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 Adonai: For three crimes of Edom even for four, I will not relent. For he pursued his brother with a sword and stifled his compassion. For his anger tore continually, and he kept his wrath forever. 12So I will send fire in Teman— it will devour Bozrah’s citadels. Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of the sons of Ammon even for four, I will not relent. For they ripped open pregnant women of Gilead to expand their territory, 14I will kindle fire on Rabbah’s wall and it will devour its citadels, amid shouting on a day of battle, with storm on a day of whirlwind. 15Their king will go into exile, he and his princes together. Thus Adonai has said.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• For threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Ammonעַמּוֹן‛ammôn · AmmonH5983
• and for fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• I will not turn awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• thereof; because they have ripped upבָּקַעbâqa‛ · to break up/openH1234
• the women with childהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568
• that they might enlargeרָחַבrâchab · to enlargeH7337
• their borderגְּבוּלgebûl gebûl · border: boundaryH1366

Cross-references for Amos 1:13

• Deuteronomy 2:19When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass or provoke them—for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon for a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession.
• Jeremiah 49:1About Ammon’s children, thus says Adonai: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then did Malcam dispossess Gad and his people settled in its towns?
• Ezekiel 25:2“Son of man, set your face toward the children of Ammon and prophesy against them.
• Zephaniah 2:8I have heard the taunts of Moab and the jeers of the children of Ammon, who taunted My people and expanded on their border.
• Deuteronomy 23:3No one born of forbidden relations is to enter the community of Adonai—even to the tenth generation none of his descendants are to enter the community of Adonai.
• Judges 10:7So Adonai’s anger burned against Israel, and He sold them over into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the children of Ammon.
• Judges 11:15and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon.
• 1 Samuel 11:1Now Nahash the Ammonite marched up and encamped against Jabesh-gilead. Then all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
• 2 Samuel 10:1It came about after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned in his place.
• 2 Kings 24:2Then Adonai sent against him marauding bands of the Chaldeans, Arameans, Moabites and Ammonites—He sent them against Judah to destroy it, as was the word of Adonai that He had spoken by the hand of His servants the prophets.
• 2 Chronicles 20:1Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites together with other Ammonites came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
• Nehemiah 2:19But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they mocked and ridiculed us. They said, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
• Nehemiah 4:7So I stationed people in the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families with their swords, spears and bows.
• Psalms 83:7The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
• Isaiah 5:8Woe to those who join house to house and merge field to field, until there is no room, and you will 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

In the dictionaries

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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