“Yahweh says:“For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;”
Amos 1:9 (WEB)
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7but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,and it will devour its palaces. 8I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;and I will turn my hand against Ekron;and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”says the LordYahweh. 9Yahweh says:“For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant; 10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,and it will devour its palaces.” 11Yahweh says:“For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment,because he pursued his brother with the swordand cast off all pity,and his anger raged continually,and he kept his wrath forever;