Amos 1:8
I will cut off the man who lives in Ashdod 1 and the man who holds the scepter from Ashkelon. 1 I will turn my hand against Ekron, 1 and the rest of the Philistines will perish,” 1 says the Lord Yahweh. 1
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7I will send fire on the walls of Gaza, 1 and it will devour her fortresses. 1
Cross References
1 Samuel 6:17These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to Yahweh—one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron.
Psalms 81:14Then I would quickly subdue their enemies 1 and turn my hand against their oppressors. 1
Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. 1 For out of the serpent's root will grow out an adder, 1 and his offspring will be a fiery flying serpent. 1
Jeremiah 47:4For the day is coming that will devastate all of the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon 1 every survivor who wants to help them. For Yahweh is devastating the Philistines, 1 those who remain from the island of Caphtor.
Amos 3:9Proclaim this in the fortresses at Ashdod, 1 and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt; 1 say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria 1 and see what great confusion is in her, 1 and what oppression is in her. 1
Zechariah 9:6Strangers will make their homes in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
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 →