New American Standard Bible 1995

Amos 1:3-13

3Thus says the Lord, “For 1three transgressions of 2Damascus and for four I will not 3revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of 4Ben-hadad.5I will also 5break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the 6valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; So the people of Aram will go exiled to 7Kir,” Says the Lord.

6Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of 8Gaza and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they deported an entire population To 9deliver it up to Edom.7So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.8I will also cut off the inhabitant from 10Ashdod, And him who holds the scepter, from 11Ashkelon; I will even 12unleash My 13power upon Ekron, And the remnant of the 14Philistines will perish,” Says the Lord 15God.

9Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of 16Tyre and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom And did not remember the covenant of 17 18brotherhood.10So I will 19send fire upon the wall of Tyre And it will consume her citadels.”

11Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of 20Edom and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he 21pursued his brother with the sword, While he 22stifled his compassion; His anger also 23tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever.12So I will send fire upon 24Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

13Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of the sons of 25Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 26ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to 27enlarge their borders.

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Notes

1. Amos 1:3 Amos 2:1, 4, 6 ↩
2. Amos 1:3 Is 8:4; 17:1-3; Jer 49:23-27; Zech 9:1 ↩
3. Amos 1:3 Lit cause it to turn back, and so throughout the ch ↩
4. Amos 1:4 1 Kin 20:1; 2 Kin 6:24 ↩
5. Amos 1:5 Jer 51:30; Lam 2:9 ↩
6. Amos 1:5 Possibly, Baalbek ↩
7. Amos 1:5 2 Kin 16:9; Amos 9:7 ↩
8. Amos 1:6 1 Sam 6:17; Jer 47:1, 5; Zeph 2:4 ↩
9. Amos 1:6 Ezek 35:5; Obad 11 ↩
10. Amos 1:8 2 Chr 26:6; Amos 3:9; Zech 9:6 ↩
11. Amos 1:8 Jer 47:5; Zeph 2:4 ↩
12. Amos 1:8 Lit cause to return ↩
13. Amos 1:8 Lit hand ↩
14. Amos 1:8 Is 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:16; Joel 3:4-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
15. Amos 1:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
16. Amos 1:9 Is 23:1-18; Jer 25:22; Ezek 26:2-4; Joel 3:4-8; Zech 9:1-4; Matt 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 14 ↩
17. Amos 1:9 Lit brothers ↩
18. Amos 1:9 1 Kin 9:11-14 ↩
19. Amos 1:10 Zech 9:4 ↩
20. Amos 1:11 Is 34:5, 6; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:1-15; Obad 1-14; Mal 1:2-5 ↩
21. Amos 1:11 Num 20:14-21; 2 Chr 28:17; Obad 10-12 ↩
22. Amos 1:11 Lit corrupted ↩
23. Amos 1:11 Is 57:16; Mic 7:18 ↩
24. Amos 1:12 Jer 49:7, 20; Obad 9 ↩
25. Amos 1:13 Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:2-7; Zeph 2:8, 9 ↩
26. Amos 1:13 2 Kin 15:16; Hos 13:16 ↩
27. Amos 1:13 Is 5:8; Ezek 35:10 ↩

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