Amos 1
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Amos 1
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2 Sam 14.2; 2 Kings 14.23–29; Zech 14.5 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years#1.1 Or during two years before the earthquake.
Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
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Jer 25.30; Joel 1.18, 19; 3.16; Am 9.3 And he said:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.
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v 13
; Isa 7.8; 8.4Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.3 Heb cause it to return
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
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1 Kings 20.1; 2 Kings 6.24; Jer 49.27 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
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2 Kings 16.9; Jer 51.30; Am 9.7 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord.
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v 9
; 1 Sam 6.17; Jer 47.1, 5; Ob 11Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.6 Heb cause it to return
because they carried into exile entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom.
7So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
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Ps 81.14; Zeph 2.4; Zech 9.6 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.
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1 Kings 5.1; 9.11–14; Isa 23.1–18; Ezek 26.2–4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.9 Heb cause it to return
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
and did not remember the covenant of kinship.
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Zech 9.4
So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
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Isa 34.5, 6; 57.16; 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ob 10–12; Mic 7.18 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.11 Heb cause it to return
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually#1.11 Syr Vg: Heb and his anger tore perpetually
and kept his wrath#1.11 Gk Syr Vg: Heb and his wrath kept forever.
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Jer 49.7, 20 So I will send a fire on Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
13 #
2 Kings 15.16; Jer 49.1–6; Ezek 25.2–7 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.13 Heb cause it to return
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.
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Isa 29.6; 30.30; Jer 49.2; Ezek 21.22; Am 2.2 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;
15 #
Jer 49.3
then their king shall go into exile,
he and his officials together, says the Lord.
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Amos 1
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Amos 1
1 #
2 Sam 14.2; 2 Kings 14.23–29; Zech 14.5 The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years#1.1 Or during two years before the earthquake.
Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
2 #
Jer 25.30; Joel 1.18, 19; 3.16; Am 9.3 And he said:
The Lord roars from Zion
and utters his voice from Jerusalem;
the pastures of the shepherds wither,
and the top of Carmel dries up.
3 #
v 13
; Isa 7.8; 8.4Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Damascus,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.3 Heb cause it to return
because they have threshed Gilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 #
1 Kings 20.1; 2 Kings 6.24; Jer 49.27 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5 #
2 Kings 16.9; Jer 51.30; Am 9.7 I will break the gate bars of Damascus
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven
and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden,
and the people of Aram shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord.
6 #
v 9
; 1 Sam 6.17; Jer 47.1, 5; Ob 11Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Gaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.6 Heb cause it to return
because they carried into exile entire communities,
to hand them over to Edom.
7So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
8 #
Ps 81.14; Zeph 2.4; Zech 9.6 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod
and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will turn my hand against Ekron,
and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.
9 #
1 Kings 5.1; 9.11–14; Isa 23.1–18; Ezek 26.2–4 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Tyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.9 Heb cause it to return
because they delivered entire communities over to Edom
and did not remember the covenant of kinship.
10 #
Zech 9.4
So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
and it shall devour its strongholds.
11 #
Isa 34.5, 6; 57.16; 63.1–6; Jer 49.7–22; Ob 10–12; Mic 7.18 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.11 Heb cause it to return
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity;
he maintained his anger perpetually#1.11 Syr Vg: Heb and his anger tore perpetually
and kept his wrath#1.11 Gk Syr Vg: Heb and his wrath kept forever.
12 #
Jer 49.7, 20 So I will send a fire on Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
13 #
2 Kings 15.16; Jer 49.1–6; Ezek 25.2–7 Thus says the Lord:
For three transgressions of the Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,#1.13 Heb cause it to return
because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead
in order to enlarge their territory.
14 #
Isa 29.6; 30.30; Jer 49.2; Ezek 21.22; Am 2.2 So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah,
and it shall devour its strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
with a storm on the day of the whirlwind;
15 #
Jer 49.3
then their king shall go into exile,
he and his officials together, says the Lord.
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