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Amos 1:15 Explained in Context
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Verse 15. 15And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
This verse ends Ammon's oracle with ruler and princes going into captivity.
Read It With
- Amos 1:13-15
Read Amos 1:15 with 1:13-15. This verse ends Ammon's oracle with ruler and princes going into captivity. The complete unit establishes this movement: Ammon's leaders are accused of attacking pregnant women to enlarge territory, making the means and motive of expansion morally inseparable.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The nations sequence reaches a deliberately horrific example in which territorial ambition targets the most vulnerable bodies. Within that movement, this verse ends Ammon's oracle with ruler and princes going into captivity.
Follow the Context
- The repeated formula names Ammon's crimes.
- Pregnant women in Gilead are attacked to enlarge a border.
- Rabbah's palaces fall amid battle imagery, and ruler and princes go into exile.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
Captivity here does not authorize forced displacement, torture, or punishment of leaders' families.
What Remains True
Leaders who pursue expansion through atrocity remain accountable with their governing circle.
How It Can Shape Life
- Protect captives and pursue lawful leadership accountability.
Teach It Back
Explain Amos 1:15's contribution to Amos 1:13-15: ends Ammon's oracle with ruler and princes going into captivity. Include what the surrounding verses add, the stated uncertainty, and what this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Amos 1:13-15 — Ammon Accountable for Atrocity Used to Enlarge BordersSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
The final noun can be read as Ammon's king or possibly Milcom in some traditions.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 1:13-15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 1:13-15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1705-1708, translation and notes on 1:13-15
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