Amos 1:3
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
Cross-references
Amos 1:13 repeats the same 'three...four' formula against Ammon, continuing the series of oracles against nations for their cruelty.
Amos 1:9 continues the same oracle pattern against Tyre — identical structure and formula, emphasizing the catalogue of judgments.
Amos 1:6 uses the same 'for three transgressions... and for four' formula — a parallel judgment oracle against Gaza, following the same pattern as the Damascus oracle here.
Amos 2:6 repeats the formula against Israel, continuing the series of oracles that use the 'three...four' pattern for judgment.
Amos 2:4 employs the same 'three...four' formula against Judah, though Judah's sin is rejecting God's law rather than cruelty.
Amos 2:1 uses the identical prophetic formula against Moab, linking their transgression with the same pattern of divine judgment.
Jeremiah 49:23-27 delivers a similar judgment against Damascus, describing its warriors falling and cities ruined — expanding on Amos's threshing imagery.
Zechariah 9:1 burdens Damascus with the LORD's word, linking the city to divine judgment as in Amos's oracle.
Isaiah 17:1 pronounces judgment on Damascus, foretelling it will become a ruin heap — reinforcing Amos's oracle against the city.
2 Kings 13:7 uses the same threshing metaphor — Syria made Israel like dust at threshing — mirroring Amos's charge.
2 Kings 10:33 specifies that Hazael conquered Gilead — the exact region Damascus threshed with iron in Amos's indictment.
2 Kings 10:32 records Hazael's conquest of Israel — the very action for which Damascus is condemned in Amos.
2 Kings 8:12 details Hazael's atrocities against Israel, directly matching the brutal threshing imagery in Amos's judgment on Damascus.
Jeremiah 49:27 also pronounces judgment on Damascus with fire — a similar prophetic oracle against the same city.
2 Kings 16:9 records Assyria's conquest of Damascus — the historical judgment God pronounced here against Damascus for threshing Gilead.
Habakkuk 3:12 uses the same 'threshing' imagery for God’s judgment on nations — mirroring Damascus' threshing of Gilead with iron.
Isaiah 41:15 uses the same threshing sledge imagery — but for Israel as God's instrument of judgment, not as victims of cruelty.
1 Kings 19:17 shows Hazael as God's instrument of judgment — providing background for Damascus's later cruelty condemned in Amos.
2 Kings 13:3 records God delivering Israel to Hazael — showing the same Syrian oppression that Amos condemns.
Zechariah 2:8 warns nations that plunder Israel they touch God's eye — similar to Damascus being judged for threshing Gilead (Israel).
Proverbs 6:16 uses a 'six...seven' pattern for things God hates, paralleling Amos's numerical list of transgressions deserving punishment.
Zechariah 1:15 describes God's anger at nations who overdid their punishment — a parallel theme of divine judgment on foreign nations for cruelty.
Proverbs 30:15 uses the same 'three...four' numerical pattern — a wisdom device Amos adapts for his judgment oracles.