Explain the evils committed by four nations that were to be punished by God according to Prophet Amos.

      

Explain the evils committed by four nations that were to be punished by God according to Prophet Amos.

  

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john
i. Syria/Damascus – the people of Syria had threshed the people of Gilead with threshing sledges of iron during their war with Israel. God will destroy them with divine fire.
ii. Philistia and Gaza – they had sold their fellow citizens as slaves to Edom to work in their copper industry. God will destroy them with divine fire.
iii. Tyre/Phoenicia – the King of Tyre sold Israelites to Edom as slaves, breaking the covenant of brotherhood between Hiram and Solomon. God will destroy them with divine fire.
iv. Edom – they had plundered Jerusalem, killed its citizens and carried some to slavery, yet these were their brothers. God will destroy them with divine fire.
v. Ammon – they had been cruel to the pregnant women of Gilead during their war with Israel. They will be sent to exile and God will destroy them with divine fire.
vi. Moab – they raided the royal graves of Edom and burnt the bones of the dead kings, thus a rebellion against God?s image in human beings. God will destroy them with divine fire.
john3 answered the question on October 12, 2017 at 18:32


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