Amos 1:5

God's Word

I will break the bars ⌞on the gates⌟ of Damascus. I will cut off those living in Aven Valley and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden. The people of Aram will go into captivity at Kir. The Lord has said this.

Cross References

2 Kings 14:28

Isn’t everything else about Jeroboam—everything he did, his heroic acts when he fought, how he recovered Damascus and Hamath for Israel  —written in the official records of the kings of Israel?

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to him and attacked Damascus. He captured it, took the people to Kir as captives, and killed Rezin.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes its quiver of arrows, manned chariots, and horsemen. Kir uncovers its shields.

Isaiah 43:14

This is what the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel, says: For your sake I will send ⌞an army⌟ to Babylon. I will bring back all the Babylonian refugees in the ships that they take pride in.

Isaiah 8:4

Before the boy knows how to say ‘Daddy’ or ‘Mommy,’ the wealth of Damascus and the loot from Samaria will be carried away to the king of Assyria.”

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword will kill the false prophets. They will become fools. A sword will kill their soldiers and defeat them.

Jeremiah 51:30

The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting. They stay in their fortified cities. Their strength has failed. They have become women. Their buildings are set on fire. The bars across their gates are broken.

Lamentations 2:9

“⌞Zion’s⌟ gates have sunk into the ground. ⌞The Lord⌟ destroyed and shattered the bars across its ⌞gates⌟. Its king and influential people are ⌞scattered⌟ among the nations. There is no longer any instruction ⌞from Moses’ Teachings⌟. Its prophets can find no visions from the Lord.

Ezekiel 27:23

Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants from Sheba, Assyria, and Kilmad traded with you.

Ezekiel 30:17

The young men from Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle, and people from these cities will go into exile.

Hosea 10:8

The illegal worship sites of Aven will be destroyed. Israel sins there. Thorns and weeds will grow over those altars. People will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”

Amos 5:5

But don’t search ⌞for me⌟ at Bethel. Don’t go to Gilgal. Don’t travel to Beersheba. Gilgal will certainly go into exile. Bethel will come to nothing.

Amos 9:7

You people of Israel are like the people from Sudan, says the Lord. Didn’t I bring Israel from Egypt? Didn’t I bring the Philistines from Crete and the Arameans from Kir?

Nahum 3:13

Look at your soldiers; they’re women! The gates of your country are wide open to your enemies. Fire has destroyed the bars of your gates.