Amos 1:13
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:
Context
This verse from Amos Chapter 1 connects to 10 cross-references. The shepherd and dresser of sycamore trees from Tekoa prophesies judgment on the nations surrounding Israel, using the formulaic 'For three transgressions and for four.' Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, and Edom are condemned for their violence, slave trading, breaking of treaties, …
Autres traductions
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their ripping up the pregnant ones of Gilead, To enlarge their border,
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because in Gilead they had women with child cut open, so that they might make wider the limits of their land.
Références croisées
And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I …
An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they …
Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; …
And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, …
Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house …
And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the …
Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make …
And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust …
And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son …