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1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which
 he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah,
 and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel,
 two years before the earthquake.
1:2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his
 voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds
 shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus,
 and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of
 iron:
1:4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall
 devour the palaces of Benhadad.
1:5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the
 inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the
 sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall
 go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
1:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to
 deliver [them] up to Edom:
1:7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall
 devour the palaces thereof:
1:8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that
 holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand
 against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
 saith the Lord GOD.
1:9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and
 remembered not the brotherly covenant:
1:10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall
 devour the palaces thereof.
1:11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast
 off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept
 his wrath for ever:
1:12 But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the
 palaces of Bozrah.
1:13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the
 children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the
 punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with
 child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it
 shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of
 battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
1:15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes
 together, saith the LORD.
2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2:2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
 palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with
 shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet:
2:3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and
 will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not
 kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after
 the which their fathers have walked:
2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the
 palaces of Jerusalem.
2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and
 for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;
 because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a
 pair of shoes;
2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the
 poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his
 father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy
 name:
2:8 And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge
 by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in]
 the house of their god.
2:9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite 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 from the land of Egypt, and led you
 forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the
 Amorite.
2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your
 young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children
 of Israel? saith the LORD.
2:12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the
 prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
2:13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed [that
 is] full of sheaves.
2:14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the
 strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty
 deliver himself:
2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and [he that
 is] swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]: neither shall he
 that rideth the horse deliver himself.
2:16 And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee
 away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
3:1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O
 children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up
 from the land of Egypt, saying,
3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth:
 therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
3:4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a
 young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
3:5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is]
 for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have
 taken nothing at all?
3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be
 afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not
 done [it]?
3:7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his
 secret unto his servants the prophets.
3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath
 spoken, who can but prophesy?
3:9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the
 land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains
 of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof,
 and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
3:10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up
 violence and robbery in their palaces.
3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary [there
 shall be] even round about the land; and he shall bring down
 thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled.
3:12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the
 mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the
 children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the
 corner of a bed, and in Damascus [in] a couch.
3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord
 GOD, the God of hosts,
3:14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of
 Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the
 horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.
3:15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house;
 and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses
 shall have an end, saith the LORD.
4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the
 mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the
 needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.
4:2 The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days
 shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and
 your posterity with fishhooks.
4:3 And ye shall go out at the breaches, every [cow at that
 which is] before her; and ye shall cast [them] into the palace,
 saith the LORD.
4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply
 transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and]
 your tithes after three years:
4:5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and
 proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you,
 O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth