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Amos 1:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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.

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Before the king of Egypt attacked the town of Gaza, the LORD told me to say to the Philistines:

People of Edom, not only have you been Israel's longtime enemy, you simply watched when disaster wiped out its people as punishment for their sins.

You people of Tyre and Sidon and you Philistines, why are you doing this? Are you trying to get even with me? I'll strike back before you know what's happened.

You have dragged the people of Judah and Jerusalem from their land and sold them to the Greeks.

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.

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.

That's why I will burn down the walls and fortresses of the city of Gaza.

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.

You stood there and watched as foreigners entered Jerusalem and took what they wanted. In fact, you were no better than those foreigners.

Both Ashkelon and Gaza will tremble with fear; Ekron will lose all hope. Gaza's king will be killed, and Ashkelon emptied of its people.

The Lord's angel said to Philip, “Go south along the desert road that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

That is how the Philistines sent gifts to the LORD to make up for taking the sacred chest. They sent five gold sores, one each for their towns of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.




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