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1169 Revolts:Edom,Ammon,Moab,Judah,Israel AMOS 1:5–2:7
vour the dwelling towers of Benhadad.
a 5 And I will break the
bar of Damascus b and cut off the
inhabitant from Bikath-aven,
and the holder of the scepter
from Beth-eden; and the people
of Syria will have to go as exiles
to Kir,” c Jehovah has said.’
6 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘ “On account of three revolts
of Gaza, d and on account
of four, I shall not turn it back,
on account of their taking into
exile a complete body of exiles e
to hand over to Edom. f 7 And
I will send a fire onto the wall of
Gaza, g and it must devour her
dwelling towers. 8 And I will
cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
h and the holder of the scepter
from Ashke·lon; i and I will
turn my hand back j upon Ekron,
k and the remaining ones of
the Phi·listines must perish,” l
the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has
said.’
9 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘On account of three revolts
of Tyre, m and on account of
four, I shall not turn it back, on
account of their handing over a
complete body of exiles to Edom,
and because they did not remember
the covenant of brothers. n
10 And I will send a fire onto the
wall of Tyre, and it must devour
her dwelling towers.’ o
11 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘On account of three revolts
of Edom, p and on account
of four, I shall not turn it back,
on account of his pursuing his
own brother with the sword, q
and because he ruined his own
merciful qualities, r and his anger
keeps tearing away forever; and
his fury—he has kept it perpetually.
s 12 And I will send a fire
into Teman, t anditmustdevour
the dwelling towers of Bozrah.’ u
13 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘ “On account of three revolts
of the sons of Ammon, v and
on account of four, I shall not
CHAP. 1
a 1Ki 20:21
b Isa 7:8
Isa 17:1
c 2Ki 16:9
Isa 22:6
Am 9:7
d Eze 25:15
e 2Ch 21:17
2Ch 28:18
Joe 3:6
f Ob 11
g Jer 25:20
Jer 47:1
Zec 9:5
h Isa 20:1
i Jer 47:5
j Ps 81:14
k Zep 2:4
Zec 9:7
l Isa 14:29
Jer 47:4
Eze 25:16
Zep 2:5
m Eze 26:2
n Joe 3:6
o Eze 26:12
p Isa 34:5
Joe 3:19
q Eze 25:12
r Job 6:14
s 2Ch 28:17
Ob 10
t Ge 36:11
Ob 9
u Ge 36:33
Isa 34:6
Jer 49:13
v Eze 25:3
Zep 2:8
Second Col.
a De 23:3
2Ch 20:1
b Jg 11:13
Jer 49:1
Eze 35:10
c Jer 49:2
Eze 25:5
d Ps 83:15
e Jer 27:3
Jer 49:3
CHAP. 2
f Jer 48:29
Eze 25:8
Zep 2:8
g Isa 33:12
h Jer 48:24
i Isa 15:1
j Nu 24:17
Isa 16:14
Jer 48:7
k 2Ki 17:19
Jer 2:13
Jer 9:26
l Le 26:15
2Ch 36:14
Ne 1:7
Da 9:11
m Isa 28:15
Jer 16:19
n 2Ch 30:7
Jer 9:14
o 1Sa 12:15
1Ch 28:9
2Ch 36:19
Jer 17:27
Jer 37:8
Jer 52:13
Ho 8:14
turn it back, a on account of their
slitting open the pregnant women
of Gile·ad, for the purpose of
widening out their own territory.
b 14 And I will set fire to the
wall of Rabbah, c anditmustdevour
her dwelling towers, with an
alarm signal in the day of battle,
with a tempest in the day of
storm wind. d 15 And their king
must go into exile, he and his
princes together,” e Jehovah has
said.’
2
“This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘ “On account of three
revolts of Moab, f and on account
of four, I shall not turn it back,
on account of his burning the
bones of the king of Edom for
lime. g 2 And I will send a fire
into Moab, and it must devour
the dwelling towers of Keri·oth; h
and with noise Moab must die,
with an alarm signal, with the
sound of a horn. i 3 And I will
cut off the judge from the midst
of her, and all her princes I shall
kill with him,” j Jehovah has said.’
4 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘On account of three revolts
of Judah, k and on account of
four, I shall not turn it back, on
account of their rejecting the law
of Jehovah, l and because they did
not keep his own regulations; but
their lies, m after which their forefathers
had walked, kept making
them wander. n 5 And I will
send a fire into Judah, and it
must devour the dwelling towers
of Jerusalem.’ o
6 “This is what Jehovah has
said, ‘On account of three revolts
of Israel, p and on account
of four, I shall not turn it back,
on account of their selling someone
righteous for mere silver,
and someone poor for the price
of a pair of sandals. q 7 They are
panting for the dust of the earth
on the head of lowly persons; r
and the way of meek people they
p De 28:45; 2Ki 17:7; Eze 23:5; Ho 4:1; q Ex 23:6;
Eze 22:12; Joe 3:3; Am 5:11; Am 8:6; r Am 4:1.