Amos 1:5

New American Bible - revised edition

I will break the barred gate of Damascus; From the Valley of Aven I will cut off the one enthroned, And the sceptered ruler from Beth-eden; the people of Aram shall be exiled to Kir, says the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 16:9

The king of Assyria listened to him and moved against Damascus, captured it, deported its inhabitants to Kir, and put Rezin to death.

Amos 9:7

Are you not like the Ethiopians to me, O Israelites?—oracle of the Lord— Did I not bring the Israelites from the land of Egypt as I brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir?

Jeremiah 51:30

Babylon’s warriors have ceased to fight, they remain in their strongholds; Dried up is their strength, they have become women. Burned down are their homes, broken their gates.

Lamentations 2:9

Her gates sank into the ground; he smashed her bars to bits. Her king and her princes are among the nations; instruction is wanting, Even her prophets do not obtain any vision from the Lord.

Nahum 3:13

Indeed your troops are women in your midst; To your foes are open wide the gates of your land, fire has consumed their bars.

Jeremiah 50:36

A sword upon the soothsayers, and they become fools! A sword upon the warriors, and they tremble;

Isaiah 43:14

Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I send to Babylon; I will bring down all her defenses, and the Chaldeans shall cry out in lamentation.

Isaiah 22:6

Elam takes up the quiver, Aram mounts the horses and Kir uncovers the shields.

Ezekiel 27:23

Haran, Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad,

2 Kings 14:28

The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, with all that he did and his valor, how he fought, and how he regained Damascus and Hamath for Israel, are recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Isaiah 8:4

for before the child learns to say, “My father, my mother,” the wealth of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria shall be carried off by the king of Assyria. The Choice: The Lord or Assyria.

Ezekiel 30:17

The warriors of On and Pi-beseth will fall by the sword, the cities taken captive.

Hosea 10:8

The high places of Aven will be destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will cry out to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall upon us!”

Amos 5:5

but do not seek Bethel; Do not come to Gilgal, and do not cross over to Beer-sheba; For Gilgal shall be led into exile and Bethel shall be no more.