Amos 1:9

Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Tzor, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they delivered up the golus shleimah to Edom, 1 and remembered not the brit achim; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The 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:

In Context

8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, 1 and him that holdeth the shevet (sceptre) from Ashkelon, 1 and I will turn Mine hand against Ekron; 1 and the she'erit Pelishtim shall perish, 1 saith Adonoi Hashem. 1

10But I will send an eish on the chomah (wall) of Tzor, 1 which shall devour the fortresses thereof. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11And Chiram Melech Tzor sent malachim to Dovid, and cedar trees, and charashim of etz (carpenters) and charashim of even (stone masons) kir (wall, i.e., masons of wall stones); and they built Dovid a Bais (Palace).

1 Kings 9:11(Now Chiram Melech Tzor had furnished Sh'lomo with cedar trees and cypress trees, and with zahav, according to all his desire), that then HaMelech Sh'lomo gave Chiram esrim ir (twenty towns) in Eretz HaGalil.

Isaiah 23:1The massa (burden) of Tzor: 1 Howl, ye oniyyot (ships) of Tarshish; 1 for it is destroyed, so that there is no bais, no entering in; 1 from the Eretz Kittim (Land of Cyprus) 1 niglah (it is revealed) to them. 1

Jeremiah 47:4Because of the Yom HaBah 1 for destroying all the Pelishtim (Philistines), 1 and to cut off from Tzor and Tzidon 1 every helper that remaineth; 1 for Hashem will destroy the Pelishtim (Philistines), 1 the remnant of the coast of Caphtor. 1

Ezekiel 27:1The Davar Hashem came again unto me, saying: 1

Ezekiel 28:1The Davar Hashem came again unto me, saying,

Matthew Henry on Amos 1:4-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 3 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into… Read the whole commentary →

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