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Amos 1:5

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1:5I will break the bar21 on the gate of Damascus.

I will remove22 the ruler23 from Wicked Valley,24

the one who holds the royal scepter from Beth Eden.25

The people of Aram will be deported to Kir.”26

The Lord has spoken!

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Footnotes

  1. 21 The bar on the city gate symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
  2. 22 Heb “cut off.”
  3. 23 Heb “the one who sits.” Some English versions take the Hebrew term in a collective sense as “inhabitants” (e.g., , , , ). The context and the parallel in the next clause (“the one who holds the royal scepter”), however, suggest that the royal house is in view. For this term (יוֹשֵׁב, yoshev), see N. K. Gottwald, The Tribes of Yahweh, 512–30.
  4. 24 Heb “valley of wickedness.” Though many English versions take the Hebrew phrase בִקְעַת־אָוֶן (biq’-at ’aven) as a literal geographical place name (“Valley of Aven,” so , , , , ), it appears to be a derogatory epithet for Damascus and the kingdom of Aram.
  5. 25 Many associate the name “Beth Eden” with Bit Adini, an Aramean state located near the Euphrates River, but it may be a sarcastic epithet meaning “house of pleasure.”
  6. 26 According to Amos 9:7, the Arameans originally came from Kir. The Lord threatens to reverse their history and send them back there.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I will break the gate-bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven,

and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir,”

says the Lord.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will break down the gate of Damascus;

I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Aven

and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden.

The people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,”

says the Lord.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I will break down the gates of Damascus.

I will cut off the ruler from the Valley of Aven,

and the one who wields the scepter from Beth-eden.

The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir.

The Lord has spoken.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

I will break down the gates of Damascus

and slaughter the people in the valley of Aven.

I will destroy the ruler in Beth-eden,

and the people of Aram will go as captives to Kir,”

says the Lord.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I will break the gate bars of Damascus and I will cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven and the one who takes hold of the scepter of Beth Eden, and the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,” says Yahweh.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

I will break also the bar of Damascus,

And cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven,

And him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden:

And the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord.

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