Amos 1:5 — I will break through
the gates of Damascus.
I will destroy the people
of Wicked… — CEV | maBible
Read Amos 1:5 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Amos 1.5, Amos 1v5, Am. 1:5. I will break through
the gates of Damascus.
I will destroy the people
of Wicked Valley
and the ruler of Beth-Eden.
Then the Syrians will be dragged
as prisoners to Kir.
I…
Other reference formats: Amos 1.5, Amos 1v5, Am. 1:5.
5 I will break through
the gates of Damascus.
I will destroy the people
of Wicked Valley
and the ruler of Beth-Eden.
Then the Syrians will be dragged
as prisoners to Kir.
I, the Lord, have spoken!
Notes and references
people: Or “king.”
Wicked Valley: The Hebrew text has “Aven Valley,” probably the fertile valley between the Lebanon and the Anti-Lebanon mountains.
I will … Beth-Eden: Or “I will destroy the people of Wicked Valley and the king who rules from Beth-Eden.” Beth-Eden was a city-state on the banks of the Euphrates River.
Kir: The exact location of this country is not known; in 9.7 Amos refers to Kir as the original home of the Syrians, and so the verse probably means that the Syrians will lose everything they have gained as a people.