`Amos, starting at chapter 1
{1:1} The words of `Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which
he saw concerning Yisra'el in the days of `Uzziyah king of Yehudah,
and in the days of Yarov`am the son of Yo'ash king of Yisra'el, two
years before the earthquake. {1:2} He said:
The LORD will roar from Tziyon,
And utter his voice from Yerushalayim;
And the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,
And the top of Karmel will.wither."
{1:3} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Dammesek, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they have threshed Gil`ad with threshing instruments of iron;
{1:4} But I will send a fire into the house of Haza'el,
And it will devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
{1:5} I will break the bar of Dammesek,
And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,
And him who holds the scepter from the house of `Eden;
And the people of Aram shall go into captivity to Kir,"
says the LORD.
{1:6} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of `Aza, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they carried away captive the whole community,
To deliver them up to Edom;
{1:7} But I will send a fire on the wall of `Aza,
And it will devour its palaces.
{1:8} I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
And him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
And I will turn my hand against `Ekron;
And the remnant of the Pelishtim will perish,"
says the Lord GOD.
{1:9} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Tzor, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,
And didn't remember the brotherly covenant;
{1:10} But I will send a fire on the wall of Tzor,
And it will devour its palaces."
{1:11} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because he pursued his brother with the sword,
And cast off all pity,
And his anger raged continually,
And he kept his wrath forever;
{1:12} But I will send a fire on Teman,
And it will devour the palaces of Botzrah."
{1:13} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of the children of `Ammon, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gil`ad,
That they may enlarge their border.
{1:14} But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
And it will devour its palaces,
With shouting in the day of battle,
With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
{1:15} And their king will go into captivity,
He and his princes together,"
says the LORD.
{2:1} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Mo'av, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;
{2:2} But I will send a fire on Mo'av,
And it will devour the palaces of Keriyot;
And Mo'av will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of
the [1>]shofar[<1];
{2:3} And I will cut off the judge from their midst,
And will kill all its princes with him,"
says the LORD.
{2:4} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Yehudah, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they have rejected Yaweh's law,
And have not kept his statutes,
And their lies have led them astray,
After which their fathers walked;
{2:5} But I will send a fire on Yehudah,
And it will devour the palaces of Yerushalayim."
{2:6} Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of Yisra'el, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
Because they have sold the righteous for silver,
And the needy for a pair of shoes;
{2:7} They trample on the dust of the [2>]eretz[<2] on the head of
the poor,
And deny justice to the oppressed;
And a man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy
name;
{2:8} And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes
taken in pledge;
And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have
been fined.
{2:9} Yet I destroyed the Amori before them,
Whose height was like the height of the cedars,
And he was strong as the oaks;
Yet I destroyed his fruit from above,
and his roots from beneath.
{2:10} Also I brought you up out of the land of Mitzrayim,
And led you forty years in the wilderness,
To possess the land of the Amori.
{2:11} I raised up some of your sons for prophets,
And some of your young men for Nazirim.
Isn't this true,
You children of Yisra'el?" says the LORD.
{2:12} "But you gave the Nazirim wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'
{2:13} Behold, I will crush you in your place,
As a cart crushes that is full of grain.
{2:14} Flight will perish from the swift;
And the strong won't strengthen his force;
Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
{2:15} Neither shall he stand who handles the bow;
And he who is swift of foot won't escape;
Neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;
{2:16} And he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked
in that day,"
says the LORD.
{3:1} Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children
of Yisra'el, against the whole family which I brought up out of the
land of Mitzrayim, saying:
{3:2} "You only have I chosen of all the families of the [1>]eretz[<1].
Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."
{3:3} Do two walk together,
Unless they have agreed?
{3:4} Will a lion roar in the thicket,
When he has no prey?
Does a young lion cry out of his den,
If he has caught nothing?
{3:5} Can a bird fall in a trap on the [2>]eretz[<2],
Where no snare is set for him?
Does a snare spring up from the ground,
When there is nothing to catch?
{3:6} Does the [3>]shofar[<3] alarm sound in a city,
Without the people being afraid?
Does evil befall a city,
And the LORD hasn't done it?
{3:7} Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing,
Unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets.
{3:8} The lion has roared.
Who will not fear?
The Lord GOD has spoken.
Who can but prophesy?
{3:9} Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod,
And in the palaces in the land of Mitzrayim,
And say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Shomron,
And see what unrest is in her,
And what oppression is among them."
{3:10} "Indeed they don't know to do right," says the LORD,
"Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces."
{3:11} Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
"An adversary will overrun the land;
And he will pull down your strongholds,
And your fortresses will be plundered."
{3:12} Thus says the LORD:
"As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs,
Or a piece of an ear,
So shall the children of Yisra'el be rescued who sit in Shomron on
the corner of a couch,
And on the silken cushions of a bed."
{3:13} "Listen, and testify against the house of Ya`akov," says the
Lord GOD, the God [4>]Tzva'ot[<4],.
{3:14} "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Yisra'el on
him,
I will also visit the altars of Beit-El;
And the horns of the altar will be cut off,
And fall to the ground.
{3:15} I will strike the winter house with the summer house;
And the houses of ivory will perish,
And the great houses will have an end,"
says the LORD.
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Footnotes:
[1] {2:2} trumpet
[2] {2:7} earth
[1] {3:2} earth
[2] {3:5} earth
[3] {3:6} trumpet
[4] {3:13} of hosts or of armies
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