Amos 1:9
Thus, 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,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,—which shall devour the palaces thereof.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:11Then Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers unto David, with cedar-wood, and carpenters, and masons, and they built a house for David.
1 Kings 9:11Hiram king of Tyre having supplied Solomon with timber of cedar, and with timber of fir, and with gold, according to all his desire, that, then, King Solomon gave unto Hiram twenty cities, in the land of Galilee.
Isaiah 23:1The oracle on Tyre,—Howl! ye ships of Tarshish, For it is laid too waste to be a haven to enter, From the land of Cyprus, hath it been unveiled to them.
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.
Ezekiel 27:1And the word of Yahweh came unto me, saying:
Ezekiel 28:1And the word of Yahweh came 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 →