Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
Three
Carried, etc
To edom
General references
Bible References
Three
Amos 1:3
"Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Damascus, I will not spare her: because they have threshed Gilead with iron stales.
Carried, etc
2 Chronicles 21:16
And the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabians that border on the black Moors.
2 Chronicles 28:18
And the Philistines invaded the cities in the low country and the south of Judah: and took Bethshemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth and Socoh with the towns longing thereto, and Timnah with the towns of the same, and Gimzo with her towns, and dwelt therein.
Joel 3:6
The children also of Judah and Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Greeks, that ye might bring them the far from the borders of their own countries.
To edom
Amos 1:9
Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of the city of Tyre, I will not spare her: because they have increased the captivity of the Edomites, and have not remembered the brotherly covenant.
Ezekiel 35:5
Forsomuch as thou bearest an old enemy against the children of Israel, and with a cruel hand hast made them afraid, what time as they were troubled and punished for their sin:
Obadiah 1:11
and that because of the time when thou didst set thyself against him; even when the enemies carried away his host, and when the aliens came in at his ports, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, and thou thyself wast as one of them.
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies and on them that hate thee and persecute thee.