Amos 1:3-5

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Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with sharp iron sledges [having spikes that crushed and shredded].^(A)
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“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon the house of ^[a]Hazael,
And it shall devour the palaces and strongholds of ^[b]Ben-hadad (Hazael’s son).
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“I also will break the bar [of the gate] of Damascus,
And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven (Wickedness),
And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden (Damascus);
And the people of Aram [conquered by the Assyrians] will go into exile to ^[c]Kir,”
Says the Lord.^(B)

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Footnotes

Amos 1:4 Hazael ruled from Damascus (842-796 b.c.) as king of Aram (Syria). He was an important official in the court of Hadadezer whom he assassinated and then succeeded.
Amos 1:4 Ben-hadad succeeded his father and ruled from 796-775 b.c.
Amos 1:5 Perhaps back to the homeland of the Arameans (Syrians). Its location is uncertain.