1The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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 years before the earthquake.

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Zechariah 14:5, Zechariah 14:5, 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 26:23, Amos 7:14

2He said: "The Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."

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Joel 3:16, Joel 3:16, Jeremiah 25:30, Jeremiah 25:30, Amos 9:3

3Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

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2 Kings 10:32, 2 Kings 10:33, Amos 2:6, Amos 1:9, Isaiah 8:4

4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

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Jeremiah 49:27, Jeremiah 49:27, 2 Kings 13:3, Jeremiah 17:27, 2 Kings 6:24

5I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir," says the Lord.

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2 Kings 16:9, 2 Kings 16:9, Amos 9:7, Amos 9:7, Jeremiah 51:30

6Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;

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2 Chronicles 28:18, Amos 1:11, 2 Chronicles 28:18, Amos 1:11, Obadiah 1:11

7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.

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Jeremiah 47:1, 2 Kings 18:8, Zephaniah 2:4, Jeremiah 47:1, 2 Kings 18:8

8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish," says the Lord God.

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Ezekiel 25:16, Ezekiel 25:16, Isaiah 14:29, Isaiah 14:31, Isaiah 14:29

9Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant;

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1 Kings 9:11, 1 Kings 9:14, Isaiah 23:1, Isaiah 23:18, 1 Kings 9:11

10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces."

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Zechariah 9:4, Zechariah 9:4, Ezekiel 26:12, Amos 1:7, Amos 1:4

11Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

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Ezekiel 25:12, Ezekiel 25:14, Ezekiel 25:12, Ezekiel 25:14, 2 Chronicles 28:17

12but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."

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Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:20, Obadiah 1:9, Obadiah 1:10, Jeremiah 49:7

13Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.

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Hosea 13:16, Ezekiel 25:2, Ezekiel 25:7, Hosea 13:16, Ezekiel 25:2

14But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

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Deuteronomy 3:11, Jeremiah 49:2, Amos 2:2, Deuteronomy 3:11, Jeremiah 49:2

15and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together," says the Lord.

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Jeremiah 49:3, Jeremiah 49:3