Amos 1:9

This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Tyre, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they had delivered up a whole people to Edom, 1 and they broke their covenant of brotherhood. 1

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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

8I 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

10I will send fire on the walls of Tyre, 1 and it will devour her fortresses.” 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 5:11Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons. They built a house for David.

1 Kings 9:11Now Hiram, the king of Tyre, had furnished Solomon with cedar and cypress trees, and with gold—all that Solomon desired—so King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.

Isaiah 23:1A declaration about Tyre: 1 Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for there is neither home nor harbor; 1 from the land of Cyprus it has been revealed to them. + 23:1 Instead of Cyprus , some modern versions keep Kittim , the Hebrew name for this island. 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.

Ezekiel 27:1Again the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 28:1Then the word of Yahweh came to 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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