Amo 1:9 | NET2full | STEP | This is what the Lord says : “ Because Tyre has committed three crimes — make that four —I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom ; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood .

‏ Amos 1:9

9 This is what the Lord says:

“Because Tyre has committed three crimes ^{▼▼tn Traditionally, “transgressions” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV) or “sins” (NIV). For an explanation of the atrocities outlined in this oracle as treaty violations of God’s mandate to Noah in Gen 9:5-7, see the note on the word “violations” in 1:3.} —
make that four ^{▼▼tn Heb “Because of three violations of Tyre, even because of four.”} ^{▼▼sn On the three…four style that introduces each of the judgment oracles of chaps. 1-2 see the note on the word “four” in 1:3.} —I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ^{▼▼tn Heb “I will not bring it [or “him”] back.” The translation understands the pronominal object to refer to the decree of judgment that follows; the referent (the decree) has been specified in the translation for clarity. For another option see the note on the word “judgment” in 1:3.}
They sold ^{▼▼tn Heb “handed over.”} a whole community ^{▼▼tn Heb “[group of] exiles.” A similar phrase occurs in v. 6.} to Edom;
they failed to observe ^{▼▼tn Heb “did not remember.”} a treaty of brotherhood. ^{▼▼sn A treaty of brotherhood. In the ancient Near-Eastern world familial terms were sometimes used to describe treaty partners. In a treaty between superior and inferior parties, the lord would be called “father” and the subject “son.” The partners in a treaty between equals referred to themselves as “brothers.” For biblical examples, see 1 Kgs 9:13 and 20:32-33.}