Amos 1:8 “I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter…”

Amos 1:8

I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

World English Bible

I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.

American Standard Version

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the scepter from Ashkelon, and turne mine hande to Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistims shall perish, sayth the Lord God.

Darby Translation

And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And a holder of a sceptre from Ashkelon, And have turned back My hand against Ekron, And perished have the remnant of the Philistines, Said the Lord Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English

Him who is seated in power I will have cut off from Ashdod, and him in whose hand is the rod from Ashkelon; and my hand will be turned against Ekron, and the rest of the Philistines will come to destruction, says the Lord God.

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Cross references

“I will cut”

Ezekiel 25:16 Isaiah 20:1 Jeremiah 47:5

Ezekiel 25:16 · BSB

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.

Isaiah 20:1 · BSB

Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

Jeremiah 47:5 · BSB

The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

“turn”

Psalm 81:14 Isaiah 1:25 Zechariah 13:7

Psalm 81:14 · BSB

how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

Isaiah 1:25 · BSB

I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.

Zechariah 13:7 · BSB

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

“and the”

Isaiah 14:29–31 Zephaniah 2:4–7 Jeremiah 47:4

Isaiah 14:29–31 · BSB

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.

Zephaniah 2:4–7 · BSB

For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.

Jeremiah 47:4 · BSB

For the day has come to destroy all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every remaining ally. Indeed, the LORD is about to destroy the Philistines, the remnant from the coasts of Caphtor.

Also

Zechariah 9:6 2 Chronicles 26:6 Amos 3:9

Zechariah 9:6 · BSB

A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

2 Chronicles 26:6 · BSB

Uzziah went out to wage war against the Philistines, and he tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. Then he built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.

Amos 3:9 · BSB

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.

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