Amos’ Oracles of Judgement – Amos 1–2

c. 760 BC

Steder (8)

1 Damascus (Aram) Amos 1:3-5 For three transgressions, and for four: they threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.

2 Gaza (Philistia) Amos 1:6-8 They carried away whole populations and handed them over to Edom. Ashdod, Ashkelon and Ekron are struck too.

3 Tyre (Phoenicia) Amos 1:9-10 They handed over whole populations to Edom and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

4 Bozrah (Edom) Amos 1:11-12 He pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity. Teman and Bozrah are destroyed.

5 Rabbah (Ammon) Amos 1:13-15 They ripped open pregnant women in Gilead to enlarge their border.

6 Kerioth (Moab) Amos 2:1-3 He burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.

7 Jerusalem (Judah) Amos 2:4-5 They rejected the law of the Lord and followed lies. Fire devours the palaces of Jerusalem.

8 Samaria (Israel) Amos 2:6-16 They sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. The longest and harshest oracle of judgement.

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