Amo 1:3 | CPDV | STEP | Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Damascus, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have threshed Gilead into iron wagons.

Amos 1:3

3 Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Damascus, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have threshed Gilead into iron wagons. ^{▼▼1:3The word ‘trituraverint’ means to thresh grain during a harvest. They have threshed or harvested the people of Gilead into iron wagons, i.e. they have harvested them and contained them (implying harshness and some form of captivity or restraint).(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼1:3 For three crimes--and for four: That is, for their many unrepented of crimes.(Challoner)
,} ^{▼▼1:3 I will not convert it: That is, I will not spare them, nor turn away the punishments I design to inflict upon them.(Challoner)}