Amos 1:5

I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

I will break {H7665} also the bar {H1280} of Damascus {H1834}, and cut off {H3772} the inhabitant {H3427} from the plain {H1237} of Aven {H206}, and him that holdeth {H8551} the sceptre {H7626} from the house {H1004} of Eden {H5731}{H1040}: and the people {H5971} of Syria {H758} shall go into captivity {H1540} unto Kir {H7024}, saith {H559} the LORD {H3068}.

I will break the bars of Dammesek's gates. I will cut off the inhabitants from Bik'at-Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beit-'Eden. Then the people of Aram will go into exile in Kir," says ADONAI.

I will break down the gates of Damascus; I will cut off the ruler of the Valley of Aven and the one who wields the scepter in Beth-eden. The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,” says the LORD.

And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 16:9 (7 votes)

    And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried [the people of] it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin.

  • Amos 9:7 (6 votes)

    [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

  • Jeremiah 51:30 (5 votes)

    The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in [their] holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.

  • Lamentations 2:9 (3 votes)

    Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes [are] among the Gentiles: the law [is] no [more]; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

  • Jeremiah 50:36 (2 votes)

    A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed.

  • Nahum 3:13 (2 votes)

    Behold, thy people in the midst of thee [are] women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars.

  • Isaiah 43:14 (2 votes)

    ¶ Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry [is] in the ships.