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valign="top">New King James Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nkjv/kjv/amos/1.shtml" style=color:#001320 title=Parallel Chapters> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"> <h3>Judgments on Israel’s Neighbors</span></h3><p class="chapter-1"><span class="text Amos-1-1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders 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.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And he said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-2">“The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> roars from Zion,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-2">And utters His voice from Jerusalem;</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-2">The pastures of the shepherds mourn,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-2">And the top of Carmel withers.”</span></p></div> <h3> Judgment on the Nations</span></h3><p><span class="text Amos-1-3"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-3">“For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-3">I will not turn away its <i>punishment,</i></span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-3">Because they have threshed Gilead with implements of iron.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-4">Which shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will also break the <i>gate</i> bar of Damascus,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-5">And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-5">And the one who <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[a]</a></span>holds the scepter from <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>Beth Eden.</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-5">The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-5">Says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-6">“For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-6">I will not turn away its <i>punishment,</i></span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-6">Because they took captive the whole captivity</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-6">To deliver <i>them</i> up to Edom.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-7">Which shall devour its palaces.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-8">And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-8">I will turn My hand against Ekron,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-8">And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-8">Says the Lord <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">God</span>.</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-9">“For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-9">I will not turn away its <i>punishment,</i></span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-9">Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-9">And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-10">Which shall devour its palaces.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-11">“For three transgressions of Edom, and for four,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-11">I will not turn away its <i>punishment,</i></span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-11">Because he pursued his brother with the sword,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-11">And cast off all pity;</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-11">His anger tore perpetually,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-11">And he kept his wrath forever.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But I will send a fire upon Teman,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-12">Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Thus says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Amos-1-13">“For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-13">I will not turn away its <i>punishment,</i></span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-13">Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-13">That they might enlarge their territory.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-14">And it shall devour its palaces,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-14">Amid shouting in the day of battle,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-14">And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Their king shall go into captivity,</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-15">He and his princes together,”</span><br /><span class="text Amos-1-15">Says the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>.</span></p></div> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-22370a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Amos 1:5">Amos 1:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Rules</span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-22370b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Amos 1:5">Amos 1:5</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>House of Eden</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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