Amos

Speaks against injustice and predicts Israel's punishment but ends with hope for restoration.

Chapter 1

KJV - Amos 1:5

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.

I will destroy Damascus's barrier, remove people from the Aven area, and take the ruler from the Eden's house. The Syrian people will be captured by Kir, says the Lord.

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