Amos 1:5

Easy To Read Version

“I will also break open the gates of Damascus. {\cf2\super [8]} I will remove the person sitting \{on the throne\} in the the Valley of Aven. {\cf2\super [9]} I will remove the symbol of power from Beth-Eden {\cf2\super [10]} And the Aramean people will be \{defeated and\} taken \{back\} to Kir. {\cf2\super [11]} The Lord said those things.”

Cross References

2 Kings 14:28

All the great things that Jeroboam did are written in the book The History of the Kings of Israel. This includes the story about Jeroboam winning back Damascus and Hamath for Israel. (These cities had belonged to Judah.)

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to Ahaz. The king of Assyria went to fight against Damascus. The king captured that city and took the people from Damascus as prisoners to Kir. He also killed Rezin.

Isaiah 22:6

The horse soldiers from Elam will take their bags of arrows and ride to battle. The people from Kir will make noise with their shields.

Isaiah 43:14

The Lord, the Holy One of Israel, saves you. And the Lord says, “I will send armies to Babylon for you. Many people will be captured. Those people, the Chaldeans, will be taken away in their own boats. (The Chaldeans are very proud of those boats.)

Isaiah 8:4

\{Why?\} Because before the boy learns to say, ‘Mama’ and ‘Daddy,’ God will take all the wealth and riches from Damascus {\cf2\super [95]} and Samaria, {\cf2\super [96]} and God will give those things to the king of Assyria. {\cf2\super [97]} ”

Jeremiah 50:36

Sword, kill the priests of Babylon.\par Those priests will be like foolish people.\par Sword, kill the soldiers of Babylon.\par Those soldiers will be full of terror.\par

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s soldiers have stopped fighting.\par They stay in their forts.\par Their strength is gone.\par They have become like scared women.\par Babylon’s houses are burning.\par The bars of her gates are broken.\par

Lamentations 2:9

Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground.\par He destroyed and smashed the bars\par of the gates.\par Her king and princes are in other nations.\par There is no more teaching for them.\par Also Jerusalem’s prophets have not found\par any visions from the Lord.\par

Ezekiel 27:23

Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad traded with you.

Ezekiel 30:17

The young men of On and Pi Beseth {\cf2\super [249]} \par will die in battle.\par And the women will be captured\par and taken away.\par

Hosea 10:8

Israel sinned and built many high places. {\cf2\super [104]} The high places of Aven {\cf2\super [105]} will be destroyed. Thorns and weeds will grow on their altars. {\cf2\super [106]} Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Amos 5:5

But don’t look in Bethel. {\cf2\super [60]} \par Don’t go to Gilgal. {\cf2\super [61]} \par Don’t cross the border\par and go down to Beersheba. {\cf2\super [62]} \par The people of Gilgal will be taken away\par as prisoners. {\cf2\super [63]} \par And Bethel will be destroyed. {\cf2\super [64]} \par

Amos 9:7

The Lord says this:

Nahum 3:13

\{Nineveh\}, your people are all like women—and the enemy soldiers are ready to take them. The gates of your land are open wide for your enemies to come in. Fire has destroyed the wooden bars across the gates.