Amos 1:11
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity; and his anger did tear continually, and he kept his wrath for ever.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
12And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand, and I will slay my brother Jacob.
Numbers 20:20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother. Thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a sojourner in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.
Psalms 83:3They take crafty counsel against thy people, and consult against thy hidden ones:
Psalms 137:7Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay [it] bare, Lay [it] bare, down to its foundation!
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 →