I.
The introductory word
1:1-2
Amos 1
:1
1:1
The words of
1Amos, who was among the sheep tenders from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of
aUzziah the king of Judah and in the days of
bJeroboam the son of Joash, the king of Israel, two years before the
cearthquake.
Amos 1
:2
1:2
And he said,
aJehovah will roar from Zion,
And from Jerusalem He will utter His voice;
And the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,
And the top of Carmel will dry up.
II.
Jehovah's judgments on the surrounding nations
1:3—2:3
A.
On Damascus
1:3-5
Amos 1
:3
1:3
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of
1three transgressions of
aDamascus,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away
2the punishment;
Because they have threshed
bGilead With sharp threshing tools of iron.
Amos 1
:4
1:4
And I will send fire into the house of Hazael,
And it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
Amos 1
:5
1:5
And I will break the bar of Damascus,
And I will cut off the inhabitant of the valley of
1Aven And him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
And the people of
2Aram will go into
acaptivity unto Kir,
Says Jehovah.
B.
On Gaza
1:6-8
Amos 1
:6
1:6
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of
aGaza,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because they carried away captive the entire captivity
In order to deliver them up to
bEdom.
Amos 1
:7
1:7
And I will send fire to the wall of Gaza,
And it will devour its palaces.
Amos 1
:8
1:8
And I will cut off the inhabitant from
aAshdod And him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon,
And I will turn My hand against Ekron;
And the remnant of the Philistines will perish,
Says the Lord Jehovah.
C.
On Tyre
1:9-10
Amos 1
:9
1:9
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of
aTyre,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because they delivered up the entire captivity to
bEdom And did not remember a covenant among brothers.
Amos 1
:10
1:10
And I will send fire to the wall of Tyre,
And it will devour its palaces.
D.
On Edom
1:11-12
Amos 1
:11
1:11
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of
aEdom,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because he pursued his
bbrother with the sword
And stifled his compassions;
And his anger raged continually,
And he kept his overflowing wrath perpetually.
Amos 1
:12
1:12
And I will send fire upon Teman,
And it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.
E.
On Ammon
1:13-15
Amos 1
:13
1:13
Thus says Jehovah,
Because of three transgressions of the children of
1aAmmon,
Indeed, because of four, I will not turn away the punishment;
Because they ripped up the pregnant women of Gilead
In order to enlarge their
bborder.
Amos 1
:14
1:14
And I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah,
And it will devour its palaces
With shouting in the day of battle,
With a tempest in the day of the storm wind.
Amos 1
:15
1:15
And their king will go into
acaptivity,
He and his princes together,
Says Jehovah.
