him, because he hath pursued his brother with the sword, and because he hath slain their with child, and because he is always torn in his wrath, and because he hath kept his fury for ever, 12. But I will send a fire unto Theman, and it shall consume the palaces of Bazrah.

Thus saith the LORD; For three and four vices of the children of Ammon will I not spare them; because they have rent the pregnant women in Gilead, that they might continue their border,

But I will kindle a fire within the walls of Rabbah, and it shall consume their palaces, when they shall call in the time of battle, and when the weather shall come in the time of the storm.

Then shall their king be carried away captive with his princes, saith the LORD.
Ch. 2, v. 1. Thus saith the LORD; For three and four vices of Moab will I not spare them, because they have burned the bones of the king of Edom with ashes, 2. But I will send a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, and with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

And I will cut off the judge from among them, and will slay all their princes with him, saith the LORD.
(Amos)
Chapter 2
Threat of God’s punishments on the house of Judah and Israel.

Thus saith the LORD; For three and four vices of Judah will I not spare him; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and have been led astray by their lies, which their fathers followed,

But I will send a fire into Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

Thus saith the LORD; For three and four vices of Israel will I not spare them; because they sell the righteous for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes.

They tread the head of the poor in dung, and hinder the way of the miserable. It sleeps son and father with a harlot, that they may profane my holy name.

And at all the altars they feast upon the garments which are pledged, and they drink wine in the house of their gods of the things which are paid for.

Now I have destroyed the Amorite before them, which was as high as the cedars, and his strength as the oaks: and I destroyed the fruit thereof above, and the root thereof beneath.

Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorites,

And I have raised up prophets of your children, and Nazarites of your young men. Is it not so, ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

So ye give wine to the Nazarites to drink, and command the prophets, saying, Ye shall not prophesy.

Behold, I will shew it among you, as a cart full of sheaves sheweth, 14. He that is swift shall not escape, neither shall he that is mighty be able, neither shall he that is mighty be able to save his life;

And the archers shall not stand, and he that runneth swiftly shall not escape, and he that rideth shall not save his life;

And he that is mightiest among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
(Amos)
Chapter 3
Ingratitude of the Israelites must be punished.

Hear what the LORD saith unto you, O children of Israel, even unto all the families which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying:

Out of all the families of the earth have I known you only: therefore will I also punish you in all your iniquities.

Though two walk together, yet are they one among themselves?

Even a lion in the forest, when he hath no prey? Doth a young lion cry out of his den, that he hath caught something?

Doth a bird also fall into a snare upon the earth, where there is no fowler? Do you also pick up the rope from the earth, which has not yet caught anything?

Is there a trumpet blown in a city, that the people be not astonished at it? Is there any evil in the city, that the LORD will not do?

For the Lord GOD doeth nothing, but revealeth his secret unto the prophets his servants.

The lion roareth: who shall not fear? The LORD HEART speaks; who shall not prophesy?

Proclaim ye in the palaces of Ashdod, and in the palaces of the land of Egypt, saying, Gather
yourselves together unto the mountains of Samaria, and see what a great clamour and iniquity is in them.

They regard not righteousness, saith the LORD; they gather treasures of iniquity and grossness into their palaces.

Therefore thus saith the LORD GOD; They shall besiege this land round about, and shall cut thee off from thy power, and spoil thy houses.

Thus saith the LORD; As a shepherd taketh out of the lion’s mouth two knees, or the lobe of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out, which dwell in Samaria, and have a bed in the corner, and a spoon in Damascus.

Hear and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the LORD GOD of hosts.

For in that day, when I shall visit the iniquity of Israel, I will visit the altars of Bethel, and will break off the horns of the altar, and they shall fall to the ground.

And I will smite both the winter house and the summer house: and the ivory houses shall perish, and many houses shall be destroyed, saith the LORD.
(Amos)
Chapter 4
Threat against the rulers of the people of Israel.

Hear this word, ye fat cows, which are in mount Samaria, and do wrong to the poor, and oppress the poor, and say unto your masters, Bring hither, and let us drink.

By his holiness hath the LORD LORD sworn, saying, Behold, the days come upon you, that they shall cast you out with fishes, and your seed with small fishes.

And shall go out unto the gaps, every one before him, and be cast away to Harmon, saith the LORD.

Come ye to Bethel, and cast out sins, and to Gilgal, that ye may do much of sinning; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes the third day.

And burn incense of leaven for a sacrifice of peace offerings, and preach a freewill offering, and proclaim it: for so have ye pleasure, O children of Israel, saith the LORD GOD.

Therefore also have I given you idle teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

Also I restrained the rain upon you, until there were yet three months to harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another: one field was rained upon, and the other field, which was not rained upon, withered away.

And two or three cities went to one city to drink water, and could not find it enough. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

I afflicted you with dry times, and with burnt grains: so also the caterpillars devoured all that grew in your gardens, and in your vineyards, and in your fig trees, and in your olive trees. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

I sent pestilence among you, even as in Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword, and carried away your horses captive; I caused the stench of your camp to enter into your nostrils.
Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD;

I have turned back some of you, as God turned back Sodom and Gomorrah; and ye were as a burning which is plucked out of the fire. Ye have not yet turned unto me, saith the LORD.

Therefore will I continue to do so unto thee, O Israel. Because I will do so unto thee, send thee, O Israel, and meet thy God.

For, behold, he it is that maketh the mountains, and maketh the wind, and teacheth a man speech. He maketh the dawn and the darkness; he treadeth upon the high places of the earth: his name is LORD God of hosts.
(Amos)
Chapter 5
Lament over the fall of Israel, enticing to repentance.

Hear ye, O house of Israel, this word: for I must make this lamentation over you: 2. The virgin of Israel is fallen, that she shall not rise again: she is cast down to the ground, and there is none to help her up.

For thus saith the LORD God, The city that goeth out a thousand shall have an hundred left;
and the city that goeth out an hundred shall have ten left in the house of Israel.

Therefore thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek me, and ye shall live.

Seek not Bethel, and come not to Gilgal, and pray not to Beersheba. For Gilgal shall be carried away captive, and Bethel shall become Bethaven.

Seek ye the LORD, and ye shall live; lest there be a fire in the house of Joseph, and it consume him, and there be none to quench it in Bethel,

Ye that turn justice into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the ground.

He maketh the mother hen, and Orion; who maketh the morning out of darkness, and the day out of darkness; who calleth unto the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: his name is the LORD,

He that maketh a disturbance against the strong, and bringeth a disturbance upon the strong city.

But they grudge him that punisheth them in the gate, and have abhorred him that