Dual Panel1THE words of Amos, one of the sheep-farmers of Tekoa. He received these words in visions about Israel during the reigns of Uzziah king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2He said, The LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the shepherds' pastures are dried up and the choicest farmland is parched.
The sins of Israel and her neighbours
3THESE are the words of the LORD: For crime after crime of Damascus I shall grant them no reprieve, because they threshed Gilead under threshing-sledges spiked with basalt.
4Therefore I shall send fire on Hazael's house, fire to consume Ben-hadad's palaces;
5I shall crush the nobles of Damascus and wipe out those who live in the vale of Aven and the sceptred ruler of Beth-eden; the people of Aram will be carried to exile in Kir. It is the word of the LORD.
6These are the words of the LORD: For crime after crime of Gaza I shall grant them no reprieve, because they deported a whole community into exile and delivered them to Edom.
7Therefore I shall send fire on the walls of Gaza, fire to consume its palaces.
8I shall wipe out those who live in Ashdod and the sceptred ruler of Ashkelon; I shall turn my hand against Ekron, and the Philistines who are left will perish. It is the word of the Lord GOD.
9These are the words of the LORD: For crime after crime of Tyre I shall grant them no reprieve, because, ignoring the brotherly alliance, they handed over a whole community to exile in Edom.
10Therefore I shall send fire on the walls of Tyre, fire to consume its palaces.
11These are the words of the LORD: For crime after crime of Edom I shall grant them no reprieve, because, sword in hand and stifling their natural affections, they hunted down their kinsmen. Their anger raged unceasingly, their fury stormed unchecked.
12Therefore I shall send fire on Teman, fire to consume the palaces of Bozrah.
13These are the words of the LORD: For crime after crime of the Ammonites I shall grant them no reprieve, because in their greed for land they ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead.
14Therefore I shall set fire to the walls of Rabbah, fire to consume its palaces amid war cries on the day of battle, with a whirlwind on the day of sweeping tempest;
15then their king will go into exile, he and his officers with him. It is the word of the LORD.