Amos 1
1 word Amos which to be in/on/with shepherd from Tekoa which to see upon Israel in/on/with day (Uzziah *L(abh)*) king Judah and in/on/with day Jeroboam son: child Joash king Israel year to/for face: before [the] quaking
The words of Amos, who was amongst 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 to say LORD (from Zion *L(abh)*) 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
He said: “The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither.”
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 three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because 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
but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and 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 the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him who holds the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to 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 three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
7 and to send: depart fire in/on/with wall Gaza and to eat citadel: fortress her
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its 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
I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.
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 three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
10 and to send: depart fire in/on/with wall Tyre and to eat citadel: fortress her
but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its 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 three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
12 and to send: depart fire in/on/with Teman and to eat citadel: fortress Bozrah
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour 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 three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
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 *L(abh)*)
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm 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
and their king will go into captivity, he and his princes together,” says the LORD.
