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Amos 1:13

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“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:”

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the Lord.

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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes a specific historical act, the "three transgressions... and for four" is a literary device for "many" or "repeated" transgressions, not a literal count, which could be interpreted as a non-literal, hyperbolic expression of divine judgment rather than a precise historical enumeration.

Punishment Language

The verse does not explicitly use the words "punish," "torment," "vengeance," "wrath," "recompense," or "retribution," which are the specific terms listed in the theme definition.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

This verse describes a divine judgment and the reason for it, but it does not detail *how* God communicated this message to Amos or any other prophet. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord" indicates the *source* of the message, not the *method* of its transmission.

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Related Verses

Amos 1:3

“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:”

Amos 2:1

“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:”

Amos 1:6

“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:”

Amos 1:11

“Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:”

Amos 1:9

“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:”

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