Amos 1:11
Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Edom, even for arba'ah, 1 I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because he did pursue his brother with the cherev, 1 and did cast off all rachamim, 1 and his anger did rage perpetually, 1 and he kept his wrath netzach; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10But I will send an eish on the chomah (wall) of Tzor, 1 which shall devour the fortresses thereof. 1
12But I will send an eish upon Teman, 1 which shall devour the fortresses of Botzrah. 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esav hated Ya'akov because of the brocha wherewith aviv made a brocha upon him: and Esav said in his lev, The yemei evel (days of mourning) for avi are at hand; then will I slay Ya'akov achi.
Numbers 20:20And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with a large army, and with a yad chazakah.
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not seek their shalom nor their tovat all thy yamim l'olam.
2 Chronicles 20:11Hinei, what gomelim (ones repaying) they are to us, to come to drive us out of Thy yerushah (inheritance), which Thou hast given us.
Psalms 83:3For, hinei, Thine oyevim are in tumult; 1 and they that hate Thee have lifted up the rosh. 1
Psalms 137:7Remember, Hashem, the Bnei Edom 1 in the Yom Yerushalayim; 1 who said, Raze it, raze it, 1 even to the yesod (foundation) thereof. 1
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 →