Judgment on Neighboring Nations
The words of Amos, who was among the asheepherders of 1bTekoa, which he saw in a divine revelation concerning 2Israel in the days of cUzziah king of Judah, and in the days of dJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the eearthquake. Zech 14:5Tekoa was a small town in Judah about 10 miles south of Jerusalem.Amos was from the Southern Kingdom, Judah, but his message of divine judgment was primarily directed to the Northern Kingdom, Israel.Amos 7:142 Sam 14:2; Jer 6:12 Chr 26:1-23; Is 1:12 Kin 14:23-29; Hos 1:1; Amos 7:10, 11Zech 14:5
2 And he said,“The aLORD thunders and roars from Zion in judgmentAnd utters His voice from Jerusalem;Then the bpastures of the shepherds mourn,And the csummit of Mount Carmel dries up because of God’s judgment.” Is 42:13; Jer 25:30; Joel 3:16Is 42:13; Jer 25:30; Joel 3:16Jer 12:4; Joel 1:18, 19Amos 9:3
3 Thus says the LORD,“For athree transgressions of bDamascus and for four I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,Because they have threshed Gilead east of the Jordan River with sharp iron sledges having spikes that crushed and shredded. 2+@Kin 10:32, 33Amos 2:1, 4, 6Is 8:4; 17:1-3; Jer 49:23-27; Zech 9:14 “So I will send a fire of war, conquest, and destruction upon the house of 1Hazael,And it shall devour the palaces and strongholds of 2aBen-hadad .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.Ben-hadad succeeded his father and ruled from 796-775 B.C.1 Kin 20:1; 2 Kin 6:245 “I also will abreak the bar of the gate of Damascus,And cut off and destroy the inhabitant from the Valley of Aven ,And the ruler who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden ;And the people of Aram conquered by the Assyrians will go into exile to 1bKir,”Says the LORD. Ezek 30:17Perhaps back to the homeland of the Arameans (Syrians). Its location is uncertain.Jer 51:30; Lam 2:92 Kin 16:9; Amos 9:7
6 Thus says the LORD,“For three transgressions of aGaza in Philistia and for four 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 sparedAnd bdeported them to Edom for the slave trade. Joel 3:61 Sam 6:17; Jer 47:1, 5; Zeph 2:4Ezek 35:5; Obad 117 “So I will send a fire of war, conquest, and destruction on the wall of GazaAnd it shall consume her citadels.8 “And I will cut off and destroy the inhabitants from aAshdod,And the ruler who holds the scepter, from bAshkelon;And I will unleash My power and turn My hand in judgment against Ekron,And the rest of the cPhilistines in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities shall die,”Says the Lord GOD. Josh 13:32 Chr 26:6; Amos 3:9; Zech 9:6Jer 47:5; Zeph 2:4Is 14:29-31; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:16; Joel 3:4-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7
9 Thus says the LORD,“For three transgressions of aTyre and for four I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,Because they as middlemen deported an entire Jewish population to EdomAnd did not seriously remember their bcovenant of brotherhood. 1+@Kin 5:1, 12; 9:12, 13Is 23:1-18; Jer 25:22; Ezek 26:2-4; Joel 3:4-8; Zech 9:1-4; Matt 11:21, 22; Luke 10:13, 141 Kin 9:11-1410 “So I will asend a fire of war, conquest, and destruction on the wall of Tyre,And it shall consume her citadels.”Zech 9:4
11 Thus says the LORD,“For three transgressions of aEdom the descendants of Esau and for four I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,Because he bpursued his brother Jacob with the sword,Corrupting and stifling his compassions and casting off all mercy;His destructive canger raged continually,And he maintained and nurtured his wrath forever.Is 34:5, 6; 63:1-6; Jer 49:7-22; Ezek 25:12-14; 35:1-15; Obad 1-14; Mal 1:2-5Num 20:14-21; 2 Chr 28:17; Obad 10-12Is 57:16; Mic 7:1812 “So I will send a fire of war, conquest, and destruction upon aTeman,And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah in Edom.”Jer 49:7, 20; Obad 9
13 Thus says the LORD,“For three transgressions of the children of 1aAmmon and for four I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,Because the Ammonites have bripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,That they might cenlarge their border.Descendants of Ben-ammi, the son born to Lot and his younger daughter (Gen 19:30-38).Jer 49:1-6; Ezek 21:28-32; 25:2-7; Zeph 2:8, 92 Kin 15:16; Hos 13:16Is 5:8; Ezek 35:1014 “So I will kindle a fire of war, conquest, and destruction on the wall of aRabbah in AmmonAnd it shall devour its strongholdsAmid bwar cries and shouts of alarm on the day of battle,And a ctempest on the day of the whirlwind when the enemy captures the city.Deut 3:11; 1 Chr 20:1; Jer 49:2Ezek 21:22; Amos 2:2Is 29:6; 30:3015 “Their aking shall go into exile,He and his princes together,” says the LORD.Jer 49:3