A. Introduction, Chapter 1:1, 2
Amos 1:1-2 KJVS
[1] The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
B. Judgment against Syria for cruelty, Chapter 1:3-5
Amos 1:3-5 KJVS
[3] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
[4] But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad.
[5] I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.
C. Judgment against Philistia for making slaves, Chapter 1:6-8
Amos 1:6-8 KJVS
[6] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
[7] But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
[8] And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
D. Judgment against Phoenicia for breaking treaty (selling slaves), Chapter 1:9, 10
Amos 1:9-10 KJVS
[9] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
[10] But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
E. Judgment against Edom for revengeful spirit, Chapter 1:11, 12
Amos 1:11-12 KJVS
[11] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
[12] But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
F. Judgment against Ammon for violent crimes, Chapter 1:13-15
Amos 1:13-15 KJVS
[13] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
[14] But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
[15] And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
G. Judgment against Moab for injustice, Chapter 2:1-3
Amos 2:1-3 KJVS
[1] Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
[2] But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
[3] And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
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