Amos 1:13

Amos 1:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of the people of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead, That they might enlarge their territory.

Context of Amos 1:13

11Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, While he stifled his compassion; His anger also tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever. 12So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.” Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to enlarge their borders. 14So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah And it will consume her citadels Amid war cries on the day of battle, And a storm on the day of tempest. 15Their king will go into exile, He and his princes together,” says the Lord.

Amos 1:13 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֔וֹן וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־בִּקְעָם֙ הָר֣וֹת הַגִּלְעָ֔ד לְמַ֖עַן הַרְחִ֥יב אֶת־גְּבוּלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• Thusכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• For threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• and for fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• I will not revokeשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• Becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• rippedבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• the pregnantהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030
• womenהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• In orderמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• enlargeרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• their bordersגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366

Cross-references for Amos 1:13

• Deuteronomy 2:19When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.’
• Jeremiah 49:1Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the Lord: “Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities?
• Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,
• Zephaniah 2:8“I have heard the taunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And become arrogant against their territory.
• Deuteronomy 23:3No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the Lord; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the Lord,
• Judges 10:7The anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon.
• Judges 11:15and they said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
• 1 Samuel 11:1Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us and we will serve you.”
• 2 Samuel 10:1Now it happened afterwards that the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son became king in his place.
• 2 Kings 24:2The Lord sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.
• 2 Chronicles 20:1Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
• Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, “What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
• Nehemiah 4:7Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.
• Psalms 83:7Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
• Hosea 13:16Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land!

Commentaries on Amos 1:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13The children of Ammon - The country of the Ammonites lay to the east of Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead. Rabbah was its capital. Because they have ripped up - This refers to some barbarous transaction well known in the time of this prophet, but of which we have no distinct mention in the sacred historians.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Ammon - These who receive their existence under circumstances, in any way like those of the first forefathers of Moab and Ammon, are known to be under physical as well as intellectual and moral disadvantages. Apart from the worst horrors, on the one side reason was stupefied, on the other it was active in sin. He who imprinted His laws on nature, has annexed the penalty to the infraction of those laws. It is known also how, even under the Gospel, the main…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Israel saw the people of Ammon as relatives who betrayed them. The Ammonites, like the Moabites (Amos 2:1), were descendants of Lot, Abraham’s nephew (Genesis 19:37–38). Ammon was a constant threat to Gilead (see Judges 10:7–9). In ancient times, conquering armies often harmed pregnant women (2 Kings 8:12; 15:16; Hosea 13:16). They also raped women and killed children in the towns they captured (Isaiah 13:16, 18; Lamentations 5:11; Hosea 10:14; 13:16…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Ammon--The Ammonites under Nahash attacked Jabesh-gilead and refused to accept the offer of the latter to save them, unless the Jabesh-gileadites would put out all their right eyes (1Sa 11:1, &c.). Saul rescued Jabesh-gilead. The Ammonites joined the Chaldeans in their invasion of Judea for the sake of plunder. ripped up ... women with-child--as Hazael of Syria also did (2Ki 8:12; compare Ho 13:16). Ammon's object in this cruel act was to leave Israel…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 1:13

• Ammonites
• Captive
• Homicide
• Prisoners
• War

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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