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Amos 1:4-6
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4 
“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).
5 
“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.(A)

6 
Thus says the Lord,
“For three transgressions of Gaza [in Philistia] and for four (multiplied delinquencies)
I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,
Because [as slave traders] they took captive the entire [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared]
And deported them to Edom [for the slave trade].(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. Amos 1:4 Ben-hadad succeeded his father and ruled from 796-775 b.c.
  3. Amos 1:5 Perhaps back to the homeland of the Arameans (Syrians). Its location is uncertain.
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Amos 1:4-6
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4 I will send fire(A) on the house of Hazael(B)
    that will consume the fortresses(C) of Ben-Hadad.(D)
5 I will break down the gate(E) 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.(F)
    The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,(G)”
says the Lord.(H)

6 This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Gaza,(I)
    even for four, I will not relent.(J)
Because she took captive whole communities
    and sold them to Edom,(K)

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Footnotes

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