Amos 1:11
Thus hath said the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, will I not turn away their punishment; because he pursued with the sword his brother, and disregarded his mercy, and his anger tore in pieces continually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
10And I will send a fire against the walls of Tyre, which shall devour her palaces.
12And I will send out a fire against Theman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father will be at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
Numbers 20:20And he said, Thou shalt not pass through; and Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand.
Deuteronomy 23:7(23:8) Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11And behold, they recompense us, by coming to drive us out of thy inheritance, which thou hast given us to possess.
Psalms 83:3(83:4) Against thy people they take crafty secret device, and they consult against those whom thou protectest.
Psalms 137:7Remember, O Lord, unto the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to her very 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 →