1 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.
Amos 2:1 Cross References - LEB
Numbers 22:1-25
1 The ⌊Israelites⌋* set out, and they encamped on the desert-plateau of Moab, across from Jericho beyond the Jordan.
2 Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel did to the Amorites,*
3 and Moab was very terrified in the presence of the people because ⌊they⌋* were numerous; and Moab dreaded the presence of the ⌊Israelites⌋.*
4 And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now the crowd will lick up all around us, like a bull devours the grass of the field." And Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5 He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river,* in the land of the children of his people, to summon him, saying, "Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover ⌊the surface of the land⌋;* they are about to dwell opposite me.
6 Now, please go, curse this people for me because they* are stronger than me; perhaps I will be able to strike them* and drive them* out from the land because I know whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you cursed is cursed."
7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian went with a fee for divination in their hand; they came to Balaam and spoke the words of Balak to him.
8 He said to them, "Spend the night here, and I will return, and I will return word to you, just as Yahweh speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"
10 And Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent word to me,
11 'Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover ⌊the surface of the land⌋.* Now, go, curse them* for me. Perhaps I will be able to attack them* and drive them* out."
12 God said to Balaam, "You will not go with them; you will not curse the people, because they* are blessed."
13 Balaam got up in the morning, and he said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, because Yahweh refused to allow me to go with you."
14 The princes of Moab got up and went to Balak, and they said, "Balaam refused to come with us."
15 Balak again sent many princes, who were more honored ⌊than the former⌋.*
16 They came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor, 'Please, let nothing keep you from coming to me
17 because I will surely honor you greatly, and all that you say to me I will do. Please, come; curse this people for me.'"
18 Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Even though Balak gives to me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond ⌊the command of Yahweh⌋* my God to do a little or a lot.
19 And now please, ⌊you also stay here⌋* the night, and ⌊let me find out⌋* again what Yahweh will say with me."
20 And God came to Balaam at night, and he said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but only the word that I will speak to you, you will do."
21 So Balaam got up in the morning and saddled his donkey, and he went with the princes of Moab.
22 But ⌊God became angry⌋* because he was going, and the angel of Yahweh stood in the road as an adversary to him; he was riding on his donkey, and two servants were with him.
23 The donkey saw the angel of Yahweh standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, and the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back to the road.
24 The angel of Yahweh stood in the narrow path of the vineyards, with ⌊a wall on either side⌋.*
25 When the donkey saw the angel of Yahweh, she pressed herself into the wall, and she pressed the foot of Balaam into the wall, so he struck her again.
Deuteronomy 23:4-5
4 ⌊because⌋* they did not come to meet you with food and with water ⌊when you came out of Egypt⌋,* and also ⌊because⌋* they* hired Balaam, son of Beor, from Pethor, in Aram Naharaim* to act against you to curse you.
5 But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
2 Kings 3:9
9 So the king of Israel and the king of Judah and the king of Edom went around, a way of seven days, but there was no water for the army or for the animals which ⌊were with them⌋.*
2 Kings 3:26-27
26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too heavy for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew the sword to break through to the king of Edom, but they were not able.
27 He took his firstborn son who was to become king in his place and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. Great wrath came upon Israel, and they withdrew from him and returned to the land.
Psalms 83:4-7
4 They say, "Come, let us annihilate them from being a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
5 For they have consulted together ⌊with a unified purpose⌋.* They have made a covenant against you:
6 the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,
7 Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
Proverbs 15:3
3 In every place, the eyes of Yahweh keep watch over the evil and the good.
Isaiah 11:14
14 But they shall ⌊swoop⌋* upon the Philistine shoulder,* ⌊westward⌋.* Together they shall plunder the sons of the east. Edom and Moab ⌊will be under their command⌋,* and the sons of Ammon will be their subjugated people.
Isaiah 15:1-9
1 An oracle of Moab:
Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed. 2 It has gone up to the house,* and Dibon to the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. ⌊Every head is bald⌋,* every beard is shaved. 3 They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping. 4 And Heshbon and Elealeh cry* out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out; its soul quivers* for him. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives flee up to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith it goes up it with weeping; for on the road of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for the grass has withered, the vegetation has vanished, there is no greenness. 7 Therefore they carry the abundance it has made and their store of goods over the river of the poplars. 8 For a cry for help has encircled the territory of Moab, her wailing is heard as far as Eglaim, and her wailing as far as Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon* are full of blood; but I will place added things upon Dimon: a lion for the survivors* of Moab and for the remnant of the land.
Because Ar is devastated in a night, Moab is destroyed; because Kir of Moab is devastated in a night, it is destroyed. 2 It has gone up to the house,* and Dibon to the high places for weeping over Nebo, and Moab wails over Medeba. ⌊Every head is bald⌋,* every beard is shaved. 3 They gird themselves with sackcloth in its streets; on its roofs and public squares everyone wails, going down in weeping. 4 And Heshbon and Elealeh cry* out, their voice is heard as far as Jahaz; therefore the armed ones of Moab cry out; its soul quivers* for him. 5 My heart cries out for Moab; its fugitives flee up to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah. For at the ascent of Luhith it goes up it with weeping; for on the road of Horonaim they raise up a cry of destruction. 6 For the waters of Nimrim are wastelands; for the grass has withered, the vegetation has vanished, there is no greenness. 7 Therefore they carry the abundance it has made and their store of goods over the river of the poplars. 8 For a cry for help has encircled the territory of Moab, her wailing is heard as far as Eglaim, and her wailing as far as Beer Elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon* are full of blood; but I will place added things upon Dimon: a lion for the survivors* of Moab and for the remnant of the land.
Isaiah 25:10
10 For the hand of Yahweh will rest on this mountain, and Moab shall be trampled down under him as ⌊a heap of straw is trampled down⌋* in ⌊waters of⌋* a dung heap.
Jeremiah 48:1-47
1 Concerning Moab, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel:
"Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. It is ashamed, Kiriathaim is captured. Misgab is ashamed, and it is filled with terror. 2 The glory of Moab is no longer. In Heshbon they planned evil against her. Come and let us cut her off from being a nation. Also, Madmen, you will be silent. After you will go the sword. 3 The sound of a cry of distress arises from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction. 4 Moab is broken, her little ones ⌊make heard⌋* a cry for help. 5 For the ascent of Luhith, in weeping they go weeping, For on the slope of Horonaim they have heard the distresses of the cry of distress of the destruction. 6 Flee! Save your life! ⌊For⌋* you must not be like the juniper tree in the desert. 7 For because of your trusting in your works and in your treasures, even you yourselves will be taken, and Chemosh will go out into the exile, his priests and his officials together. 8 And the destroyer will come to every town, and a town will not escape. And the valley will be destroyed, and the plain will be destroyed, as Yahweh has spoken. 9 Give salt for Moab, for certainly she will go to ruin, and her towns will become as a desolation, ⌊without⌋* an inhabitant in them. 10 The one who does the work of Yahweh with slackness is cursed, and the one who keeps away blood from his sword is cursed. 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has been quiet on his dregs, and he has not been poured out from vessel to vessel, and he has not gone into exile. ⌊Therefore⌋* his taste has remained unchanged, and his fragrance has not changed. 12 ⌊Therefore⌋* look, days are coming," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and I will send to him ⌊decanters⌋,* and they will decant him, and his vessels they will empty out, and their jars they will smash. 13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel were ashamed of Bethel, their trust. 14 How can you say, 'we are warriors, and men of might for the battle.' 15 Moab is destroyed, and his towns have gone up, and the choice of his young men have gone down to the slaughtering," ⌊declares⌋* the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name. 16 "The disaster of Moab is near to come, and his disaster ⌊approaches very quickly⌋.* 17 Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How the staff of might is broken, the staff of glory.' 18 Come down from glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your fortifications. 19 Stand by the road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping, say, 'What has happened?' 20 Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell it by Arnon that Moab is devastated. 21 Judgment has also come to the land of the plain, to Holon, and to Jahaz, and on Mephaath, 22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim, 23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon, 24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, the far and the near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 26 "Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against Yahweh, and let Moab wallow in his vomit. And he also will become a laughingstock. 27 Now was not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For ⌊as often as⌋* you spoke over him you shook your head. 28 Leave the towns and dwell on the rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, it nests on the sides of the mouth of a ravine. 29 We have heard of the pride of Moab —he is very proud— his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his insolence," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and his boastings are ⌊false⌋;* they act ⌊falsely⌋.* 31 ⌊Therefore⌋* over Moab I wail, and for all of Moab I cry out, for the people* of Kir-heres I moan. 32 More than the weeping of Jazer I weep for you, O vine Sibmah. Your branches cross over the sea, up to the sea of Jazer they reach. Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage the destroyer has fallen. 33 And joy and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruitful land, even from the land of Moab. And the wine from the wine presses I have caused to disappear. He will not tread with exuberant shouts.* Exuberant shouts* will not be exuberant shouts.* 34 From the cry for help of Heshbon, up to Elealeh, up to Jahaz, they give their voice, from Zoar up to Horonaim, up to Eglath-shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim have become as a desolation. 35 And I will cause to disappear for Moab," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "the one who presents a sacrifice at a high place, and the one who burns a smoke offering to his gods. 36 ⌊Therefore⌋* my heart moans for Moab like the flute.* It moans for the people* of Kir-heres like the flute.* ⌊Therefore⌋* the wealth they gained has perished. 37 For on every head is baldness, and every beard is trimmed. On all the hands, slashes, and on the loins, sackcloth. 38 On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares, there is wailing everywhere. For I have broken Moab like a vessel, there is no delight in it," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 39 "How it is filled with terror! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is disgraced! So Moab has become as a derision, and as a terror for all his surrounding peoples." 40 For thus says Yahweh,
"Look, like an eagle he will swoop down, and he will spread out his wings against Moab. 41 Kerioth will be taken, and the strongholds will be conquered, and the hearts* of the warriors of Moab will be on that day like the heart of a woman who is in labor. 42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because against Yahweh he magnified himself. 43 Dread, and pit, and a trapping net are against you, O inhabitant of Moab," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 44 "He who flees ⌊before⌋* the dread will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up from the pit will be caught in the trapping net, for I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 45 "In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stand without strength, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. And it has eaten the forehead of Moab, and the skulls* of the people* of tumult. 46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished. For your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity. 47 Yet I will restore the fortunes* of Moab in the last of the days," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh.
⌊Thus far⌋* is the judgment of Moab.
"Woe to Nebo, for it is devastated. It is ashamed, Kiriathaim is captured. Misgab is ashamed, and it is filled with terror. 2 The glory of Moab is no longer. In Heshbon they planned evil against her. Come and let us cut her off from being a nation. Also, Madmen, you will be silent. After you will go the sword. 3 The sound of a cry of distress arises from Horonaim, devastation and great destruction. 4 Moab is broken, her little ones ⌊make heard⌋* a cry for help. 5 For the ascent of Luhith, in weeping they go weeping, For on the slope of Horonaim they have heard the distresses of the cry of distress of the destruction. 6 Flee! Save your life! ⌊For⌋* you must not be like the juniper tree in the desert. 7 For because of your trusting in your works and in your treasures, even you yourselves will be taken, and Chemosh will go out into the exile, his priests and his officials together. 8 And the destroyer will come to every town, and a town will not escape. And the valley will be destroyed, and the plain will be destroyed, as Yahweh has spoken. 9 Give salt for Moab, for certainly she will go to ruin, and her towns will become as a desolation, ⌊without⌋* an inhabitant in them. 10 The one who does the work of Yahweh with slackness is cursed, and the one who keeps away blood from his sword is cursed. 11 Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has been quiet on his dregs, and he has not been poured out from vessel to vessel, and he has not gone into exile. ⌊Therefore⌋* his taste has remained unchanged, and his fragrance has not changed. 12 ⌊Therefore⌋* look, days are coming," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and I will send to him ⌊decanters⌋,* and they will decant him, and his vessels they will empty out, and their jars they will smash. 13 Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel were ashamed of Bethel, their trust. 14 How can you say, 'we are warriors, and men of might for the battle.' 15 Moab is destroyed, and his towns have gone up, and the choice of his young men have gone down to the slaughtering," ⌊declares⌋* the King, Yahweh of hosts is his name. 16 "The disaster of Moab is near to come, and his disaster ⌊approaches very quickly⌋.* 17 Mourn for him, all his surroundings, and all those who knew his name. Say, 'How the staff of might is broken, the staff of glory.' 18 Come down from glory and sit on the parched ground, O inhabitant, daughter of Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, he has destroyed your fortifications. 19 Stand by the road and watch, O inhabitant of Aroer. Ask the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping, say, 'What has happened?' 20 Moab is ashamed, for it is filled with terror. Wail and cry out, tell it by Arnon that Moab is devastated. 21 Judgment has also come to the land of the plain, to Holon, and to Jahaz, and on Mephaath, 22 and on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim, 23 and on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon, 24 and on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the towns of the land of Moab, the far and the near. 25 The horn of Moab is cut off and his arm is broken," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 26 "Make him drunk, because he magnified himself against Yahweh, and let Moab wallow in his vomit. And he also will become a laughingstock. 27 Now was not Israel the laughingstock to you? Or was he found among thieves? For ⌊as often as⌋* you spoke over him you shook your head. 28 Leave the towns and dwell on the rock, O inhabitants of Moab, and be like the dove, it nests on the sides of the mouth of a ravine. 29 We have heard of the pride of Moab —he is very proud— his height, and his pride, and his arrogance, and the haughtiness of his heart. 30 I know his insolence," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "and his boastings are ⌊false⌋;* they act ⌊falsely⌋.* 31 ⌊Therefore⌋* over Moab I wail, and for all of Moab I cry out, for the people* of Kir-heres I moan. 32 More than the weeping of Jazer I weep for you, O vine Sibmah. Your branches cross over the sea, up to the sea of Jazer they reach. Upon your summer fruit and upon your vintage the destroyer has fallen. 33 And joy and rejoicing have been taken away from the fruitful land, even from the land of Moab. And the wine from the wine presses I have caused to disappear. He will not tread with exuberant shouts.* Exuberant shouts* will not be exuberant shouts.* 34 From the cry for help of Heshbon, up to Elealeh, up to Jahaz, they give their voice, from Zoar up to Horonaim, up to Eglath-shelishiyah, for even the waters of Nimrim have become as a desolation. 35 And I will cause to disappear for Moab," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh, "the one who presents a sacrifice at a high place, and the one who burns a smoke offering to his gods. 36 ⌊Therefore⌋* my heart moans for Moab like the flute.* It moans for the people* of Kir-heres like the flute.* ⌊Therefore⌋* the wealth they gained has perished. 37 For on every head is baldness, and every beard is trimmed. On all the hands, slashes, and on the loins, sackcloth. 38 On all the roofs of Moab, and in its public squares, there is wailing everywhere. For I have broken Moab like a vessel, there is no delight in it," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 39 "How it is filled with terror! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back! He is disgraced! So Moab has become as a derision, and as a terror for all his surrounding peoples." 40 For thus says Yahweh,
"Look, like an eagle he will swoop down, and he will spread out his wings against Moab. 41 Kerioth will be taken, and the strongholds will be conquered, and the hearts* of the warriors of Moab will be on that day like the heart of a woman who is in labor. 42 And Moab will be destroyed from being a people, because against Yahweh he magnified himself. 43 Dread, and pit, and a trapping net are against you, O inhabitant of Moab," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 44 "He who flees ⌊before⌋* the dread will fall into the pit, and the one who climbs up from the pit will be caught in the trapping net, for I will bring on Moab the year of their punishment," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh. 45 "In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stand without strength, for a fire has gone out from Heshbon, and a flame from Sihon. And it has eaten the forehead of Moab, and the skulls* of the people* of tumult. 46 Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished. For your sons have been taken into captivity, and your daughters into captivity. 47 Yet I will restore the fortunes* of Moab in the last of the days," ⌊declares⌋* Yahweh.
⌊Thus far⌋* is the judgment of Moab.
Ezekiel 25:8-9
Amos 1:3
3 Thus says Yahweh, "For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron!
Amos 1:6
6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Gaza and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they exiled a whole community, handing them over to Edom!
Amos 1:9
9 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they delivered up a whole community to Edom and they did not remember the covenant of brotherhood!
Amos 1:11
11 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because he pursued his brother with the sword! He stifled his compassion and his anger tore them apart ⌊continually⌋,* and he kept his rage forever.
Amos 1:13
13 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Ammon and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory!
Amos 2:4
4 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they have rejected the law of Yahweh and have not kept his rules, and their lies have led them astray, ⌊after which their ancestors walked⌋!*
Amos 2:6
6 Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke the punishment,* because they sell the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of sandals!
Micah 6:5
5 O my people, remember what Balak the king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you might know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
Zephaniah 2:8-9
8 I have heard the reproaches of Moab and the scorning of the ⌊Ammonites⌋,* with which they have taunted my nation and made boasts against their territory.
9 "Therefore, as I live"—a declaration of Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel— "Moab shall be as Sodom, and the ⌊Ammonites⌋* like Gomorrah, a place of weeds and salt pits and a desolation forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the remainder of my nation shall possess them."