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Amos 1:7-9
International Children’s Bible
Amos 1:7-9
International Children’s Bible
7 So I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza.
That fire will destroy the city’s strong towers.
8 I will destroy the king of the city of Ashdod.
I will destroy the king of the city of Ashkelon.
Then I will turn against the people of the city of Ekron.
I will punish the Philistines until they are all dead,” says the Lord God.
The People of Phoenicia
9 This is what the Lord says:
“For the many crimes Tyre is doing,
I will punish them.
They sold all the people of one area
as slaves to Edom.
They forgot the brotherly agreement they had made with Israel.
Amos 1:7-9
New International Version
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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