Amos 1:5
“I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden : and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I will break also the bar of Damascus,.... Or bars, the singular for the plural, by which the gates of the city were…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
I will also break the bar of Damascus - In the East, every city was fortified; the gates of the stronger cities were…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The bar of Damascus - The gates, whose long traverse bars, running from wall to wall, were their strength. I will throw…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Amos 1:3-15
What the Lord says here may be explained by what he says Jer 12:14, Thus said the Lord, against all my evil neighbours…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
And I will break the bar of Damascus Damascus will be powerless to resist the besieger. The allusion is to the -bars" of…
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