OLD TESTAMENT

Amos 2:1

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The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime;

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Verse 1. Ashes. Some think that he alludes to 4 Kennicott. 3:27 or rather to some war, the ashes of the dead were disturbed. Calmet.—Both these acts of inhumanity deserved severe punishment. Worthington.

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