Amos 1:6
in Amos 1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom.
KJV
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:
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This verse in Amos 1
Commentary
8 notes on this verse(Verse 6 and following) Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment; because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, fire which shall devour its strongholds. I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord.
This site's exposition
For three transgressions of Gaza
on Amos 1:6-8
Philistia's crime is named as a slave trade, carrying away the whole captivity to deliver up to Edom, treating a defeated people as merchandise rather than prisoners of war. Four of the five Philistine cities are named in judgment, Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Ekron, with Gath left out because Gath had already fallen before Amos wrote, a detail the older commentators note as an incidental mark of the book's accuracy. The remnant of the Philistines shall perish closes an oracle that gives no covenant reason as Israel's own oracle will, only the plain inhumanity of the trade itself.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Carried away - All the Jews whom they had taken captive. Edom - Their most inveterate enemies. These Edomites were ever ready to enslave, and tyrannize over the Jews, if by any means they could get them into their hands.
Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Gaza,....
Sin stirs up the fire of his jealousy, and that kindles other fires. Let us see what is mentioned, both by way of charge and by way of sentence, that is peculiar to each of them, that every one may take his portion. Concerning Damascus, the head-city of Syria, a kingdom that was often vexatious to Israel.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
They carried away captive - Gaza is well known to have been one of the five lordships of the Philistines; it lay on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Egypt. Erkon, Ashdod, and Askelon, were other signories of the same people, which are here equally threatened with Gaza. The captivity mentioned here may refer to inroads and incursions made by the Philistines in times of peace. See 2Ch 21:16. The margin reads, an entire captivity. They took all away; none of them afterwards returned.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Gaza--the southernmost of the five capitals of the five divisions of Philistia, and the key to Palestine on the south: hence put for the whole Philistine nation. Uzziah commenced the fulfilment of this prophecy (see 2Ch 26:6). because they carried away . . . the whole captivity--that is, they left none.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Gaza - Was the southernmost city of the Philistines, as it was indeed of Canaan Gen 10:19 of old, the last inhabited place at the beginning of the desert, on the way from Phoenicia to Egypt . Its situation was wonderfully chosen, so that, often as a Gaza has been destroyed, a new city has, if even after long intervals, risen up again in the same immediate neighborhood . The fragments of the earlier city became materials for the later. It was first Canaanite Gen 10:19; then Philistine; then, at least after Alexander, Edomite ; after Alexander Janneus, Greek ; conquered by Abubekr the first Khalif, it became Arabian; it was desolated in their civil wars, until the Crusaders rebuilt its fort ; then again, Muslim. In the earliest times, before the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Gaza was the south angle of the border of the Canaanites, from where it turned to the south of the Dead Sea. Even then it was known by its name of strength, ‘Azzah “the strong,” like our “Fort.” For a time, it stood as an island-fort, while the gigantic race of the Avvim wandered, wilder probably than the modern Bedaween, up to its very gates. For since it is said, “the Avvim dwelt in open villages as far as Gaza” Deu 2:23; plainly they did not dwell in Gaza itself, a fortified town. The description assigns the bound of their habitations, up to the furthest town on the southeast, Gaza. They prowled around it, infested it doubtless, but did not conquer it, and were themselves expelled by the Caphtorim. The fortress of the prince of Gaza is mentioned in the great expedition of Tothmosis III , as the conquest of Ashkelon was counted worthy of mention in the monuments of Raamses II . […]
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כֹּ֚ה | koh | thus | H3541 → | 577 times |
| אָמַ֣ר | ʾamar | he says | H559 → | 5305 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| פִּשְׁעֵ֣י | pishei | <the> transgressions of | H6588 → | 93 times |
| עַזָּ֔ה | ʾazah | Gaza | H5804 → | |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֖ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ | ʾashivenu | I will revoke it | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | because | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַגְלוֹתָ֛ם | haglotam | carried away into exile they | H1540 → | 186 times |
| גָּל֥וּת | galut | exile | H1546 → | |
| שְׁלֵמָ֖ה | shelemah | complete | H8003 → | |
| לְהַסְגִּ֥יר | lehasgir | to deliver up [them] | H5462 → | 91 times |
| לֶאֱדֽוֹם׃ | leedom | to Edom | H123 → | 99 times |
כֹּ֚הthus
kohH3541 →577 times
אָמַ֣רhe says
ʾamarH559 →5305 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
שְׁלֹשָׁה֙three
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
פִּשְׁעֵ֣י<the> transgressions of
pisheiH6588 →93 times
עַזָּ֔הGaza
ʾazahH5804 →
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
אַרְבָּעָ֖הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּI will revoke it
ʾashivenuH7725 →1056 times
עַל־because
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַגְלוֹתָ֛םcarried away into exile they
haglotamH1540 →186 times
גָּל֥וּתexile
galutH1546 →
שְׁלֵמָ֖הcomplete
shelemahH8003 →
לְהַסְגִּ֥ירto deliver up [them]
lehasgirH5462 →91 times
לֶאֱדֽוֹם׃to Edom
leedomH123 →99 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Obadiah 1:11On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them.
it leads to
- Psalms 137:7
Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Joel 3:3
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
- Psalms 137:7
Through
Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 25:12–14
This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,
- Numbers 20:14–21
From Kadesh, Moses sent messengers to tell the king of Edom, “This is what your brother Israel says: You know all the hardship that has befallen us,
- 2 Chronicles 28:17
The Edomites had again come and attacked Judah and carried away captives.
- Jeremiah 49:7–22
Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Ezekiel 25:12–14
Through
Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 9:11–14
King Solomon gave twenty towns in the land of Galilee to Hiram king of Tyre, who had supplied him with cedar and cypress logs and gold for his every desire.
- 1 Kings 9:11–14
Through
2 Chronicles 28:18The Philistines had also raided the cities of the foothills and the Negev of Judah, capturing and occupying Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, and Gederoth, as well as Soco, Timnah, and Gimzo with their villages.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 16:57
before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
- Ezekiel 16:57
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Amos; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.