Amos 1:7-9
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7 So I will start a fire at the wall of Gaza that will destroy the high towers in Gaza. 8 And I will destroy the one who sits on the throne in Ashdod. I will destroy the king who holds the scepter in Ashkelon. I will punish the people of Ekron.[a] Then the Philistines who are still left alive will die.” This is what the Lord God said.
Punishment for Phoenicia
9 This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the people of Tyre[b] for the many crimes they did. They took an entire nation and sent them as slaves to Edom. They did not remember the agreement they had made with their brothers.[c]
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Amos 1:7-9
New International Version
7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza
that will consume her fortresses.
8 I will destroy the king[a] of Ashdod(A)
and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon.
I will turn my hand(B) against Ekron,
till the last of the Philistines(C) are dead,”(D)
says the Sovereign Lord.(E)
9 This is what the Lord says:
Footnotes
- Amos 1:8 Or inhabitants
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