Amos 1:6

6 Thus says the LORD: 1"For three transgressions of 2Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because 3they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.

Amos 1:6 In-Context

4 So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
5 I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the LORD.
6 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
8 I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish," says the Lord GOD.

Cross References 3

  • 1. [See ver. 3 above]
  • 2. Jeremiah 47:1, 5; Zephaniah 2:4; Zechariah 9:5
  • 3. 2 Chronicles 28:18; See Joel 3:4-6
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