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Amos 1:9

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Yahweh says:
“For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,
I will not turn away its punishment;
because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,
and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

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Amos 1:9 in other translations

Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Tyre, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole people to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant.

Amos 1:9 · American Standard Version

Amos 1:9 in context

  1. 7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,
    and it will devour its palaces.
  2. 8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,
    and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;
    and I will turn my hand against Ekron;
    and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”
    says the Lord Yahweh.
  3. 9Yahweh says:
    “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
    because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,
    and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;
  4. 10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,
    and it will devour its palaces.”
  5. 11Yahweh says:
    “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,
    I will not turn away its punishment;
    because he pursued his brother with the sword,
    and cast off all pity,
    and his anger raged continually,
    and he kept his wrath forever;