ahSee Hos. 13:16
Amos 1:3-15
3Thus says the Lord:a“For three transgressions of bDamascus,
and for four, cI will not revoke the punishment, ▼
▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 6, 9, 11, 13
because they have threshed eGilead
with threshing sledges of iron.
4 fSo I will send a fire upon the house of gHazael,
and it shall devour the strongholds of hBen-hadad.
5I will ibreak the gate-bar of jDamascus,
and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of kAven, ▼
▼Or On
and him who holds the scepter from mBeth-eden;
and the people of nSyria shall go into exile to oKir,”
says the Lord.
6Thus says the Lord:
p“For three transgressions of qGaza,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because rthey carried into exile a whole people
to deliver them up to Edom.
7So I will send a fire upon the wall of sGaza,
and it shall devour her strongholds.
8I will cut off the inhabitants from tAshdod,
and him 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.
9Thus says the Lord:
u“For three transgressions of vTyre,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because they delivered up a whole people to Edom,
and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
10So I will send a fire upon the wall of wTyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds.”
11Thus says the Lord:
x“For three transgressions of yEdom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
zbecause he pursued his brother with the sword
aaand cast off all pity,
aband his anger tore perpetually,
acand he kept his wrath forever.
12So I will send a fire upon adTeman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of aeBozrah.”
13Thus says the Lord:
af“For three transgressions of the agAmmonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because ahthey have ripped open pregnant women in aiGilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of ajRabbah,
akand it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
alwith a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
15and amtheir king shall go into exile,
he and his princes ▼
▼Or officials
together,”says the Lord.
Amos 2:1-3
1Thus says the Lord:ao“For three transgressions of apMoab,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, ▼
▼Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
because arhe burned to lime
the bones of the king of Edom.
2So I will send a fire upon Moab,
and it shall devour the strongholds of asKerioth,
and Moab shall die amid uproar,
amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;
3 atI will cut off the ruler from its midst,
and will kill auall its princes ▼
▼Or officials
with him,”says the Lord.
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