\v 1 These are the things concerning Israel that Amos, one of the shepherds in Tekoa, received in revelation. He received these things in the days of Uzziah king of
Judah, and also in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
\v 2 He said,
\q "Yahweh roars from Zion;
\q he raises his voice from Jerusalem.
\q The pastures of the shepherds mourn,
\q the top of Carmel withers."
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\v 3 This is what Yahweh says:
\q "For three sins of Damascus,
\q even for four,
\q I will not turn away punishment,
\q because they threshed Gilead with instruments of iron.
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\v 4 I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
\q and it will devour the fortresses of Ben Hadad.
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\v 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
\q and defeat the man who lives in Biqat Aven,
\q and also the man who holds the scepter from Beth Eden;
\q the people of Aram will go in captivity to Kir,"
\q says Yahweh.
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\v 6 This is what Yahweh says:
\q "For three sins of Gaza,
\q even for four,
\q I will not turn away punishment,
\q because they carried away captive a whole people,
\q to hand them over to Edom.
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\v 7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza,
\q and it will devour her fortresses.
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\v 8 I will destroy the man who lives in Ashdod
\q and the man who holds the scepter from Ashkelon.