Amos 1:13
ContextNETBible | This is what the Lord says: “Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes 1 – make that four! 2 – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. 3 They ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women 4 so they could expand their territory. |
XREF | De 2:19; De 23:3,4; Jud 10:7-9; Jud 11:15-28; 1Sa 11:1,2; 2Sa 10:1-8; 2Ki 24:2; 2Ch 20:1,10; Ne 2:19; Ne 4:7-23; Ps 83:7; Isa 5:8; Jer 49:1-6; Jer 49:1; Eze 25:2-7; Eze 35:10; Ho 13:16; Hab 2:5,6; Zep 2:8 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Traditionally, “transgressions” (KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV) or “sins” (NIV). For an explanation of the atrocities outlined in this oracle as treaty violations of God’s mandate to Noah in Gen 9:5-7, see the note on the word “violations” in 1:3. 2 tn Heb “Because of three violations of the Ammonites, even because of four.” 3 tn Heb “I will not bring it [or “him”] back.” The translation understands the pronominal object to refer to the decree of judgment that follows; the referent (the decree) has been specified in the translation for clarity. For another option see the note on the word “judgment” in 1:3. 4 sn The Ammonites ripped open Gilead’s pregnant women in conjunction with a military invasion designed to expand their territory. Such atrocities, although repugnant, were not uncommon in ancient Near Eastern warfare. |