English Standard Version
Amos 1:12
12So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."
Amos 1:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
- New International Version (NIV)I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I will send down fire on Teman, and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed.”
Context of Amos 1:12
10So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds." 11Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever. So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah." 13Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of the Ammonites, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have ripped open pregnant women in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. 14So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour her strongholds, with shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
Read all of Amos 1Amos 1:12 word by word
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּתֵימָ֑ן וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בָּצְרָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Amos 1:12
- Genesis 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
- Obadiah 1:9And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.
- Genesis 36:33Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
- Isaiah 34:6The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes."
Commentaries on Amos 1:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Teman - Bozrah - Principal cities of Idumea.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12But - (And I, in My turn and as a consequence of these sins) will send a fire upon Teman “Teman,” say Eusebius and Jerome, “was a country of the princes of Edom, which had its name from Teman son of Eliphaz, son of Esau Genesis 36:11, Genesis 36:15. But even to this day there is a village, called Teman, about 5 (Eusebius says 15) miles from Petra, where there is also a Roman garrison, from which place was Eliphaz, king of the Themanites.” It is, however…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12When Babylon destroyed the major cities of Teman and Bozrah, Edom lost its ability to continue fighting. Babylon conquered Edom shortly after Judah in 553 BC (see Jeremiah 27; 49:7–22; see also study note on Obadiah 1:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Teman--a city of Edom, called from a grandson of Esau (Ge 36:11, 15; Ob 8, 9); situated five miles from Petra; south of the present Wady Musa. Its people were famed for wisdom (Jr 49:7). Bozrah--a city of Edom (Is 63:1). Selah or Petra is not mentioned, as it had been overthrown by Amaziah (2Ki 14:7).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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