Amos 1:3-5

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God will punish the nations near Israel

³ The Lord says, ‘The people in Damascus have done more and more wrong things.^[a] So I will certainly punish them!

They have been cruel to the people in Gilead. They used their iron weapons to tear them into pieces. ⁴ I will send a fire to destroy the palace that King Hazael built. It will destroy the strong buildings of King Ben-Hadad. ⁵ I will also break the strong gates of the city of Damascus. I will remove all the people who live in the Aven valley. I will remove the king of Beth-Eden. Their enemies will take the people of Syria far away to Kir as prisoners.’ That is what the Lord says.