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Amos 1:5

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 in Beth-eden.

The people of Aram will be exiled to Kir,”

says the LORD.

Amos 1:5 BSB
  1. a Or the inhabitants
  2. b Aven means wickedness.

Amos 1:5 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Kings 16:9 (8 votes) and Amos 9:7 (6 votes). 18 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from 2 Kings 8 to Zechariah 9.

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Which verses does Amos 1:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. 2 Kings 16:98 votes

    So the king of Assyria responded to him, marched up to Damascus, and captured it. He took its people to Kir as captives and put Rezin to death.

  2. Amos 9:76 votes

    “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?

  3. Jeremiah 51:305 votes

    The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.

  4. Isaiah 43:143 votes

    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.

  5. Lamentations 2:93 votes

    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.

  6. Jeremiah 50:362 votes

    A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.

  7. Nahum 3:132 votes

    Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

Which verses point to Amos 1:5?

The 10 strongest of 18.