Amos 1:3-5

Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors

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3} The Lord says:

I will not relent from punishing Damascus^(A)
for three crimes, even four,^(B)
because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges.

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Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s^(C) citadels.

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I will break down the gates^(a)^(D) of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.^(E)
The Lord has spoken.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 1:5: Lit gate bars

Cross references:

A. Amos 1:3: Isaiah 17:1-3

B. Amos 1:3: Proverbs 30:15-29; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6

C. Amos 1:4: 2 Kings 8:11-15; 2 Kings 13:3; 2 Kings 13:22; 2 Kings 13:24

D. Amos 1:5: Genesis 22:17; Nehemiah 1:3; Nahum 3:13

E. Amos 1:5: Amos 9:7