Amos 1:9

"The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;"

Key Reflection

Amos 1:9 reveals God's judgment against Tyre for betraying its fellow Israelites to Edom, a neighboring nation often seen as an enemy. The historical context highlights the importance of maintaining loyalty and brotherly covenants within the broader Israelite community, emphasizing that such actions would not go unpunished by the divine judge.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The last crowning sin, for which judgment is pronounced on Tyre, is the same as that of Philistia, and probably was enacted in concert with it. In Tyre, there was this aggravation, that it was a violation of a previous treaty and friendship. It was not a covenant only, nor previous friendliness only; but a specific covenant, founded on friendship which they forgat and brake. If they retained the memory of Hiram’s contact with David and Solomon, it was a sin against light too. After David had expelled the Jebusites from Jerusalem, “Hiram King of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees and carpenters and masons; and they built David a house”2 Samuel 5:11.

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