Amos 1:3 References
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Thus says the Lord, "For athree transgressions of bDamascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.
b Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 17:1-3, Jeremiah 49:23-27, Zechariah 9:1
Isaiah 8
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for abefore the boy knows how to cry out 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of bDamascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria."
Isaiah 17
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The aoracle concerning bDamascus. "Behold, Damascus is about to be cremoved from being a city And will become a dfallen ruin.
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"The cities of aAroer are forsaken; They will be for bflocks to lie down in, And there will be cno one to frighten them.
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"The afortified city will disappear from Ephraim, And sovereignty from Damascus And the remnant of Aram; They will be like the bglory of the sons of Israel," Declares the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 49
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Concerning aDamascus. "bHamath and cArpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are ddisheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It ecannot be calmed.
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"Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; aDistress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth.
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"Therefore, her ayoung men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the Lord of hosts.
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"I will aset fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of bBen-hadad."