Lux Domini
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.

Key themes

Justice and mercyJusticeFalse worshipJudgment

Glossary

Damascus Place

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Damascus.

Beth-eden Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Til Barsip.

Kir Place

A wall or fortress, a place to which Tiglath-pileser carried the Syrians captive after he had taken the city of Damascus ( 2 Kings 16:9 ; Amos 1:5 ; 9:7 ). Modern identification: Der.

Syria Place

Biblical region. Modern identification: Damascus.

Valley of Aven Place

Biblical valley. Modern identification: Baalbek.