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Amos 1:12

BozrahTeman
Judgment

10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

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

13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
KJV
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
WEB
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
ASV
but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
DARBY
And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
BLB
And I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the citadels of Bozrah!”
ÅB
men jeg vil sende ild mot Teman, og den skal fortære Bosras palasser.
OTB
vil jeg sende ild mot Teman,
og den skal fortære Bosras festninger."
B1930
men jeg vil sende ild mot Teman, og den skal fortære Bosras palasser.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 49:7

    Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?

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  • Obadiah 1:9–10

    And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

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  • Jeremiah 49:20

    Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.

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  • Jeremiah 49:22

    Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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  • Jeremiah 49:13

    For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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  • Genesis 36:11

    And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.

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  • Genesis 36:33

    And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

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  • Isaiah 34:6

    The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

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