Amos 1:11
Thus sayeth the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for foure, I will not turne to it, because hee did pursue his brother with the sworde, and did cast off all pitie, and his anger spoyled him euermore, and his wrath watched him alway.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
10Therefore wil I send a fire vpon ye walles of Tyrus, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.
12Therefore will I send a fire vpon Teman, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Bozrah.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.
Numbers 20:20Hee answered againe, Thou shalt not goe through. The Edom came out against him with much people, and with a mightie power.
Deuteronomy 23:7Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite: for he is thy brother, neither shalt thou abhorre an Egyptian, because thou wast a strager in his land.
2 Chronicles 20:11Behold, I say, they reward vs, in comming to cast vs out of thine inheritance, which thou hast caused vs to inherit.
Psalms 83:3They haue taken craftie counsell against thy people, and haue consulted against thy secret ones.
Psalms 137:7Remember the children of Edom, O Lord, in the day of Ierusalem, which saide, Rase it, rase it to the foundation thereof.
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 →