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Amos 1:13 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Amos 1:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Amos chapter 1 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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: ripped: or, divided the mountains”
Amos 1:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Amos 1:13
Amos addresses Ammon: "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." Ammon's atrocity—killing pregnant women to expand territory—demonstrates war's brutality and human depravity apart from divine grace. The phrase "ripped up" describes horrific violence against the most vulnerable. This crime combined several evils: murder, violence against women and children, and territorial greed. God's judgment falls because H...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Amos 1:13
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“set your face toward the children of Ammon”
“and their pregnant women will be ripped open.,Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up., תֶּאְשַׁם שֹׁמְרוֹן כִּי מָרְתָה בֵּאלֹהֶיהָ בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ עֹלְלֵיהֶם יְרֻטָּשׁוּ וְהָרִיּוֹתָיו יְבֻקָּעוּ׃ פ ,Samaria shall bear her guilt, For she hath rebelled against her God; They shall fall by the sword; Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child shall be ripped up.,14:1 ἀφανισθήσεται σαμάρεια ὅτι ἀντέστη πρὸς τὸν θεὸν αὐτῆς ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται αὐτοί καὶ τὰ ὑποτίτθια αὐτῶν ἐδαφισθήσονται καὶ αἱ ἐν γαστρὶ ἔχουσαι αὐτῶν διαρραγήσονται,14:1 Samaria shall be utterly destroyed: for she has resisted her God; they shall fall by the sword, and their sucklings shall be dashed against the ground, and their women and child ripped up.,,,,”
“and his people well in the cities of it?”
“who lay field to field”
“and the insults of the children of Ammon”
“These two nations and these two countries shall be mine”
“and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines”
“Tobiah”
“moreover”
“and bands of the Syrians”