A Studying from Amos 1:1-5, 13:2-8
1 The phrases of Amos, who was among the many shepherds of Tekoa, which he noticed regarding Israel within the days of King Uzziah of Judah and within the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years earlier than the earthquake.
2 And he mentioned:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the highest of Carmel dries up.
3 Thus says the Lord:
For 3 transgressions of Damascus,
and for 4, I can’t revoke the punishment,
as a result of they’ve threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 So I’ll ship a hearth on the home of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5 I’ll break the gate bars of Damascus
and reduce off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the individuals of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.
13 Thus says the Lord:
For 3 transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for 4, I can’t revoke the punishment,
as a result of they’ve ripped open pregnant ladies in Gilead
with a purpose to enlarge their territory.
14 So I’ll kindle a hearth towards the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;
15 then their king shall go into exile,
he and his officers collectively,
says the Lord.
1 Thus says the Lord:
For 3 transgressions of Moab,
and for 4, I can’t revoke the punishment,
as a result of he burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2 So I’ll ship a hearth on Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 I’ll reduce off the ruler from its midst
and can kill all its officers with him,
says the Lord.
4 Thus says the Lord:
For 3 transgressions of Judah,
and for 4, I can’t revoke the punishment,
as a result of they’ve rejected the instruction of the Lord
and haven’t saved his statutes,
however they’ve been led astray by the identical lies
after which their ancestors walked.
5 So I’ll ship a hearth on Judah,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.
6 Thus says the Lord:
For 3 transgressions of Israel,
and for 4, I can’t revoke the punishment,
as a result of they promote the righteous for silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals —
7 they who trample the top of the poor into the mud of the earth
and push the stricken out of the best way;
father and son go in to the identical younger lady,
in order that my holy identify is profaned;
8 they lay themselves down beside each altar
on clothes taken in pledge;
and in the home of their God they drink
wine purchased with fines they imposed.
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