Amos 1:6

Amos 1:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. Because she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they took captive the whole captivity To deliver them up to Edom.

Context of Amos 1:6

4So I will send down fire on King Hazael’s palace, and the fortresses of King Ben-hadad will be destroyed. 5I will break down the gates of Damascus and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven. I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden, and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,” says the Lord. This is what the Lord says: “The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They sent whole villages into exile, selling them as slaves to Edom. 7So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed. 8I will slaughter the people of Ashdod and destroy the king of Ashkelon. Then I will turn to attack Ekron, and the few Philistines still left will be killed,” says the Sovereign Lord.

Amos 1:6 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י עַזָּ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַל־הַגְלוֹתָ֛ם גָּל֥וּת שְׁלֵמָ֖ה לְהַסְגִּ֥יר לֶאֱדֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• For threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of Gazaעַזָּה‛azzâh · GazaH5804
• and for fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• I will not turn awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• thereof; because they carried away captiveגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
• the wholeשָׁלֵםshâlêm · completeH8003
• captivityגָּלוּתgâlûth · captivityH1546
• upסָגַרsâgar · to shutH5462
• to Edomאֱדוֹם'ĕdôm 'ĕdôm · EdomH123

Cross-references for Amos 1:6

• Amos 1:3This is what the Lord says: “The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges.
• 1 Samuel 6:17The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the Lord were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
• 2 Chronicles 28:18And the Philistines had raided towns located in the foothills of Judah and in the Negev of Judah. They had already captured and occupied Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages.
• Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken— that the king who attacked you is dead. For from that snake a more poisonous snake will be born, a fiery serpent to destroy you!
• Jeremiah 47:4“The time has come for the Philistines to be destroyed, along with their allies from Tyre and Sidon. Yes, the Lord is destroying the remnant of the Philistines, those colonists from the island of Crete.
• Ezekiel 25:15“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of bitter revenge and long-standing contempt.
• Zephaniah 2:4Gaza and Ashkelon will be abandoned, Ashdod and Ekron torn down.
• Zechariah 9:5The city of Ashkelon will see Tyre fall and will be filled with fear. Gaza will shake with terror, as will Ekron, for their hopes will be dashed. Gaza’s king will be killed, and Ashkelon will be deserted.
• Acts 8:26As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
• 2 Chronicles 21:16Then the Lord stirred up the Philistines and the Arabs, who lived near the Ethiopians, to attack Jehoram.
• Joel 3:6You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, so they could take them far from their homeland.
• Amos 1:9This is what the Lord says: “The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! They broke their treaty of brotherhood with Israel, selling whole villages as slaves to Edom.
• Ezekiel 35:5“Your eternal hatred for the people of Israel led you to butcher them when they were helpless, when I had already punished them for all their sins.
• Obadiah 1:11When they were invaded, you stood aloof, refusing to help them. Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but you acted like one of Israel’s enemies.

Commentaries on Amos 1:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6They carried away captive - Gaza is well known to have been one of the five lordships of the Philistines; it lay on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Egypt. Erkon, Ashdod, and Askelon, were other signories of the same people, which are here equally threatened with Gaza. The captivity mentioned here may refer to inroads and incursions made by the Philistines in times of peace. See 2 Chronicles 21:16. The margin reads, an entire captivity. They…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Gaza - Was the southernmost city of the Philistines, as it was indeed of Canaan Genesis 10:19 of old, the last inhabited place at the beginning of the desert, on the way from Phoenicia to Egypt. Its situation was wonderfully chosen, so that, often as a Gaza has been destroyed, a new city has, if even after long intervals, risen up again in the same immediate neighborhood. The fragments of the earlier city became materials for the later. It was first…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Philistine city of Gaza was located on the seacoast at the southwest edge of Palestine. It served as a gateway for trade between Africa and Asia. Its wrongdoing was engaging in slave trading. Philistia had attacked Israel or Judah and sold entire villages into slavery to Edom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Gaza--the southernmost of the five capitals of the five divisions of Philistia, and the key to Palestine on the south: hence put for the whole Philistine nation. Uzziah commenced the fulfilment of this prophecy (see 2Ch 26:6). because they carried away ... the whole captivity--that is, they left none. Compare with the phrase here, Jr 13:19, "Judah ... carried captive all of it ... wholly carried away." Under Jehoram already the Philistines had carried…Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 1:6

• Gaza
• Philistines

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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