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Judgment on Phoenicia

(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.
10 That'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. 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.
  2. 1.9 my people: See the note at 1.6.
  3. 1.11 their own relatives: The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, the ancestor of the Israelites.

This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Tyre,(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.(B)
Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom,
    disregarding a treaty of brotherhood,(C)
10 I will send fire on the walls of Tyre
    that will consume her fortresses.(D)

11 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,(E)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword(F)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,(G)

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