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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1This 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, was king of Israel. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2This 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.” God’s Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3This is what the LORD says: “The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s palace, and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5I 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. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6This 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. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8I 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. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9This 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. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.” |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11This 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. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12So I will send down fire on Teman, and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13This 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. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14So 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. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15And their king and his princes will go into exile together,” says the LORD. |
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