Amos 1:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD said: I will punish Syria for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They dragged logs with spikes over the people of Gilead.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:17

Hazael will start killing the people who worship Baal. Jehu will kill those who escape from Hazael, and Elisha will kill those who escape from Jehu.

2 Kings 13:3

The LORD was angry with the Israelites, so he let King Hazael of Syria and his son Benhadad rule over them for a long time.

2 Kings 16:9

As soon as Tiglath Pileser received the message, he and his troops marched to Syria. He captured the capital city of Damascus, then he took the people living there to the town of Kir as prisoners and killed King Rezin.

2 Kings 8:12

“Sir, why are you crying?” Hazael asked. Elisha answered, “Because I know the terrible things you will do to the people of Israel. You will burn down their walled cities and slaughter their young men. You will even crush the heads of their babies and rip open their pregnant women.”

Job 19:3

Isn't ten times enough for you to accuse me? Aren't you ashamed?

Job 5:19

God will protect you from harm, no matter how often trouble may strike.

Proverbs 6:16

There are six or seven kinds of people the LORD doesn't like:

Ecclesiastes 11:2

Share what you have with seven or eight others, because you never know when disaster may strike.

Isaiah 28:27

After dill and cumin have been harvested, the stalks are beaten, not run over with a wagon.

Isaiah 41:15

I will let you be like a log covered with sharp spikes. You will grind and crush every mountain and hill until they turn to dust.

Isaiah 7:8

Damascus is just the capital of Syria, and King Rezin rules only in Damascus. Samaria is just the capital of Israel, and King Pekah rules only in Samaria. But in less than sixty-five years, Israel will be destroyed. And if Ahaz and his officials don't trust me, they will be defeated.

Isaiah 8:4

Because before he can say ‘Mummy’ or ‘Daddy’, the king of Assyria will attack and take everything of value from Damascus and Samaria.”

Amos 1:11

The LORD said: I will punish Edom for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They killed their own relatives and were so terribly furious that they showed no mercy.

Amos 1:13

The LORD said: I will punish Ammon for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. In Gilead they ripped open pregnant women, just to take the land.

Amos 1:6

The LORD said: I will punish Philistia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.

Amos 1:9

The LORD said: I will punish Phoenicia for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They broke their treaty and dragged off my people from town after town to sell them as slaves to the Edomites.

Amos 2:1

The LORD said: I will punish Moab for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They made lime from the bones of the king of Edom.

Amos 2:4

The LORD said: I will punish Judah for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They have rejected my teachings and refused to obey me. They were led astray by the same false gods their ancestors worshipped.

Amos 2:6

The LORD said: I will punish Israel for countless crimes, and I won't change my mind. They sell honest people for money, and the needy are sold for the price of sandals.

Zechariah 9:1

This is a message from the LORD: His eyes are on everyone, especially the tribes of Israel. So he pronounces judgment against the cities of Hadrach and Damascus.

Zechariah 9:2

Judgment will also fall on the nearby city of Hamath, as well as on Tyre and Sidon, whose people are clever.