Amos 1:3-15 ▼

3 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “For three transgressions of Damascus (well-watered land), even four, I will not revoke My judgment (I will not revoke the punishment), because they threshed Gilead (rocky region) with sledges of iron.

4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael (one who sees God) to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad (son of Hadad).

5 I will break down the gates of Damascus (well-watered land); I will cut off the ruler (the inhabitants) from the Valley of Aven (wickedness) (vanity) and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden (house of delight). The people of Aram (exalted) will be exiled to Kir (wall),” says the LORD {YHWH}.

6 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “For three transgressions of Gaza (the strong), even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom (red).

7 So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza (the strong), to consume its citadels.

8 I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod (powerful) and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon (the fire of infamy). I will turn My hand against Ekron (torn up by the roots), and the remnant of the Philistines (immigrants) will perish,” says the Lord GOD {Adonai YHWH}.

9 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “For three transgressions of Tyre (a rock), even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom (red) and broke a covenant of brotherhood.

10 So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre (a rock) to consume its citadels.”

11 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “For three transgressions of Edom (red), even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

12 So I will send fire upon Teman (south) to consume the citadels of Bozrah (sheepfold / fortress).”

13 This is what the LORD {YHWH} says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites (tribal), even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead (rocky region) in order to enlarge their territory.

14 So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah (great) to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest (honeycomb / overflow).

15 Their king will go into exile he and his princes together,” says the LORD {YHWH}.