I will break down the gate(A) of Damascus;
    I will destroy the king who is in[a] the Valley of Aven[b]
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.(B)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,(C)
says the Lord.(D)

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  1. Amos 1:5 Or the inhabitants of
  2. Amos 1:5 Aven means wickedness.

我要折斷大馬士革城的門閂,
剷除亞文平原[a]的居民和伯·伊甸的掌權者,
使亞蘭人被擄到吉珥[b]
這是耶和華說的。」

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  1. 1·5 亞文平原」希伯來文是「邪惡谷」。亞文平原和伯·伊甸皆屬於亞蘭人。
  2. 1·5 吉珥的位置不詳,亞蘭人原來自吉珥。