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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, Jehovah roareth from Zion, and uttereth his
 voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds mourn,
 and the top of Carmel withereth.
1:3 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus,
 and for four, I will not revoke [my sentence], because they
 have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
1:4 And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it
 shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
1:5 And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the
 inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the
 sceptre from Beth-Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into
 captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.
1:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gazah, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they carried
 away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom.
1:7 And I will send a fire on the wall of Gazah, and it 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 my hand
 against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
 saith the Lord Jehovah.
1:9 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they
 delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not
 the brotherly covenant.
1:10 And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall
 devour the palaces thereof.
1:11 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued
 his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his
 anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
1:12 And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the
 palaces of Bozrah.
1:13 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the
 children of Ammon, and for four, I will not revoke its
 sentence; because they ripped up the women with child of
 Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
1:14 And 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 Jehovah.
2:1 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the
 bones of the king of Edom into lime.
2:2 And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the
 palaces of Kerijoth; 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 Jehovah.
2:4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have
 despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes;
 and their lies have caused them to err, after which their
 fathers walked.
2:5 And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the
 palaces of Jerusalem.
2:6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and
 for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have
 sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of
 shoes;
2:7 panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
 and turning 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 by every altar upon clothes
 taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the
 wine of the condemned.
2:9 But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as
 the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I
 destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
2:10 And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you
 forty years in 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, ye children of
 Israel? saith Jehovah.
2:12 And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the
 prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
2:13 Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is
 full of sheaves.
2:14 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong
 shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty
 deliver his soul.
2:15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift
 of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall
 not deliver his soul;
2:16 and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee
 away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.
3:1 Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you,
 children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up
 from the land of Egypt, saying,
3:2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth;
 therefore will I visit upon you all your iniquities.
3:3 Shall 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 when no gin [is
 laid] for him? Will the snare spring up from the earth when
 nothing at all hath been taken?
3:6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be
 afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have
 done [it]?
3:7 But the Lord Jehovah 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 Jehovah
 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 uproar in the midst thereof,
 and the oppressions that are within her:
3:10 and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up
 violence and plunder in their palaces.
3:11 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! --
 even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength
 from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.
3:12 Thus saith Jehovah: Like as the shepherd rescueth out of
 the jaw of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall
 the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the
 corner of a couch, and upon the damask of a bed.
3:13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord
 Jehovah, the God of hosts,
3:14 that in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of
 Israel upon him, I will also punish 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 many houses shall
 have an end, saith Jehovah.
4:1 Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain
 of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that
 say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink:
4:2 the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold,
 days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with
 hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;
4:3 and ye shall go out by the breaches, every one straight
 before her, and ye shall be cast out to Harmon, saith Jehovah.
4:4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply
 transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, your
 tithes every three days,
4:5 and burn a thank-offering with leaven, and proclaim,
 publish, voluntary offerings: for this pleaseth you, children
 of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah.
4:6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your
 cities, and want of bread in all your places; yet ye have not
 returned unto me, saith Jehovah.
4:7 And I also have withholden the rain from you, when there
 were yet three months to the harvest; and I caused it to rain
 upon one cit