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Chapter 1
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which
shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. |
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I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off
the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, 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. |
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they carried away captive the whole captivity,
to deliver them up to Edom: |
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall
devour the palaces thereof: |
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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. |
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus,
and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,
and remembered not the brotherly covenant: |
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which
shall devour the palaces thereof. |
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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 he kept his wrath for ever: |
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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour
the palaces of Bozrah. |
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the
children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away
the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the
women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their
border: |
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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: |
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And their king shall go into captivity, he and his
princes together, saith the LORD. |
