God’s Word Translation
Amos 1:12
12I will send a fire on Teman and burn down the palaces 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.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.”
Context of Amos 1:12
10I will send a fire on the walls of Tyre and burn down its palaces. 11This is what the Lord says: Because Edom has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Edomites pursued their relatives with swords. They refused to show any compassion to them. Their anger was unstoppable. They refused to control their fury. I will send a fire on Teman and burn down the palaces of Bozrah. 13This is what the Lord says: Because Ammon has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Ammonites enlarged their territory by ripping open pregnant women in Gilead. 14I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah and burn down its palaces while troops are shouting on the day of battle and winds are howling on the day of the storm.
Read all of Amos 1Amos 1:12 word by word
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּתֵימָ֑ן וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בָּצְרָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Amos 1:12
- Genesis 36:11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Jeremiah 49:7This is what the Lord of Armies says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished?
- Obadiah 1:9“Teman, your warriors will be terrified. Everyone on Esau’s mountain will be slaughtered.
- Genesis 36:33After Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him as king.
- Isaiah 34:6The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It is covered with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of rams’ kidneys. The Lord will receive a sacrifice in Bozrah, a huge slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Jeremiah 49:13I take an oath on myself, declares the Lord, that Bozrah will become a pile of rubble. It will become something horrifying, ridiculed, ruined, and cursed. All its cities will lie in ruins permanently.
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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