Amos 1:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Therefore, I will send fire against Hazael’s palace,
and it will consume Ben-hadad’s(A) citadels.
5 I will break down the gates[a](B) of Damascus.
I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,
and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.
The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.(C)
The Lord has spoken.
6 The Lord says:
I will not relent from punishing Gaza(D)
for three crimes, even four,
because they exiled a whole community,
handing them over to Edom.
Footnotes
- Amos 1:5 Lit gate bars
Amos 1:4-6
King James Version
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 captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
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