Amos 1:11
Thus said YHWH: “For three transgressions of Edom, || And for four, I do not reverse it, || Because of his pursuing his brother with a sword, || And he has destroyed his mercies, || And his anger tears continuously, || And his wrath—he has kept it forever,
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In Context
10And I have sent a fire against the wall of Tyre, || And it has consumed her palaces.”
12And I have sent a fire against Teman, || And it has consumed palaces of Bozrah.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hates Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau says in his heart, “The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay my brother Jacob.”
Numbers 20:20And he says, “You do not pass over”; and Edom comes out to meet him with many people and with a strong hand;
Deuteronomy 23:7You do not detest an Edomite, for he [is] your brother; you do not detest an Egyptian, for you have been a sojourner in his land;
2 Chronicles 20:11and behold, they are repaying to us—to come to drive us out of Your possession that You have caused us to possess.
Psalms 83:3They take crafty counsel against Your people, || And consult against Your hidden ones.
Psalms 137:7Remember, YHWH, for the sons of Edom, || The day of Jerusalem, || Those saying, “Raze, raze 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 →