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Amos 1:7-15 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

7. So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Gaza. It will burn up its forts.

8. I will cut off the king of Ashdod. He holds the ruler's rod in Ashkelon. I will use my powerful hand against Ekron. Every single Philistine will die," says the Lord and King.

9. The Lord says, "The people of Tyre have sinned again and again. So I will punish them. They captured whole communities. They sold them to Edom. They did not honor the treaty of friendship they had made.

10. So I will send fire to destroy the walls of Tyre. It will burn up its forts."

11. The Lord says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again. So I will punish them. They chased Israel with swords that were ready to strike them down. They did not show them any pity. They were angry all the time. Their anger blazed out. It could not be stopped.

12. So I will send fire to destroy the city of Teman. It will burn up Bozrah's forts."

13. The Lord says, "The people of Ammon have sinned again and again. So I will punish them. They ripped open the pregnant women in Gilead. They wanted to add land to their territory.

14. So I will set fire to destroy the walls of Rabbah. It will burn up its forts. War cries will be heard on that day of battle. Strong winds will blow on that stormy day.

15. Ammon's god Molech will be carried away. So will its officials," says the Lord.

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