Amos 1:10-14

Judgment on Israel's Neighbors

10 So I will send a fire upon the wall of x Tyre,
and it shall devour her strongholds."

11 Thus says the Lord:
k "For three transgressions of y Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
y because he pursued his brother with the sword
z and cast off all pity,
a and his anger tore perpetually,
a and he kept his wrath forever.
 12 So I will send a fire upon b Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of c Bozrah."

13 Thus says the Lord:
k "For three transgressions of the d Ammonites,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because e they have ripped open pregnant women in f Gilead,
that they might enlarge their border.
 14 So I will kindle a fire in the wall of g Rabbah,
h and it shall devour her strongholds,
with shouting on the day of battle,
h with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

  1. Cross References
    Amos 1:9
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Tyre, 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.
  2. Cross References
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  3. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 28:17
    For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives.
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 28:17
    For the Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried away captives.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 137:7
    Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!
    Joel 3:19
    Egypt shall become a desolation and Edom a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the people of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
    Malachi 1:4
    If Edom says, "We are shattered but we will rebuild the ruins," the Lord of hosts says, "They may build, but I will tear down, and they will be called 'the wicked country,' and 'the people with whom the Lord is angry forever.'
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:5
    Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 35:5
    Because you cherished perpetual enmity and gave over the people of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.
  8. Cross References
    Obadiah 1:9
    And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
    1 Chronicles 1:45
    Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:1
    Who is this who comes from Edom, in crimsoned garments from Bozrah, he who is splendid in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? "It is I, speaking in righteousness, mighty to save.
    1 Chronicles 1:44
    Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
  10. Cross References
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:1 - 2
    Concerning the Ammonites. Thus says the Lord : "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then has Milcom dispossessed Gad, and his people settled in its cities?
    Zephaniah 2:8 - 9
    I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites, how they have taunted my people and made boasts against their territory.
  12. Cross References
    Hosea 13:16
    Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
  13. Cross References
    Amos 1:3
    Thus says the Lord : "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.
  14. Cross References
    2 Samuel 11:1
    In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.
    2 Samuel 12:26
    Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city.
    Ezekiel 21:20
    Mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah, into Jerusalem the fortified.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:28 - 29
    And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning -
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:28 - 29
    And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning -
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