Amos 1:13

Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

In Context

12Therefore will I send a fire into Teman,—which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

14Therefore will I kindle a fire upon the wall of Rabbah, which shall devour the palaces thereof,—with a war-cry in the day of battle, with tempest in the day of storm-wind;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:19so wilt thou draw near over against the sons of Ammon, do not thou besiege them neither engage in strife with them,—for I will not give of the land of the sons of Ammon unto thee as a possession, for unto the sons of Lot, have I given it as a possession.

Judges 10:7So the anger of Yahweh kindled upon Israel,—and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon;

1 Samuel 11:1Then came up Nahash the Ammonite, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead,—and all the man of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Solemnise with us a covenant, that we may serve thee.

2 Samuel 12:31the people also that were therein, brought he forth, and put them to the saw, and to threshing sledges of iron, and to axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln, and thus used he to do unto all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

2 Kings 15:16Then, Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the boundaries thereof, from Tirzah, because they opened not, therefore he smote them,—all the women therein that were with child, he ripped up.

2 Chronicles 20:1And it came to pass, after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and, with them, some of the Meunim, came against Jehoshaphat, to battle.

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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