New American Standard Bible 2020

Amos 1:3-11

3This is what the Lord says: “For 1three offenses of 2Damascus, and for four, I will not 3revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.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 eliminate every inhabitant from the 6Valley of Aven, As well as him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; So the people of Aram will be exiled to 7Kir,” Says the Lord.

6This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 8Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they led into exile an entire population To 9turn them over to Edom.7So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.8I will also eliminate every inhabitant from 10Ashdod, As well as him who holds the scepter, from 11Ashkelon; And I will direct My 12power against Ekron, And the remnant of the 13Philistines will perish,” Says the Lord 14God.

9This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 15Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because they turned an entire population over to Edom And did not remember the covenant of 16 17brotherhood.10So I will 18send fire on the wall of Tyre, And it will consume her citadels.”

11This is what the Lord says: “For three offenses of 19Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, Because he 20pursued his brother with the sword And stifled his compassion; His anger also 21tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever.

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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 hand ↩
13. 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 ↩
14. Amos 1:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord ↩
15. 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 ↩
16. Amos 1:9 Lit brothers ↩
17. Amos 1:9 1 Kin 9:11-14 ↩
18. Amos 1:10 Zech 9:4 ↩
19. 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 ↩
20. Amos 1:11 Num 20:14-21; 2 Chr 28:17; Obad 10-12 ↩
21. Amos 1:11 Is 57:16; Mic 7:18 ↩

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