Amos 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:

For

Damascus

Zechariah 9:1

And for four

Amos 1:6

Because

Isaiah 41:15

General references

Deuteronomy 30:7

Bible References

For

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they took all the people away prisoners, to give them up to Edom.

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because he had the bones of the king of Edom burned to dust.

He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.

Ten times now you have made sport of me; it gives you no sense of shame to do me wrong.

Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

Give a part to seven or even to eight, because you have no knowledge of the evil which will be on the earth.

Damascus

For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin (and in sixty-five years from now Ephraim will be broken, and will no longer be a people):

For before the child is able to say, Father, or, Mother, the wealth of Damascus and the goods of Samaria will be taken away by the king of Assyria.

The word about Damascus. See, they have made Damascus a town no longer; it has become a waste place.

About Damascus. Hamath is put to shame, and Arpad; for the word of evil has come to their ears, their heart in its fear is turned to water, it will not be quiet.

A word of the Lord: The Lord has come to the land of Hadrach, and Damascus is his resting-place: for the towns of Aram are the Lord's,

And for four

These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they took all the people away prisoners, to give them up to Edom.

Because

And it will come about that the man who gets away safe from the sword of Hazael, Jehu will put to death; and whoever gets away safe from the sword of Jehu, Elisha will put to death.

And Hazael said, Why is my lord weeping? Then he said in answer, Because I see the evil which you will do to the children of Israel: burning down their strong towns, putting their young men to death with the sword, smashing their little ones against the stones, and cutting open the women who are with child.

In those days the Lord was angry first with Israel; and Hazael made attacks on all the land of Israel,

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the power of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the power of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, again and again.

See, I will make you like a new grain-crushing instrument with teeth, crushing the mountains small, and making the hills like dry stems.

General references

And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.