Amos 1:3-15

A  word to Damascus

3 The LORD proclaims:
For three crimes of Damascus,
and for four,
I won’t hold back the punishment,
because they have harvested Gilead
with sharp iron tools. 4 I will send down fire
on the house of Hazael;
it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 I will break the fortified
gates of Damascus,
and eliminate the people
from the Aven Valley,
including the one who rules
from Beth-eden;
the people of Aram will be forced
to live in Kir,
says the LORD .

A word to Gaza

6 The LORD proclaims:
For three crimes of Gaza,
and for four,
I won’t hold back the punishment,
because they rounded up
entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom. 7 I will send down a fire on the wall of Gaza;
it will devour Gaza’s palaces.

A word to Ashdod

8 I will eliminate the people from Ashdod,
the one who rules from Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the Philistines who remain
will perish,
says the LORD God.

A word to Tyre

9 The LORD proclaims:
For three crimes of Tyre,
and for four,
I won’t hold back the punishment,
because they have delivered up
entire communities over to Edom,
and neglected
their covenantal obligations. 10 So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre;
it will devour their palaces.

A word to Edom

11 The LORD proclaims:
For three crimes of Edom,
and for four,
I won’t hold back the punishment,
because he chased after his brother with the sword,
denied all compassion,
kept his anger alive,
and fueled his wrath forever. 12 So I will send a fire on Teman;
it will devour the fortresses
of Bozrah.

A word to Ammon

13 The LORD proclaims:
For three crimes of the Ammonites,
and for four,
I won’t hold back the punishment,
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to possess more land. 14 So I will start a fire
at the wall of Rabbah;
the fire will devour its palaces,
with a war cry on the day of battle,
with strong wind
on the day of the storm. 15 Then their king will be taken away,
he and his officials together,
says the LORD .