OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 5

Amos 1:5

I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,

and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,”

says the LORD.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Amos 1:5 in context

Amos 1:2–8

He said:

“The LORD will roar from Zion,

and utter his voice from Jerusalem;

and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn,

and the top of Carmel will wither.”

The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Damascus, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron;

but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,

and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

Selected verse

I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,

and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,”

says the LORD.

The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they carried away captive the whole community,

to deliver them up to Edom;

but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour its palaces.

I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,

and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;

and I will turn my hand against Ekron;

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

says the Lord GOD.

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