Page [unnumbered]
The first. Chapter.
[ A] THese are the sermons, that we¦re shewed vnto Amos (which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua) vpon Israel, in the ty¦me of Osias kynge of Iuda, & in the tyme of Ieroboā ye sonne of Ioas kyn¦ge of Israel,* 1.1 two yeare before ye earthquake And he sayde: The LORDE shal roare out off Sion,* 1.2 & shewe his voyce frō Ierusalē: so that ye pastures of the shepherdes shal be in a mi¦serable case, & ye toppe of Charmel dryed vp.
Thus sayeth the LORDE: for thre & foure wickednesses of Damascus,* 1.3 I will not spare her: because they haue throszhed Galaad wt yrō f••ales: But I wil sende a fyre in to ye hou¦se of Hazael, the same shal consume the pala¦ces of Benadab. Thus wil I breake the bar¦res off Damascus, & rote out the inhabiter frō the felde of Auen, and him yt holdeth the [ B] scepter, out of ye pleasunt house: so yt the peo¦ple shalbe dryuen out of fayre Siria▪ sayeth the LORDE. Thus saieth the LORDE: For thre & foure wickednesses of Gaza, I wil not spa∣re her:* 1.4 because they make the presoners yet more captyue, & haue dryuen thē in to the lōde of Edom. Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to ye walles of Gaza, which shal deuoure hir houses. I wil rote out thē yt dwell at Asdod & him yt holdeth the scepter of Ascalon, and stretch out myne honde ouer Accaron, that the remnaunt of the Philistines shal perish saieth the LORDE.
Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre and fou¦re wickednesses off the cite off Tyre, I will not spare her:* 1.5 because they haue increased ye captiuyte of the Edomites, and haue not re¦membred the brotherly couenaunt. Therfo¦re will I sende a fyre into the walles off Ty¦re,* 1.6 that shal consume hir pallaces. Thus sa∣yeth [ C] the LORDE: For thre and foure wicked∣nesses of Edom I wil not spare him,* 1.7 becau∣se he persecuted his brother with the swerde, destroyed his mothers wombe, bare hatred very longe, and so kepte indignacion all wa∣ye by him. Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Themā, which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra.
Thus sayeth the LORDE: For thre ād fou∣re wickednesses of the children off Ammon,* 1.8 I will not spare them: because they rypte vp the womē greate with childe in Galaad, to make the borders of their londes the wyder Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of Rabbath, that shall consume hir palaces: with a greate crie, in the daye of batel, in tem¦pest and in the daye off storme: so that their kynge shal go in to captiuyte, he and his prī¦ces together, sayeth the LORDE.