Judgment on Israel's Neighbors

Amos 1

1 The words of Amos, who was among the a sheepbreeders of b Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of c Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of d Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the e earthquake.

2 And he said:
"The LORD f roars from Zion,
And utters His voice from Jerusalem;
The pastures of the shepherds mourn,
And the top of g Carmel withers."

3 Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of h Damascus, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they have i threshed Gilead with implements of iron. 4 j But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,
Which shall devour the palaces of k BenHadad. 5 I will also break the gate l bar of Damascus,
And cut off the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven,
And the one who 1 holds the scepter from 2 Beth Eden.
The people of Syria shall go captive to Kir,"
Says the LORD.

6 Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of m Gaza, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they took captive the whole captivity
To deliver them up to Edom. 7 n But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,
Which shall devour its palaces. 8 I will cut off the inhabitant o from Ashdod,
And the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
I will p turn My hand against Ekron,
And q the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,"
Says the Lord GOD.

9 Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of r Tyre, 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."

11 Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of s Edom, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because he pursued his t brother with the sword,
And cast off all pity;
His anger tore perpetually,
And he kept his wrath forever. 12 But u I will send a fire upon Teman,
Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah."

13 Thus says the LORD:
"For three transgressions of v the people of Ammon, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they ripped open the women with child in Gilead,
That they might enlarge their territory. 14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of w Rabbah,
And it shall devour its palaces,
x Amid shouting in the day of battle,
And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind. 15 y Their king shall go into captivity,
He and his princes together,"
Says the LORD.

Amos 2

1 Thus says the LORD:
a "For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because he b burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab,
And it shall devour the palaces of c Kerioth;
Moab shall die with tumult,
With shouting and trumpet sound. 3 And I will cut off d the judge from its midst,
And slay all its princes with him,"
Says the LORD.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:4
    Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepbreeder, and he regularly paid the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams.
    Amos 7:14
    Then Amos answered, and said to Amaziah: "I was no prophet, Nor was I a son of a prophet, But I was a sheepbreeder And a tender of sycamore fruit.
  2. Cross References
    2 Samuel 14:2
    And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman, and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning apparel; do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has been mourning a long time for the dead.
    Jeremiah 6:1
    O you children of Benjamin, Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem; For disaster appears out of the north, And great destruction.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:1 - 7
    In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah the son of Amaziah, king of Judah, became king.
    2 Chronicles 26:1 - 23
    Now all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
    Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
    Hosea 1:1
    The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:23 - 29
    In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
    Amos 7:10
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
  5. Cross References
    Zechariah 14:5
    Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:13
    The LORD shall go forth like a mighty man; He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war. He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud; He shall prevail against His enemies.
    Jeremiah 25:30
    Therefore prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: 'The LORD will roar from on high, And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will give a shout, as those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth.
    Joel 3:16
    The LORD also will roar from Zion, And utter His voice from Jerusalem; The heavens and earth will shake; But the LORD will be a shelter for His people, And the strength of the children of Israel.
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:2
    Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel, and the man was very rich. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
    Isaiah 33:9
    The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:4
    "for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria."
    Isaiah 17:1 - 3
    The burden against Damascus. "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.
    Jeremiah 49:23 - 27
    Against Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are shamed, For they have heard bad news. They are fainthearted; There is trouble on the sea; It cannot be quiet.
    Zechariah 9:1
    The burden of the word of the LORD Against the land of Hadrach, And Damascus its resting place (For the eyes of men And all the tribes of Israel Are on the LORD).
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 10:32
    In those days the LORD began to cut off parts of Israel; and Hazael conquered them in all the territory of Israel
    2 Kings 10:33
    From the Jordan eastward: all the land of Gilead - Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh - from Aroer, which is by the River Arnon, including Gilead and Bashan.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:27
    "I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, And it shall consume the palaces of BenHadad."
    Jeremiah 51:30
    The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They have remained in their strongholds; Their might has failed, They became like women; They have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her gate are broken.
  11. Cross References
    1 Kings 20:1
    Now BenHadad the king of Syria gathered all his forces together; thirty-two kings were with him, with horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, and made war against it.
    2 Kings 6:24
    And it happened after this that BenHadad king of Syria gathered all his army, and went up and besieged Samaria.
  12. Cross References
    2 Kings 14:28
    Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did - his might, how he made war, and how he recaptured for Israel, from Damascus and Hamath, what had belonged to Judah - are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
    Isaiah 8:4
    "for before the child shall have knowledge to cry 'My father' and 'My mother,' the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria."
    Jeremiah 51:30
    The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They have remained in their strongholds; Their might has failed, They became like women; They have burned her dwelling places, The bars of her gate are broken.
    Lamentations 2:9
    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The Law is no more, And her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
  13. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:17
    These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron.
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
    Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?
    Zephaniah 2:4
    For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:1
    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 47:5
    Baldness has come upon Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off With the remnant of their valley. How long will you cut yourself?
    Zephaniah 2:4
    For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desolate; They shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, And Ekron shall be uprooted.
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 81:14
    I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn My hand against their adversaries.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:29 - 31
    Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, Because t...
    Jeremiah 47:1 - 7
    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the ...
    Ezekiel 25:16
    Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: "I will stret...
    Joel 3:4 - 8
    Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and...
    Zephaniah 2:4 - 7
    For Gaza shall be forsaken, And Ashkelon desola...
    Zechariah 9:5 - 7
    Ashkelon shall see it and fear; Gaza also shall...
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 23:1 - 18
    The burden against Tyre. Wail, you ships of Tarshish! For it is laid waste, So that there is no house, no harbor; From the land of Cyprus it is revealed to them.
    Jeremiah 25:22
    All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea.
    Ezekiel 26:2 - 4
    "Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, 'Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.'
    Joel 3:4 - 8
    Indeed, what have you to do with Me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the coasts of Philistia? Will you retaliate against Me? But if you retaliate against Me, Swiftly and speedily I will return your retaliation upon your own head.
  19. Cross References
    Isaiah 21:11
    The burden against Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, "Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
    Jeremiah 49:8
    Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, The time that I will punish him.
    Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
    'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended by avenging itself on them,"
    Malachi 1:2 - 5
    I have loved you," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'In what way have You loved us?' Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" Says the LORD. "Yet Jacob I have loved.
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 20:14 - 21
    Now Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom. "Thus says your brother Israel: 'You know all the hardship that has befallen us.
    2 Chronicles 28:17
    For again the Edomites had come, attacked Judah, and carried away captives.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:7
    Against Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: " Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
    Jeremiah 49:20
    Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that He has taken against Edom, And His purposes that He has proposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; Surely He shall make their dwelling places desolate with them.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:1
    Against the Ammonites. Thus says the LORD: "Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Milcom inherit Gad, And his people dwell in its cities?
    Ezekiel 25:2
    Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them.
    Zephaniah 2:8
    I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.
    Zephaniah 2:9
    Therefore, as I live," Says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Surely Moab shall be like Sodom, And the people of Ammon like Gomorrah - Overrun with weeds and saltpits, And a perpetual desolation. The residue of My people shall plunder them, And the remnant of My people shall possess them.
  23. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:11
    For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants. Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. ( Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.
    1 Chronicles 20:1
    It happened in the spring of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the country of the people of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab defeated Rabbah and overthrew it.
    Jeremiah 49:2
    Therefore behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war In Rabbah of the Ammonites; It shall be a desolate mound, And her villages shall be burned with fire. Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance," says the LORD.
  24. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:22
    In his right hand is the divination for Jerusalem: to set up battering rams, to call for a slaughter, to lift the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to heap up a siege mound, and to build a wall.
    Amos 2:2
    But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 49:3
    Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai is plundered! Cry, you daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth! Lament and run to and fro by the walls; For Milcom shall go into captivity With his priests and his princes together.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 15:1
    The burden against Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste And destroyed, Because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste And destroyed.
    Jeremiah 25:21
    Edom, Moab, and the people of Ammon.
    Ezekiel 25:8 - 11
    'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Look! The house of Judah is like all the nations,'
    Zephaniah 2:8 - 11
    I have heard the reproach of Moab, And the insults of the people of Ammon, With which they have reproached My people, And made arrogant threats against their borders.
  27. Cross References
    2 Kings 3:26
    And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.
    2 Kings 3:27
    Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering upon the wall; and there was great indignation against Israel. So they departed from him and returned to their own land.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 48:24
    On Kerioth and Bozrah, On all the cities of the land of Moab, Far or near.
    Jeremiah 48:41
    Kerioth is taken, And the strongholds are surprised; The mighty men's hearts in Moab on that day shall be Like the heart of a woman in birth pangs.
  29. Cross References
    Numbers 24:17
    I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.
    Jeremiah 48:7
    For because you have trusted in your works and your treasures, You also shall be taken. And Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, His priests and his princes together.
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