Amos 1:5 Cross References
Amos 1:5
5: I will break down the gates of Damascus and slaughter its people all the way to the valley of Aven. I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden, and the people of Aram will return to Kir as slaves. I, the LORD, have spoken!"
2 Kings 16:9
- So the Assyrians attacked the Aramean capital of Damascus and led its population away as captives, resettling them in Kir. They also killed King Rezin.
Amos 9:7
- "Do you Israelites think you are more important to me than the Ethiopians?" asks the LORD. "I brought you out of Egypt, but have I not done as much for other nations, too? I brought the Philistines from Crete and led the Arameans out of Kir.
Jeremiah 51:30
- Her mightiest warriors no longer fight. They stay in their barracks. Their courage is gone. They have become as fearful as women. The invaders have burned the houses and broken down the city gates.
Lamentations 2:9
- Jerusalem's gates have sunk into the ground. All their locks and bars are destroyed, for he has smashed them. Her kings and princes have been exiled to distant lands; the law is no more. Her prophets receive no more visions from the LORD.
Nahum 3:13
- Your troops will be as weak and helpless as women. The gates of your land will be opened wide to the enemy and set on fire and burned.
Jeremiah 50:36
- And when it strikes her wise counselors, they will become fools! When it strikes her mightiest warriors, panic will seize them!
Isaiah 43:14
- The LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, says: "For your sakes I will send an invading army against Babylon. And the Babylonians will be forced to flee in those ships they are so proud of.