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. ² And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither. ³ So says the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron ⁴ But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which will devour the palaces of Benhadad. ⁵ I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holds the sceptre from the house of Eden : and the people of Syria will go into captivity to Kir, says the LORD. ⁶ So says the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom ⁷ But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which will devour the palaces of it ⁸ And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord GOD. ⁹ So says the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant ¹⁰ But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which will devour the palaces of it. ¹¹ So says the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; 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 forever ¹² But I will send a fire on Teman, which will devour the palaces of Bozrah. ¹³ So says the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border ¹⁴ But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour the palaces of it, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempts in the day of the whirlwind ¹⁵ And their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD.