Amos 1:9-11
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9 The Lord says, ‘The people in Tyre have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them.
Before, they had been friends with the people in Israel. They had promised to those people, “We will be like brothers.” But the people from Tyre did not do what they had promised. They took my people away. They sold my people to the people in Edom and my people became slaves. 10 So I will start a fire on the walls of Tyre city. And the fire will burn all the strong buildings. It will destroy them completely.’
11 The Lord says, ‘The people in Edom have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them.
They took their swords and they chased after their cousins, the Israelites.[a] They were not kind. Instead, they continued to be angry all the time. They did not stop attacking them.
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- 1:11 The Edomites and the Israelites were from the same family. The Edomites were descendants of Esau. The Israelites were descendants of Jacob. These two brothers were born at the same time from the same mother. Jacob also had the name Israel.
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