Amos 1
The Judgments on
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The words of Amos, who was among the
herdmen of Teko'a, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of
Uzzi'ah 2 Kgs. 15.1-7 · 2 Chr.
26.1-23 king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo'am 2 Kgs.
14.23-29 the son of Jo'ash king of Israel, two years
before the earthquake.
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And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from
Jerusalem; Joel 3.16 and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top
of Carmel shall wither.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, Is.
17.1-3 · Jer. 49.23-27 · Zech. 9.1 and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gil'e-ad with threshing
instruments of iron:
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but I will send a fire into the house of
Haz'a-el, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-ha'dad.
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I will break also the bar of Damascus,
and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that
holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: 1 and the
people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they
carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up
to Edom:
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but I will send a fire on the wall of
Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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and I will cut off the inhabitant from
Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ash'kelon, and I will
turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines Is.
14.29-31 · Jer. 47.1-7 · Ezek. 25.15-17 · Joel 3.4-8 · 2.4-7 · Zech. 9.5-7 shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, Is.
23.1-18 · Ezek. 26.1--28.19 · Joel 3.4-8 · Zech. 9.1-4 · Mt. 11.21, 22 · Lk. 10.13, 14 and
for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and
remembered not the brotherly covenant:
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but I will send a fire on the wall of
Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, Is.
34.5-17 ; 63.1-6 · Jer. 49.7-22 · Ezek.
25.12-14 ; 35.1-15 · 1.14 · Mal. 1.2-5 and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 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 for ever:
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but I will send a fire upon Teman, which
shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of
Ammon, Jer. 49.1-6 · Ezek. 21.28-32 ; 25.1-7 · 2.8-11 and
for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof;
because they have ripped up the women with child, of Gil'e-ad, that
they might enlarge their border:
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but I will kindle a fire in the wall of
Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in
the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the
whirlwind:
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and their king shall go into captivity,
he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
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