Amos 1

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 1 of 9

1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.

2 And he said: Jehovah will roar from Zion and give His voice from Jerusalem. And the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

3 So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn back from it, for they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.

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Chapter Summary

Jehovah's judgment on Syria, on the Philistines, on Edom, on Ammon.

Key Hebrew Words

פֶּ֫שַׁע transgression H6588 · TWOT 1846a
שָׁאַג roar H7580 · TWOT 2300
אֵשׁ fire H784 · TWOT 172
אַרְמוֹן palace H759 · TWOT 164a
בְּרִית covenant H1285 · TWOT 282a
גָּלָה carry into exile H1540 · TWOT 350

People & Context

Amos

Herdsman of Tekoa who saw these words concerning Israel and declares Jehovah's judgments

Uzziah

King of Judah in whose days Amos prophesied

Jeroboam

Son of Joash, king of Israel during Amos's ministry

Joash

Father of King Jeroboam of Israel

Hazael

King of Syria whose house Jehovah threatens to consume with fire

Ben-hadad

Syrian king whose palaces fire will devour

Timeline

Damascus Threshes Gilead

Damascus committed transgressions by threshing Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.

Amos 1:3
Gaza's Human Trafficking

Gaza carried a complete population into exile in order to deliver them up to Edom.

Amos 1:6
Tyre's Violation of Covenant

Tyre shut up a complete population into exile to Edom and did not remember the covenant of brothers.

Amos 1:9

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