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This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash,a was king of Israel.

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The words of Amos, who was among the shepherdsa 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 yearsb before the earthquake.

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This is what he saw and heard:
“The LORD’s voice will roar from Zion
and thunder from Jerusalem!
The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up;
the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”

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Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

And he said:
“The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
and the top of Carmel withers.”

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God’s Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Damascus have sinned again and again,b
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They beat down my people in Gilead
as grain is threshed with iron sledges.

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Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,c
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.

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So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s palace,
and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.

4

So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.

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I will break down the gates of Damascus
and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.
I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”
says the LORD.

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I will break the gate-bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,d
and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”
says the Lord.

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This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They sent whole villages into exile,
selling them as slaves to Edom.

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Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.

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So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.

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So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.

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I will slaughter the people of Ashdod
and destroy the king of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn to attack Ekron,
and the few Philistines still left will be killed,”
says the Sovereign LORD.

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I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,
and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
says the Lord God.

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This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,
selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.

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Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

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So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.”

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So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”

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This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,
showing them no mercy.
In their rage, they slashed them continually
and were unrelenting in their anger.

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Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore perpetually,
and he kept his wrath forever.

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So I will send down fire on Teman,
and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed.”

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So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”

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This is what the LORD says:
“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,
and I will not let them go unpunished!
When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,
they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.

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Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.

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So I will send down fire on the walls of Rabbah,
and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
The battle will come upon them with shouts,
like a whirlwind in a mighty storm.

14

So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

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And their kingc and his princes will go into exile together,”
says the LORD.

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and their king shall go into exile,
he and his princese together,”
says the Lord.

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