Tree of Life Version
Amos 1:5
5I will break the Damascus gate-bar and cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, wielding Beth-eden’s scepter. So the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir. Adonai has said it.
Amos 1:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the Lord.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, And the one who holds the scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,” Says the Lord.
Context of Amos 1:5
3Thus says Adonai: For three crimes of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. For they threshed Gilead with iron threshing sledges, 4I will send fire into Hazael’s palace. It will devour Ben-hadad’s citadels. I will break the Damascus gate-bar and cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven, wielding Beth-eden’s scepter. So the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir. Adonai has said it. 6Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Gaza, even for four, I will not relent. For they exiled an entire population, giving them over to Edom. 7So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza —it will devour its citadels.
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וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ בְּרִ֣יחַ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וְהִכְרַתִּ֤י יוֹשֵׁב֙ מִבִּקְעַת־אָ֔וֶן וְתוֹמֵ֥ךְ שֵׁ֖בֶט מִבֵּ֣ית עֶ֑דֶן וְגָל֧וּ עַם־אֲרָ֛ם קִ֖ירָה אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- also the barבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
- of Damascusדַּמֶּ֫שֶׂקdammeώeq dûmeώeq darmeώeq · DamascusH1834
- and cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
- the inhabitantיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
- from the plainבִּקְעָהbiq‛âh · (Aven) ValleyH1237
- of Avenאָ֫וֶן'âven · (Valley of) AvenH206
- and him that holdethתָּמַךְtâmak · to graspH8551
- the sceptreשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
- from the houseבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
- of Edenבֵּית עֶ֑דֶןbêyth ‛êden · Beth-edenH1040
- of Edenעֵ֫דֶן‛êden · EdenH5731
- and the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- of Syriaאֲרָם'ărâm · SyriaH758
- shall go into captivityגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: removeH1540
- unto Kirקִירqîyr · KirH7024
- saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Amos 1:5
- Isaiah 43:14Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down the fleeing Chaldeans, all of them, in the ships in which they exult.
- Jeremiah 50:36A sword on the diviners—fools! A sword on her warriors—shattered!
- Jeremiah 51:30Babylon’s warriors ceased fighting. They stay in their strongholds. Their might is exhausted. They have become like women. Her dwellings are set ablaze, her gate-bars are broken.
- Lamentations 2:9Her gates sank into the ground. Her bars He destroyed and shattered. Her king and princes are among nations. There is no more Torah. Also her prophets find no vision from Adonai.
- Nahum 3:13See, your people within you are women. The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies— fire has devoured your gate-bars.
- Amos 9:7“Are you not like the children of the Cushites to Me, Bnei-Yisrael?” It is the declaration of Adonai. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and Aram from Kir?”
- 2 Kings 16:9So the king of Assyria responded to him. The king of Assyria marched up against Damascus and captured it, and deported its inhabitants as captives to Kir and put Rezin to death.
Commentaries on Amos 1:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The bar of Damascus - The gates, whose long traverse bars, running from wall to wall, were their strength. I will throw it open; and the gates were forced, and the city taken, as above. The plain of Aven - the house of Eden - These are names, says Bochart, of the valley of Damascus. The plain of Aven, or Birkath-Aven, Calmet says, is a city of Syria, at present called Baal-Bek, and by the Greeks Heliopolis; and is situated at the end of that long valley…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I will also break the bar of Damascus - In the East, every city was fortified; the gates of the stronger cities were cased in iron, that they might not be set on fire by the enemy; they were fastened within with bars of brass 1 Kings 4:13 or iron (Psalm 107:16; Isaiah 45:2; compare Isaiah 48:14; Jeremiah 51:3 O). They were flanked with towers, and built over, so that what was naturally the weakest point and the readiest access to an enemy became the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Aven and Beth-eden were both linked with Aram and Damascus. The name Aven means “evil” or “wickedness.” It refers to the valley between the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains, also known as the plain of Damascus. Beth-eden was a small city-state north of Aram. In other biblical texts, it is simply called Eden (2 Kings 19:12; Ezekiel 27:23). The Arameans originally came from Kir (Amos 9:7), probably in southern Babylonia. When Damascus fell, Assyria forced…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. bar of Damascus--that is, the bar of its gates (compare Jr 51:30). the inhabitant--singular for plural, "inhabitants." Henderson, because of the parallel, "him that holdeth the scepter," translates, "the ruler." But the parallelism is that of one clause complementing the other, "the inhabitant" or subject here answering to "him that holdeth the scepter" or ruler there, both ruler and subject alike being cut off. Aven--the same as Oon or Un, a…Read the comment
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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
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