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<p class="indent1"> the pastures of the shepherds mourn, <p class="indent2"> and the summit of Carmel withers.” <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“For three transgressions of Damascus, even four, <p class="indent2"> I will not revoke My judgment,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent1"> because they threshed Gilead <p class="indent2"> with sledges of iron. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael <p class="indent2"> to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will break down the gates of Damascus; <p class="indent2"> I will cut off the ruler<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> of the Valley of Aven<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <p class="indent1"> and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. <p class="indent2"> The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” <p class="selah"> says the LORD. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, <p class="indent2"> I will not revoke My judgment, <p class="indent1"> because they exiled a whole population, <p class="indent2"> delivering them up to Edom. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, <p class="indent2"> to consume its citadels. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod <p class="indent2"> and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. <p class="indent1"> I will turn My hand against Ekron, <p class="indent2"> and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” <p class="selah"> says the Lord GOD. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, <p class="indent2"> I will not revoke My judgment, <p class="indent1"> because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom <p class="indent2"> and broke a covenant of brotherhood. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre <p class="indent2"> to consume its citadels.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“For three transgressions of Edom, even four, <p class="indent2"> I will not revoke My judgment, <p class="indent1"> because he pursued his brother with the sword <p class="indent2"> and stifled all compassion; <p class="indent1"> his anger raged continually, <p class="indent2"> and his fury flamed incessantly. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I will send fire upon Teman <p class="indent2"> to consume the citadels of Bozrah.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: <p class="indent1stline">“For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, <p class="indent2"> I will not revoke My judgment, <p class="indent1"> because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead <p class="indent2"> in order to enlarge their territory. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah <p class="indent2"> to consume its citadels <p class="indent1"> amid war cries on the day of battle <p class="indent2"> and a violent wind on the day of tempest. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/amos/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Their king will go into exile<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> —<p class="indent2"> he and his princes together,” <p class="selah"> says the LORD.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>sheep breeders</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>during the two years</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Hebrew <i>Joash</i><span class="thin"> </span>, a variant of <i>Jehoash</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>I will not revoke the punishment</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Hebrew <i>I will not revoke it</i><span class="thin"> </span>; also in verses 6, 9, 11, and 13<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>the inhabitants</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <i>Aven</i><span class="thin"> </span> means <i>wickedness</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Possibly <i>Milcom will go into exile</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Milcom, also called Molech, was god of the Ammonites; see <a href="../leviticus/18.htm#21">Leviticus 18:21</a> and <a href="../1_kings/11.htm#7">1 Kings 11:7</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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