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2 Kings 8:12
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2 Kings 8:12
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12 and Hazael asked, “Why are you weeping, my lord?” Elisha replied, “Because I know the evil that you will inflict upon the Israelites. You will burn their fortresses, you will slay their youth with the sword, you will dash their little children to pieces, you will rip open their pregnant women.”(A)
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2 Kings 8:12
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2 Kings 8:12
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12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael.
“Because I know the harm(A) you will do to the Israelites,” he answered. “You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash(B) their little children(C) to the ground, and rip open(D) their pregnant women.”
Amos 1:3
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Amos 1:3
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II. Oracles Against the Nations[a]
Aram
3 Thus says the Lord:
For three crimes of Damascus, and now four—[b]
I will not take it back—
Because they threshed Gilead
with sledges of iron,
Footnotes
- 1:3–2:16 All the nations mentioned here may have been part of the ideal empire of David-Solomon (cf. 1 Kgs 5:1; 2 Kgs 14:25). Certain standards of conduct were expected not only in their relations with Israel but also with one another.
- 1:3 For three crimes…and now four: this formula (n, n + 1) is frequent in poetry (e.g., Prv 6:16–19; 30:18–19). The progression “three” followed by “four” here suggests a climax. The fourth crime is one too many and exhausts the Lord’s forbearance.
Amos 1:3
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Amos 1:3
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Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors
3 This is what the Lord says:
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