Amos 1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Teqowa, which he saw concerning Yisra’ĕ

² And he said, “יהוה  roars from Tsiyon, and gives forth His voice from Yerushalayim. And the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Karmel shall wither.”

³ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they threshed Gilʽ

⁴ “But I shall send fire upon the house of Ḥ

⁵ “And I shall break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Awen, and the one who holds the sceptre from Bĕ

⁶ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Azzah, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they took into exile an entire exile, to surrender it to Eḏ

⁷ “But I shall send fire upon the wall of Azzah, and it shall consume its palaces.

⁸ “And I shall cut off the inhabitant from Ashdoḏ

⁹ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Tsor, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they surrendered an entire exile to Eḏ

¹⁰ “But I shall send fire upon the wall of Tsor, and it shall consume its palaces.”

¹¹ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of Eḏ

¹² “But I shall send fire upon Tĕ

¹³ Thus said יהוה, “For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I do not turn it back, because they ripped open the pregnant women in Gilʽ

¹⁴ “So I shall kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, and it shall consume its palaces, with a shout in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind.

¹⁵ “And their sovereign shall go into exile, he and his heads together,” said יהוה.