Daily Devotions
Amos
"Transgressions of Tyre"
Text: Amos 1:9
ANCIENT PHONECIA
Tyre and Sidon were “twin cities” of Phoenicia. The Phoenicians were famous for their maritime prowess. Their ships traded far and wide and as a result Phoenicia prospered.
INDICTMENT AGAINST TYRE
Amos proclaimed a severe judgment and punishment against Tyre (representing Phoenicia).
“Thus says the LORD:
‘For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom,
And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.'”
Amos 1:9