Amos 1:5KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 5 of 15
"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."
In context
3Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
4But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
5I 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.
6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver up to Edom:
7But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: