Amos 1:13

Overview - Amos 1
The time when Amos prophesied.
He shews God's judgment upon Syria,
upon the Philistines,
upon Tyrus,
11 upon Edom,
13 upon Ammon.
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Amos 1:13  (King James Version)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
 


the children
Deuteronomy 2:19 ; Jeremiah 49:1-6 ; Ezekiel 25:2-7 ; Zephaniah 2:8

and for
Deuteronomy 23:3 Deuteronomy 23:4 ; Judges 10:7-9 ; 11:15-28 1 Samuel 11:1 1 Samuel 11:2 ; 2 Samuel 10:1-8 ; 2 Kings 24:2
2 Chronicles 20:1 2 Chronicles 20:10 ; Nehemiah 2:19 ; 4:7-23 Psalms 83:7

because
Hosea 13:16

ripped up the woman with child
or, divided the mountains.
enlarge.
Isaiah 5:8 ; Jeremiah 49:1 ; Ezekiel 35:10 ; Habakkuk 2:5 Habakkuk 2:6