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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Amos 1 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/amos/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/amos/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Amos 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../joel/3.htm" title="Joel 3">◄</a> Amos 1 <a href="../amos/2.htm" title="Amos 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/amos/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> was king of Israel.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>This is what he saw and heard:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The LORD’s voice will roar from Zion</p><p class="line2">and thunder from Jerusalem!</p><p class="line1">The lush pastures of the shepherds will dry up;</p><p class="line2">the grass on Mount Carmel will wither and die.”</p><p class="hdg">God’s Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The people of Damascus have sinned again and again,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a></p><p class="line2">and I will not let them go unpunished!</p><p class="line1">They beat down my people in Gilead</p><p class="line2">as grain is threshed with iron sledges.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s palace,</p><p class="line2">and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will break down the gates of Damascus</p><p class="line2">and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.</p><p class="line1">I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,</p><p class="line2">and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The people of Gaza have sinned again and again,</p><p class="line2">and I will not let them go unpunished!</p><p class="line1">They sent whole villages into exile,</p><p class="line2">selling them as slaves to Edom.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza,</p><p class="line2">and all its fortresses will be destroyed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will slaughter the people of Ashdod</p><p class="line2">and destroy the king of Ashkelon.</p><p class="line1">Then I will turn to attack Ekron,</p><p class="line2">and the few Philistines still left will be killed,”</p><p class="line2">says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The people of Tyre have sinned again and again,</p><p class="line2">and I will not let them go unpunished!</p><p class="line1">They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel,</p><p class="line2">selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So I will send down fire on the walls of Tyre,</p><p class="line2">and all its fortresses will be destroyed.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: </p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The people of Edom have sinned again and again,</p><p class="line2">and I will not let them go unpunished!</p><p class="line1">They chased down their relatives, the Israelites, with swords,</p><p class="line2">showing them no mercy.</p><p class="line1">In their rage, they slashed them continually</p><p class="line2">and were unrelenting in their anger.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So I will send down fire on Teman,</p><p class="line2">and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The people of Ammon have sinned again and again,</p><p class="line2">and I will not let them go unpunished!</p><p class="line1">When they attacked Gilead to extend their borders,</p><p class="line2">they ripped open pregnant women with their swords.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So I will send down fire on the walls of Rabbah,</p><p class="line2">and all its fortresses will be destroyed.</p><p class="line1">The battle will come upon them with shouts,</p><p class="line2">like a whirlwind in a mighty storm.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/amos/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And their king<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and his princes will go into exile together,”</p><p class="line2">says the LORD.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Joash,</span><span class="ft"> a variant spelling of Jehoash.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">have committed three sins, even four;</span><span class="ft"> also in 1:6, 9, 11, 13.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">1:15 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">malcam,</span><span class="ft"> possibly referring to their god Molech.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New 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