Amos 1
1 word Amos which to be in/on/with shepherd from Tekoa which to see upon Israel in/on/with day Uzziah king Judah and in/on/with day Jeroboam son: child Joash king Israel year to/for face: before [the] quaking
The message of Amos, one of the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, and in the reign of Jeroboam the son of King Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
2 and to say LORD from Zion to roar and from Jerusalem to give: cry out voice his and to mourn habitation [the] to pasture and to wither head: top [the] Carmel
Amos said: Whenever the Lord roars from Zion, and utters his voice from Jerusalem, the pastures of the shepherds dry up, the top of Carmel becomes arid.
3 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Damascus and upon four not to return: repent him upon to tread they in/on/with sharp [the] iron [obj] [the] Gilead
The Lord says: For Damascus’ three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron.
4 and to send: depart fire in/on/with house: household Hazael and to eat citadel: fortress Ben-hadad Ben-hadad
Therefore I will send fire on Hazael’s house, it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
5 and to break bar Damascus and to cut: eliminate to dwell from (Aven) Valley (Valley of) Aven and to grasp tribe: staff from Beth-eden Beth-eden and to reveal: remove people Syria Kir [to] to say LORD
I will break open the gate of Damascus, I will wipe out those who live in the valley of Aven and the sceptred ruler of Beth-Eden. The people of Aram will go into captivity in Kir, says the Lord.
6 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Gaza and upon four not to return: repent him upon to reveal: remove they captivity complete to/for to shut to/for Edom
The Lord says: For Gaza’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They carried away captive a whole nation, sold them as slaves to Edom.
7 and to send: depart fire in/on/with wall Gaza and to eat citadel: fortress her
Therefore I will send fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her palaces.
8 and to cut: eliminate to dwell from Ashdod and to grasp tribe: staff from Ashkelon and to return: turn back hand: power my upon Ekron and to perish remnant Philistine to say Lord YHWH/God
And I will wipe out those who live in Ashdod, and the sceptred ruler of Askelon. I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish, says the Lord.
9 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Tyre and upon four not to return: repent him upon to shut they captivity complete to/for Edom and not to remember covenant brother: compatriot
The Lord says: For Tyre’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They carried away captive a whole people into exile in Edom, and did not remember the brotherly covenant.
10 and to send: depart fire in/on/with wall Tyre and to eat citadel: fortress her
So I will send fire on the walls of Tyre. It will devour her palaces.
11 thus to say LORD upon three transgression Edom and upon four not to return: repent him upon to pursue he in/on/with sword brother: male-sibling his and to ruin compassion his and to tear to/for perpetuity face: anger his and fury his to keep: obey her perpetuity
The Lord says: For Edom’s three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They pursued their relatives with the sword, stilled their pity, cherished their anger continually, retained their fury forever.
12 and to send: depart fire in/on/with Teman and to eat citadel: fortress Bozrah
So I will send a fire into Teman. It will destroy the palaces of Bozrah.
13 thus to say LORD upon three transgression son: descendant/people Ammon and upon four not to return: repent him upon to break up/open they pregnant [the] Gilead because to enlarge [obj] border: boundary their
The Lord says: For Ammonites’ three crimes – no, four! – I will not rescind my judgment. They have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, in their lust for land.
14 and to kindle fire in/on/with wall Rabbah and to eat citadel: fortress her in/on/with shout in/on/with day battle in/on/with tempest in/on/with day whirlwind
So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah. It will destroy her palaces, with a war-cry in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
15 and to go: went king their in/on/with captivity he/she/it and ruler his together to say LORD
Their king will go into exile, he and his nobles together, says the Lord.
