Amos 1:3-2:5

New Century Version

“For the many crimes of Damascus,
    I will punish them.
They drove over the people of Gilead
    with threshing boards that had iron teeth.
⁴ So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
    that will destroy the strong towers of Ben-Hadad.
⁵ I will break down the bar of the gate to Damascus
    and destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven,
as well as the leader of Beth Eden.
    The people of Aram will be taken captive to the country of Kir,” says the Lord.

“For the many crimes of Gaza,
    I will punish them.
They sold all the people of one area
    as slaves to Edom.
⁷ So I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza
    that will destroy the city’s strong buildings.
⁸ I will destroy the king of the city of Ashdod,
    as well as the leader of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn against the people of the city of Ekron,
    and the last of the Philistines will die,” says the Lord God.

“For the many crimes of Tyre,
    I will punish them.
They sold all the people of one area
    as slaves to Edom,
    and they forgot the agreement among relatives they had made with Israel.
¹⁰ So I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will destroy the city’s strong buildings.”

“For the many crimes of Edom,
    I will punish them.
They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, with the sword,
    showing them no mercy.
They were angry all the time
    and kept on being very angry.
¹² So I will send fire on the city of Teman
    that will even destroy the strong buildings of Bozrah.”^[a]

“For the many crimes of Ammon,
    I will punish them.
They ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead
    so they could take over that land
    and make their own country larger.
¹⁴ So I will send fire on the city wall of Rabbah
    that will destroy its strong buildings.
It will come during a day of battle,
    during a stormy day with strong winds.
¹⁵ Then their king and leaders will be taken captive;
    they will all be taken away together,” says the Lord.

“For the many crimes of Moab,
    I will punish them.
They burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.
² So I will send fire on Moab
    that will destroy the strong buildings of the city of Kerioth.
The people of Moab will die in a great noise,
    in the middle of the sounds of war and trumpets.
³ So I will bring an end to the king of Moab,
    and I will kill all its leaders with him,” says the Lord.

“For the many crimes of Judah,
    I will punish them.
They rejected the teachings of the Lord
    and did not keep his commands;
they followed the same gods
    as their ancestors had followed.
⁵ So I will send fire on Judah,
    and it will destroy the strong buildings of Jerusalem.”