Amos 1:9

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 1:9  (King James Version)
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
 


Tyrus
Isaiah 23:1-18 ; Jeremiah 47:4 ; Ezekiel 26:1-28:26 ; Joel 3:4-8 ; Zechariah 9:2-4

because
Amos 1:6 Amos 1:11

brotherly covenant
Hebrew covenant of brethren.
2 Samuel 5:11 ; 1 Kings 5:1-11 ; 9:11-14 2 Chronicles 2:8-16