Amos 1:11-13

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Judgment on Edom

¹¹^(A) The Lord said:

I will punish Edom
for countless crimes,
    and I won't change my mind.
They killed their own relatives^[a]
and were so terribly furious
    that they showed no mercy.
¹²Now I will send fire to wipe out
the fortresses of Teman
    and Bozrah.^[b]

Judgment on Ammon

¹³^(B) The Lord said:

I will punish Ammon
for countless crimes,
and I won't change my mind.
In Gilead they ripped open
pregnant women,
just to take the land.

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Footnotes

1.11 their own relatives: The Edomites were descendants of Esau, the brother of Jacob, the ancestor of the Israelites.
1.12 Teman and Bozrah: These stand for all of Edom; Teman may have been a city or a district. Bozrah, the chief city of northern Edom, was 48 kilometers southeast of the Dead Sea.

Amos 1:11-13

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¹¹This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Edom,^(A)
    even for four, I will not relent.
Because he pursued his brother with a sword^(B)
    and slaughtered the women of the land,
because his anger raged continually
    and his fury flamed unchecked,^(C)
¹²I will send fire on Teman^(D)
    that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.^(E)”

¹³This is what the Lord says:

“For three sins of Ammon,^(F)
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he ripped open the pregnant women^(G) of Gilead
in order to extend his borders,

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