Amos 1:12

I will send fire on Teman, 1 and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.” 1

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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

In Context

11This 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

13This is what Yahweh says, 1 “For three sins of the people of Ammon, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, 1 that they may enlarge their borders. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 36:33When Bela died, then Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.

Isaiah 34:6The sword of Yahweh is dripping with blood and covered with fat, 1 dripping with the blood of lambs and goats, covered with the fat of the kidneys of rams. 1 For Yahweh has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 1

Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself—this is Yahweh's declaration—that Bozrah will become a horror, a disgrace, a devastation, and an object for cursing. All of its cities will become devastations forever. 1

Jeremiah 49:22See, someone will attack like an eagle, and swoop down and spread his wings over Bozrah. 1 Then on that day, the hearts of Edom's soldiers will become like the heart of a woman in birth labor.” 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 →

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