1 The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen at Tecoa, which he sawe vpon Israel, in the dayes of Vzziah king of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash King of Israel, two yeere before the earthquake. 2 And he saide, The Lord shall roare from Zion, and vtter his voyce from Ierusalem, and the dwelling places of the shepheards shall perish, and the top of Carmel shall wither, 3 Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Damascus, and for foure I will not turne to it, because they haue threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of yron. 4 Therefore will I sende a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 I will breake also the barres of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant of Bikeath-auen: and him that holdeth the scepter out of Beth-eden, and the people of Aram shall goe into captiuitie vnto Kir, sayth the Lord. 6 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Azzah, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they caried away prisoners the whole captiuitie to shut them vp in Edom. 7 Therefore will I sende a fire vpon the walles of Azzah, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof. 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and turne mine hande to Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistims shall perish, sayth the Lord God. 9 Thus sayth the Lord, For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they shut the whole captiuitie in Edom, and haue not remembred the brotherly couenant. 10 Therefore wil I send a fire vpon ye walles of Tyrus, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof. 11 Thus sayeth the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because hee did pursue his brother with the sworde, and did cast off all pitie, and his anger spoyled him euermore, and his wrath watched him alway. 12 Therefore will I send a fire vpon Teman, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Bozrah. 13 Thus sayth ye Lord, For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because they haue ript vp the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. 14 Therefore will I kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battell, and with a tempest in the day of the whirlewinde. 15 And their King shall go into captiuitie, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.
Amos 1 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
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Amos
A sheep breeder from Tekoa whose words concerned Israel in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam, whom Amaziah the priest told to go flee to Judah.
Cited in the guide: Amos 1:1; Amos 7:8; Amos 7:10
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- 1 Zechariah 14:5; 2 Chronicles 26:1–23; Amos 7:14; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Samuel 14:2
- 2 Joel 3:16; Jeremiah 25:30; Isaiah 42:13; Amos 9:3; Jeremiah 12:4
- 3 2 Kings 10:32–33; Isaiah 8:4; Jeremiah 49:23–27; Amos 2:6; 2 Kings 8:12
- 4 2 Kings 13:3; Jeremiah 49:27; 2 Kings 13:25; 2 Kings 8:7–15; 2 Kings 6:24
- 5 2 Kings 16:9; Amos 9:7; Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9; Isaiah 43:14
- 6 Amos 1:11; 2 Chronicles 28:18; Obadiah 11; Amos 1:9; 1 Samuel 6:17
- 7 Zephaniah 2:4; 2 Kings 18:8; Jeremiah 47:1; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 75:7–8
- 8 Ezekiel 25:16; Isaiah 14:29–31; Zephaniah 2:4–7; Jeremiah 47:4–5; Isaiah 20:1
- 9 1 Kings 9:11–14; Isaiah 23:1–18; Joel 3:4–8; Zechariah 9:2–4; 2 Chronicles 2:8–16
- 10 Zechariah 9:4; Amos 1:7; Ezekiel 26:12; Amos 1:4
- 11 Ezekiel 25:12–14; Numbers 20:14–21; 2 Chronicles 28:17; Joel 3:19; Malachi 1:4
- 12 Jeremiah 49:7; Obadiah 9–10; Jeremiah 49:20; Jeremiah 49:22; Jeremiah 49:13
- 13 Hosea 13:16; Ezekiel 25:2–7; Jeremiah 49:1–6; Zephaniah 2:8–9; Isaiah 5:8
- 14 Jeremiah 49:2; Deuteronomy 3:11; Amos 2:2; Isaiah 30:30; 2 Samuel 12:26
- 15 Jeremiah 49:3
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… will have compassion upon us: He will destroy our iniquities, and will cast our sins into the depths of the sea." And again, specifying the place of His advent, he says: "The Lord hath spoken from Zion, and He has uttered His voice from Jerusalem." And that it is from that region which is towards the south of the inheritance …
… of the Lord which came to Hosea in the days of Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." Amos also writes that he prophesied in the days of Uzziah, and adds the name of Jeroboam king of Israel, who lived at the same time. Isaiah the son of Amos--either the above-named prophet, or, as is rather affirmed, another who …
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