Amos 1:11
This is what Yahweh says, 1 “For three sins of Edom, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because he pursued his brother with the sword 1 and cast off all pity. 1 His anger raged continually, 1 and his wrath lasted forever. 1
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10I will send fire on the walls of Tyre, 1 and it will devour her fortresses.” 1
12I will send fire on Teman, 1 and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.” 1
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing that his father had given him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are near; after that I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Numbers 20:20But the king of Edom replied, “You may not pass through.” So the king of Edom came against Israel with a strong hand with many soldiers.
Deuteronomy 23:7You must not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you must not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11See how they are rewarding us; they are coming to drive us out of your land that you have given us to inherit.
Psalms 83:3They conspire against your people 1 and plan together against your protected ones. 1
Psalms 137:7Call to mind, Yahweh, what the Edomites did 1 on the day Jerusalem fell. 1 They said, “Tear it down, tear it down 1 to its foundations.” 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 →