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

But I will send a destruction upon the house of Hazael, the king thereof; which shall not rest in his person, but shall waste and devour the palaces of his son Ben-hadad; and this will I cause to be done by the hands of the king of Assyria.

Amos 1:5

I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aren, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

By whose power I will break down the forts of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants of the borders of Syria, and slay Rezin their king from his palace of pleasure; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity, into Kir. As 2 Kings xvi.

Amos 1:6

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment

D 2 thereof: because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: For the many and great offences of the Philistines, and particularly of their city Gaza, I will be sure to inflict punishment upon them; because they carried away my people into an absolute and remediless captivity to the Edomites.

Amos 1:7

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza.

I will therefore plague them accordingly; for I will send the sword and the fire of the enemy upon all the land of the Philistines, and specially upon the walls of Gaza.

Amos 1:8

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

And I will cut off the inhabitants of all the several cities thereof; and the king of that people will I cut off from his royal palace, and I will set myself against all the strong holds, and shall utterly extinguish the remainder of the Philistines, saith the Lord.

Amos 1:9

And remembered not the brotherly covenant.

And remembered not that friendly league and covenant, that was betwixt Hiram their king, and Solomon.

Amos 1:11

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof: because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity; and his anger did tear perpetually, and kept his wrath for ever:

Because he hath been ever too forward to pursue the posterity of Jacob, brother to their ancestor Esau, in a hostile fashion, without all pity; and would not admit of any reconciliation, but hath still raged incessantly against those of his own blood:

Amos 1:12

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

But I will send Nebuchadnezzar into his country, to waste and spoil it; who shall destroy the city and region of Teman, and raze the palaces of Bozrah.

Amos 1:13

Because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.

Because they used extreme cruelty towards Israel, ripping up the women with child; that there might be no posterity left of them, to inherit those parts, which they had now taken in, to enlarge their own borders.

Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

But I will bring upon them Nebuchadnezzar, who shall invade their country, and set a fire on their chief city Rabbah;