Amos 1:5

Amos 1:5

Judgment on the Nations

3 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of ^aDamascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have ^bthreshed Gilead with implements of iron.

4 ^aBut I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of ^bBen-Hadad.

5 I will also break the gate ^abar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who¹ holds the scepter from Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,”
Says the Lord.

6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of ^aGaza, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they took captive the whole captivity
To deliver them up to Edom.

7 ^aBut I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour its palaces.

8 I will cut off the inhabitant ^afrom Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will ^bturn My hand against Ekron,
And ^cthe remnant of the Philistines shall perish,”
Says the Lord God.

9 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of ^aTyre, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.

10 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre,
Which shall devour its palaces.”

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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The bar of Damascus - The gates, whose long traverse bars, running from wall to wall, were their strength. I will throw it open; and the gates were forced, and the city taken, as above.

The plain of Aven - the house of Eden - These are names, says Bochart, of the valley of Damascus. The plain of Aven, or Birkath-Aven, Calmet says, is a city of Syria, at present called Baal-Bek, and by the Greeks Heliopolis; and is situated at the end of that long valley which extends from south to north, between Libanus and Anti-Libanus.

The people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir - Kir is supposed to be the country of Cyrene in Albania, on the river Cyrus, which empties itself into the Caspian Sea. The fulfilment of this prophecy may be seen in II Kings 16:1-9.

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