The Lord said to me, “What do you see, Amos?” I said, “Tin.” The sovereign One then said, “Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin.

So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”

So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”

So I will set Hazael’s house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad’s fortresses.

So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

So I will set fire to Tyre’s city wall; fire will consume her fortresses.”

So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth’s fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram’s horn.

Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel:

Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate.

Don’t you realize the Lord’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light – gloomy blackness, not bright light?

You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?”

When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” He will respond, “Be quiet! Don’t invoke the Lord’s name!”

Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies.

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph’s family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel.

The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.)

If ten men are left in one house, they too will die.

The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: “Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen’s pots.

Amaziah then said to Amos, “Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there!

I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, “Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape.