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And I raised sheep near the town of Tekoa<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.1!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> son of Jehoash<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.1!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> was king of Israel.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_1">Two years before the earthquake,<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.1!f.5" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave me several messages<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.1!f.6" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> about Israel, </span><span class="v30_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.2" class="v30_1_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and I said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_2">When the <span class="nd">Lord</span> roars</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_2">from Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_2">pasturelands and Mount Carmel</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_2">dry up and turn brown.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Syria</h3><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.3" class="v30_1_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_3">I will punish Syria<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.3!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_3">for countless crimes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_3">and I won't change my mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_3">They dragged logs with spikes<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.3!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_3">over the people of Gilead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.4" class="v30_1_4">4</span>Now I will burn down the palaces</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_4">and fortresses of King Hazael</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_4">and of King Benhadad.<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.5" class="v30_1_5">5</span>I will break through</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_5">the gates of Damascus.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_5">I will destroy the people<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.5!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_5">of Wicked Valley<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.5!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_5">and the ruler of Beth-Eden.<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.5!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_5">Then the Syrians will be dragged</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_5">as prisoners to Kir.<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.5!f.4" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_5">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken!</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Philistia</h3><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.6" class="v30_1_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_6">I will punish Philistia<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_6">for countless crimes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_6">and I won't change my mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_6">They dragged off my people<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.6!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_6">from town after town</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_6">to sell them as slaves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_6">to the Edomites.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.7" class="v30_1_7">7</span>That's why I will burn down</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_7">the walls and fortresses</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_7">of the city of Gaza.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.8" class="v30_1_8">8</span>I will destroy the king<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> of Ashdod</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_8">and the ruler of Ashkelon.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_8">I will strike down Ekron,<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.8!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_8">and that will be the end</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_8">of the Philistines.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_8">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken!</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Phoenicia</h3><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.9" class="v30_1_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_9">I will punish Phoenicia<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.9!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_9">for countless crimes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_9">and I won't change my mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_9">They broke their treaty</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_9">and dragged off my people<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.9!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_9">from town after town</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_9">to sell them as slaves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_9">to the Edomites.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.10" class="v30_1_10">10</span>That's why I will send flames</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_10">to burn down the city of Tyre</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_10">along with its fortresses.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Edom</h3><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.11" class="v30_1_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_11">I will punish Edom</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_11">for countless crimes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_11">and I won't change my mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_11">They killed their own relatives<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.11!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_11">and were so terribly furious</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_11">that they showed no mercy.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.12" class="v30_1_12">12</span>Now I will send fire to wipe out</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_12">the fortresses of Teman</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_12">and Bozrah.<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><h3 class="s1">Judgment on Ammon</h3><p class="par"><span class="v30_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.13" class="v30_1_13">13</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.13!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_13">I will punish Ammon</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_13">for countless crimes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_13">and I won't change my mind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_13">In Gilead they ripped open</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_13">pregnant women,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_13">just to take the land.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.14" class="v30_1_14">14</span>Now I will send fire to destroy</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_14">the walls and fortresses</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_14">of Rabbah.<a href="#fn" id="link_Amos.1.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_14">Enemies will shout and attack</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_14">like a whirlwind.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Amos.1.15" class="v30_1_15">15</span>Ammon's king and leaders</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v30_1_15">will be dragged away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v30_1_15">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken!</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Tekoa: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">In the hill country of Judah about eight kilometers south of Bethlehem.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Uzziah … Jeroboam: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Uzziah was king of Judah 781–740 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>, and Jeroboam II was king of Israel 783–743 <char style="sc">b.c.</char></char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jehoash: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Joash,” another spelling of the name.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Two years … earthquake: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Possibly the earthquake of 760 <char style="sc">b.c.</char>, which seems to have been especially violent.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">messages: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “visions.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Syria: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Damascus,” the leading city of Syria.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">logs with spikes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">These were dragged over grain to thresh it.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Hazael … Benhadad: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Two Syrian kings.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">people: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “king.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Wicked Valley: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Aven Valley,” probably the fertile valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountains.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I will … Beth-Eden: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “I will destroy the people of Wicked Valley and the king who rules from Beth-Eden.” Beth-Eden was a city-state on the banks of the Euphrates River.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Kir: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The exact location of this country is not known; in 9.7 Amos refers to Kir as the original home of the Syrians, and so the verse probably means that the Syrians will lose everything they have gained as a people.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Philistia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Gaza,” one of the main Philistine cities.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my people: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The people of Israel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">king: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “people.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Ashdod … Ashkelon … Ekron: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Philistine cities.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Phoenicia: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Tyre,” which was one of the two Phoenician cities; the other was Sidon, which is not mentioned by Amos.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my people: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 1.6.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">their own relatives: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, the ancestor of the Israelites.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Teman and Bozrah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">These stand for all of Edom; Teman may have been a city or a district. Bozrah, the chief city of northern Edom, was 48 kilometers southeast of the Dead Sea.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Rabbah: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The capital city of Ammon.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Bible text from the Contemporary English Version 2nd Edition (CEV®) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (<a href="http://www.americanbible.org">www.americanbible.org</a>). Learn more at <a href="http://www.cev.bible">www.cev.bible</a>. 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