Amos 1:3-2:5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[a]
because they have threshed Gilead
    with threshing sledges of iron.
⁴ So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
⁵ I will break the gate bars of Damascus,
    and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
    and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir,
says the Lord.

⁶ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[b]
because they carried into exile entire communities,
    to hand them over to Edom.
⁷ So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
    fire that shall devour its strongholds.
⁸ I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,
    and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
    and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,
says the Lord God.

⁹ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[c]
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom,
    and did not remember the covenant of kinship.
¹⁰ So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
    fire that shall devour its strongholds.

¹¹ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[d]
because he pursued his brother with the sword
    and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually,^[e]
    and kept his wrath^[f] forever.
¹² So I will send a fire on Teman,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.

¹³ Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[g]
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
    in order to enlarge their territory.
¹⁴ So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
    fire that 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 officials together,
says the Lord.

2 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Moab,
    and for four, I will not revoke the punishment;^[h]
because he burned to lime
    the bones of the king of Edom.
² So I will send a fire 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 will cut off the ruler from its midst,
    and will kill all its officials with him,
says the Lord.