Amos 1:9-11

Contemporary English Version

Judgment on Phoenicia

⁹^(A) The Lord said:

I will punish Phoenicia^[a]
for countless crimes,
    and I won't change my mind.
They broke their treaty
and dragged off my people^[b]
    from town after town
to sell them as slaves
    to the Edomites.
¹⁰That's why I will send flames
to burn down the city of Tyre
    along with its fortresses.

Judgment on Edom

¹¹^(B) The Lord said:

I will punish Edom
for countless crimes,
and I won't change my mind.
They killed their own relatives^[c]
and were so terribly furious
that they showed no mercy.

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Footnotes

1.9 Phoenicia: The Hebrew text has “Tyre,” which was one of the two Phoenician cities; the other was Sidon, which is not mentioned by Amos.
1.9 my people: See the note at 1.6.
1.11 their own relatives: The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, the ancestor of the Israelites.