Amos 1:8

And I will cut off the inhabitant out of Ashdod, and the holder of the sceptre out of Ashkelon,—and will turn my hand against Ekron, So shall perish the remnant of the Philistines, saith My Lord, Yahweh.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

7Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,—which shall devour the palaces thereof;

9Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Tyre, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because of their delivering up the whole body of exiles to Edom, and they remembered not the brotherly covenant,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 6:17Now, these, are the golden boils which, the Philistines returned as a guilt-offering unto Yahweh,—For Ashdod, one, for Gaza, one, for Ashkelon, one, for Gath, one, for Ekron, one;

Psalms 81:14Right soon, their foes, would I subdue, And, against their adversaries, would I turn my hand:

Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, Philistia, any of thee, In that the rod of him that smote thee, is broken,—For, out of the root of the serpent, shall come forth, a viper, And his fruit be a fiery dragon that flieth.

Jeremiah 47:4On account of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Zidon every escaped one that could have helped,—For Yahweh is laying waste the Philistines, The remnant of the Coastland of Caphtor.

Amos 3:9Announce it over the palaces in Ashdod, and over the palaces in the land of Egypt,—and say ye—Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold ye—the great disorders in the midst thereof, and the oppressed within her.

Zechariah 9:6And there shall be seated a half-breed in Ashdod,—So will I cut off the arrogance 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 →

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