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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
Amos 1:9 — KJV
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Amos 1:9
King James Version (KJV)
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Amos 1:9
Verse 9 of 15
Commentary
Commentary on Amos 1:9
Theological / DevotionalTyrus. In vs. 9, 10 judgment is pronounced upon Tyre, the chief city of the Phoenicians.
Delivered up. Tyre, as the proud and great merchant city of that day, cooperated with the Philistines against the Hebrews (see Ps. 83:7). Tyre is not charged by Amos with carrying away the captives, but with handing them over to the Edomites, thus forgetting the covenant made with David and Solomon (see 2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1, 7-11; 9:11-14; 2 Chron. 2:11-16). Because the Phoenicians sold the people to the Edomites, they were responsible for the cruelties these Jews suffered. In God’s sight a person is as guilty of the crime he abets as of the crime he himself may commit.
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