Amos 1:12
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Amos 1:12 in other translations
| BSB | So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.” |
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| WEB | but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.” |
| ASV | But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. |
| YLT | And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah. |
| DARBY | And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. |
| BBE | And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah. |
| Webster | But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. |
What does Amos 1:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 1:1-15
Judgments against the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, and Ammonites. --GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his services, ought not to be despised for their origin, or their employment. Judgments are denounced against the neighbouring nations, the oppressors of God's people. The number of transgressions does not here mean that exact…
Amos 1:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Amos 1:12
- Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus saith the Lord of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
- Obadiah 1:9-10
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
- Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the counsel of the Lord, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
- Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
- Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
- Genesis 36:33
And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
- Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
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Context
- Amos 1:11
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
- Amos 1:12
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
- Amos 1:13
Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
Amos 1:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y meteré fuego en Temán, y consumirá los palacios de Bosra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et j’enverrai un feu sur Théman, et il dévorera les palais de Botsra. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so werde ich ein Feuer senden nach Teman, und es wird die Paläste von Bozra verzehren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Mittam ignem in Theman, et devorabit ædes Bosræ. |