Amos 1:11
Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother’s compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.
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In Context
10And I will send a fire onto the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its buildings.
12I will send a fire onto Teman, and it will devour the buildings of Bozrah.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Therefore, Esau always hated Jacob, for the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And he said in his heart, “The days will arrive for the mourning of my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Numbers 20:20But he answered, “You shall not cross.” And immediately he went out to meet them with a countless multitude and a strong hand;
Deuteronomy 23:7You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11They are doing the contrary, and they are striving to cast us from the possession which you delivered to us.
Psalms 83:3My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have exulted in the living God.
Psalms 137:7If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand has accomplished my salvation.
Matthew Henry on Amos 1:4-15
Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 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: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. 5 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… Read the whole commentary →