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Amos Chapter 1

Amos
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Amos

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Amos the prophet begins by calling attention to the injustice of the wealthy and the cries of the poor, accusing them of oppression. He declares that God will judge the wicked and bring righteousness to the land.

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(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.
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Jeremiah 1:1Jeremiah 7:27Amos 7:14Exodus 3:1I Kings 19:19Psalms 78:70Psalms 78:71Psalms 78:72Matthew 4:18I Corinthians 1:27II Samuel 14:2II Chronicles 11:6

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19II Kings 13:13II Kings 14:23Hosea 1:1I Kings 14:10

(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.
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Amos 3:7Amos 3:8Proverbs 20:2Isaiah 42:13Jeremiah 25:30Hosea 13:8Joel 2:11Joel 3:16Amos 4:7Amos 4:8Isaiah 33:9Jeremiah 12:4

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Ezekiel 34:2Jeremiah 25:30Joel 3:16

(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:
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Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Amos 1:11Amos 1:13Amos 2:1Amos 2:4Amos 2:6Job 5:19Job 19:3Proverbs 6:16Ecclesiastes 11:2Isaiah 7:8

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Amos 1:13Ezekiel 48:16Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Amos 1:11Amos 2:1

(4) But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
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Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Amos 1:12Amos 1:14Amos 2:2Amos 2:5Judges 9:19Judges 9:20Judges 9:57Jeremiah 17:27Jeremiah 49:27Ezekiel 30:8

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Hosea 8:14Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Amos 1:12Amos 2:2Amos 2:5

(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.
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Isaiah 43:14Jeremiah 50:36Jeremiah 51:30Lamentations 2:9Nahum 3:13Amos 9:7II Kings 16:9

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Ezekiel 16:53Isaiah 7:8Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23Amos 1:8

(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:
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Amos 1:3Amos 1:9Amos 1:11I Samuel 6:17II Chronicles 28:18Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 14:30Isaiah 14:31Jeremiah 47:4Jeremiah 47:5Ezekiel 25:15Ezekiel 25:16

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Amos 1:9Amos 1:11Amos 2:1Ezekiel 48:16Amos 1:3Amos 1:13

(7) But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
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Deuteronomy 32:35Deuteronomy 32:41Deuteronomy 32:42Deuteronomy 32:43Psalms 75:7Psalms 75:8Psalms 94:1Psalms 94:2Psalms 94:3Psalms 94:4Psalms 94:5Zephaniah 2:4

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Amos 1:10Hosea 8:14Amos 1:4Amos 1:12Amos 2:2Amos 2:5

(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.
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Isaiah 20:1Jeremiah 47:5Ezekiel 25:16Psalms 81:14Isaiah 1:25Zechariah 13:7Isaiah 14:29Isaiah 14:30Isaiah 14:31Jeremiah 47:4Zephaniah 2:4Zephaniah 2:5

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Jeremiah 25:20I Samuel 17:52II Chronicles 26:6Zechariah 9:5Ezekiel 33:11Jonah 3:9

(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:
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Isaiah 23:1Isaiah 23:2Isaiah 23:3Isaiah 23:4Isaiah 23:5Isaiah 23:6Isaiah 23:7Isaiah 23:8Isaiah 23:9Isaiah 23:10Isaiah 23:11Isaiah 23:12

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Amos 1:6Amos 1:11Amos 2:1Ezekiel 48:16Amos 1:3Amos 1:13

(10) But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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Amos 1:4Amos 1:7Ezekiel 26:12Zechariah 9:4

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Amos 1:7Hosea 8:14Amos 1:4Amos 1:12Amos 2:2Amos 2:5

(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:
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Isaiah 21:11Isaiah 21:12Isaiah 34:1Isaiah 34:2Isaiah 34:3Isaiah 34:4Isaiah 34:5Isaiah 34:6Isaiah 34:7Isaiah 34:8Isaiah 34:9Isaiah 34:10

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Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Amos 2:1Amos 2:4Ezekiel 48:16Amos 1:3

(12) But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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Genesis 36:11Jeremiah 49:7Jeremiah 49:20Obadiah 1:9Obadiah 1:10Genesis 36:33Isaiah 34:6Jeremiah 49:13Jeremiah 49:22

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Hosea 8:14Amos 1:4Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Amos 2:2Amos 2:5

(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:
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Deuteronomy 2:19Jeremiah 49:1Jeremiah 49:2Jeremiah 49:3Jeremiah 49:4Jeremiah 49:5Jeremiah 49:6Ezekiel 25:2Ezekiel 25:3Ezekiel 25:4Ezekiel 25:5Ezekiel 25:6

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Amos 1:3Ezekiel 48:16Amos 1:6Amos 1:9Amos 1:11Amos 2:1

(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:
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Deuteronomy 3:11II Samuel 12:26Jeremiah 49:2Ezekiel 25:5Amos 2:2Job 39:25Isaiah 9:5Psalms 83:15Isaiah 30:30Daniel 11:40Zechariah 7:14

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I Chronicles 20:1II Chronicles 26:6Jeremiah 49:27Amos 1:7Amos 1:10Jeremiah 17:27

(15) And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 49:3

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Ezekiel 16:53Psalms 68:27

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