Amos 1:3-5

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Thus says the Lord,
“For ^(A)three transgressions of ^(B)Damascus and for four
I will not ^(a)revoke its punishment,
Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.

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“So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
And it will consume the citadels of ^(C)Ben-hadad.

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“I will also ^(D)break the gate bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the ^(b)valley of Aven,
And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;
So the people of Aram will go exiled to ^(E)Kir,”
Says the Lord.

Footnotes:

a. Amos 1:3: ['Lit ', cause it to turn back, ', and so throughout the ch']

b. Amos 1:5: ['Possibly, ', Baalbek]

Cross references:

A. Amos 1:3: Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6

B. Amos 1:3: Isaiah 8:4; Isaiah 17:1-3; Jeremiah 49:23-27; Zechariah 9:1

D. Amos 1:5: Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9

E. Amos 1:5: Amos 9:7