Amos 1:9
9 This is what the Lord says:“Because Tyre has committed three crimes ▼ —
make that four ▼
▼tn Heb “Because of three violations of Tyre, even because of four.”
▼ —I will not revoke my decree of judgment. ▼ They sold ▼
▼tn Heb “handed over.”
a whole community ▼ to Edom; they failed to observe ▼
▼tn Heb “did not remember.”
a treaty of brotherhood. ▼▼sn A treaty of brotherhood. In the ancient Near-Eastern world familial terms were sometimes used to describe treaty partners. In a treaty between superior and inferior parties, the lord would be called “father” and the subject “son.” The partners in a treaty between equals referred to themselves as “brothers.” For biblical examples, see 1 Kgs 9:13 and 20:32-33.
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