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Amos 1:12
12I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses 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.
- 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.”
- 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
10I will send fire on the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.” 11This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not relent. Because he pursued his brother with a sword and slaughtered the women of the land, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.” 13This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Ammon, even for four, I will not relent. Because he ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders, 14I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war cries on the day of battle, amid violent winds on a stormy day.
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: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam and Kenaz.
- Jeremiah 49:7Concerning Edom: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
- Obadiah 1:9Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.
- Genesis 36:33When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.
- Isaiah 34:6The sword of the Lord is bathed in blood, it is covered with fat— the blood of lambs and goats, fat from the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Jeremiah 49:13I swear by myself,” declares the Lord, “that Bozrah will become a ruin and a curse, an object of horror and reproach; and all its towns will be in ruins forever.”
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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