Amos 1:11
The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;
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10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”
12but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Numbers 20:20He said, “You shall not pass through.” Edom came out against him with many people, and with a strong hand.
Deuteronomy 23:7You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
Psalms 83:3They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones.
Psalms 137:7Remember, LORD, against the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it! Raze it even 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 →