Amos 1:5

Amos 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,” Says the Lord.

Context of Amos 1:5

3Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with sharp iron sledges [having spikes that crushed and shredded]. 4So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon the house of Hazael, And it shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad (Hazael’s son). I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus, And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness), And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus); And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to Kir,” Says the Lord. 6Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared] And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade]. 7So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Gaza And it shall consume her citadels.

Amos 1:5 word by word

וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ בְּרִ֣יחַ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ מִבִּקְעַת־אָ֔וֶן וְתוֹמֵ֥ךְ שֵׁ֖בֶט מִבֵּ֣ית עֶ֑דֶן וְגָל֧וּ עַם־אֲרָ֛ם קִ֖ירָה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• also the barבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
• of Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
• and cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• the inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• from the plainבִּקְעָהbiq‛âh · (Aven) ValleyH1237
• of Avenאָ֫וֶן'âven · (Valley of) AvenH206
• and him that holdethתָּמַךְtâmak · to graspH8551
• the sceptreשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• from the houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• of Edenבֵּית עֶ֑דֶןbêyth ‛êden · Beth-edenH1040
• of Edenעֵ֫דֶן‛êden · EdenH5731
• and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
• shall go into captivityגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• unto Kirקִירqîyr · KirH7024
• saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Amos 1:5

• Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says, “For your sake I have sent [one] to Babylon, And I will bring down all of them as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans [who reign in Babylon], into the ships over which they rejoiced.
• Jeremiah 50:36A sword against the oracle priests (the babbling liars), and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty warriors, and they will be shattered and destroyed!
• Jeremiah 51:30The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight; They remain in their strongholds. Their strength and power have failed; They are becoming [weak and helpless] like women. Their dwelling places are set on fire; The bars on her gates are broken.
• Lamentations 2:9Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are [exiled] among the nations; The law is no more. Also, her prophets no longer find Vision from the Lord.
• Nahum 3:13Behold, your people are [as weak and helpless as] women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes the bars across your gates.
• Amos 9:7“Are you [degenerate ones] not as the [despised] sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?” says the Lord. “Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans (Syrians) from Kir?
• 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria listened to him; and he went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried its people away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin [king of Aram] to death.

Commentaries on Amos 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The bar of Damascus - The gates, whose long traverse bars, running from wall to wall, were their strength. I will throw it open; and the gates were forced, and the city taken, as above. The plain of Aven - the house of Eden - These are names, says Bochart, of the valley of Damascus. The plain of Aven, or Birkath-Aven, Calmet says, is a city of Syria, at present called Baal-Bek, and by the Greeks Heliopolis; and is situated at the end of that long valley…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I will also break the bar of Damascus - In the East, every city was fortified; the gates of the stronger cities were cased in iron, that they might not be set on fire by the enemy; they were fastened within with bars of brass 1 Kings 4:13 or iron (Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2; compare Isaiah 48:14; Jeremiah 51:3 O). They were flanked with towers, and built over, so that what was naturally the weakest point and the readiest access to an enemy became the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Aven and Beth-eden were both linked with Aram and Damascus. The name Aven means “evil” or “wickedness.” It refers to the valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains, also known as the plain of Damascus. Beth-eden was a small city-state north of Aram. In other biblical texts, it is simply called Eden (2 Kings 19:12; Ezekiel 27:23). The Arameans originally came from Kir (Amos 9:7), probably in southern Babylonia. When Damascus fell, Assyria forced…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. bar of Damascus--that is, the bar of its gates (compare Jr 51:30). the inhabitant--singular for plural, "inhabitants." Henderson, because of the parallel, "him that holdeth the scepter," translates, "the ruler." But the parallelism is that of one clause complementing the other, "the inhabitant" or subject here answering to "him that holdeth the scepter" or ruler there, both ruler and subject alike being cut off. Aven--the same as Oon or Un, a…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 1:5

• Aven
• Damascus
• Eden
• Kir
• Syria

In the dictionaries

• Damascus
• Eden
• Syria
• Eden, garden of Eden
• Syria, Ashur
• Aven
• Bar
• Devour
• Kir
• Plain

Commentaries on Amos 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings