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So I will send down fire upon the house of Hazael,
    and it will devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
I will shatter the gate bars of Damascus,
    and I will cut off the residents of the Aven Valley,
along with the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;
    and the people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,”
        says the Lord.

A Warning to Gaza

This is what the Lord says:

“For three transgressions of Gaza
    —and now for a fourth—
        I will not turn away;
because they exiled the entire population,
    delivering them to Edom.

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I will send fire(A) on the house of Hazael(B)
    that will consume the fortresses(C) of Ben-Hadad.(D)
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)

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.