Bible Chapter Summary
Amos 1 Summary
Judgments on Foreign Nations
Amos pronounces the LORD's judgment against six nations. Damascus will be consumed by fire for threshing Gilead with iron instruments. Gaza is judged for carrying away captive peoples to deliver them to Edom. Tyrus will burn for delivering captives to Edom and forgetting the brotherly covenant. Edom faces judgment for pursuing his brother with the sword and keeping his wrath forever. The children of Ammon will burn for ripping up women with child of Gilead to enlarge their border. These judgments are announced in a refrain of 'for three transgressions and for four, I will not turn away the punishment.'
Key themes
Key verses
Amos 1:3
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:”
Amos 1:6
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:”
Amos 1:9
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:”
Amos 1:13
“Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:”
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