Amos 1:11
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath — he hath kept it for ever,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
10And I have sent a fire against the wall of Tyre, And it hath consumed her palaces.
12And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah.
Cross References
Genesis 27:41And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, 'The days of mourning [for] my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
Numbers 20:20And he saith, 'Thou dost not pass over;' and Edom cometh out to meet him with much people, and with a strong hand;
Deuteronomy 23:7'Thou dost not abominate an Edomite, for thy brother he [is]; thou dost not abominate an Egyptian, for a sojourner thou hast been in his land;
2 Chronicles 20:11and lo, they are recompensing to us — to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.
Psalms 83:3Against Thy people they take crafty counsel, And consult against Thy hidden ones.
Psalms 137:7Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase 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 →