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Amos 1:12
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Therefore, I will send fire against Teman,and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire on Teman, And it will devour the palaces of Botzrah."
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."
"So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."
So I will send fire on the city of Teman that will even destroy the strong buildings of Bozrah."
"So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Teman, And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah [in Edom]."
Therefore will I send a fire vpon Teman, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Bozrah.
"So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."
So I will send fire upon Teman,And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."
So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah."
Now I will send fire to wipe out the fortresses of Teman and Bozrah.
I will send fire on Teman, and it will consume the palaces of Botzrah."
And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
So I will start a fire at Teman that will destroy the high towers of Bozrah."
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
So I will send a fire against Teman and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Bozrah."
But I will send a fire against Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.
So will I send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire vpon Teman, which shall deuoure the palaces of Bozrah.
Therfore will I send a fire into Theman, which shal deuoure the palaces of Bozra.
And I will send forth a fire upon Thaman, and it shall devour the foundations of her walls.
but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire on Teman, And it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
Y schal sende fier in to Theman, and it schal deuoure the housis of Bosra.
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah's fortresses."
But I will send a fire upon Teman, Which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah."
So I will send down fire on Teman, and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed."
So I will send fire upon Teman, and it will destroy the strong-places of Bozrah."
So I will send a fire on Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, - which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra.
So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah."
And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah.
Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Thema, which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra.
Contextual Overview
Syria
The Lord says, "The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They treated the people of Gilead with savage cruelty. 4 So I will send fire upon the palace built by King Hazael and I will burn down the fortresses of King Benhadad. 5 I will smash the city gates of Damascus and remove the inhabitants of Aven Valley and the ruler of Betheden. The people of Syria will be taken away as prisoners to the land of Kir." 6Philistia
The Lord says, "The people of Gaza have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation and sold them as slaves to the people of Edom. 7 So I will send fire upon the city walls of Gaza and burn down its fortresses. 8 I will remove the rulers of the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. I will punish the city of Ekron, and all the Philistines who are left will die." 9Tyre
The Lord says, "The people of Tyre have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They carried off a whole nation into exile in the land of Edom, and did not keep the treaty of friendship they had made. 10 So I will send fire upon the city walls of Tyre and burn down its fortresses." 11Edom
The Lord says, "The people of Edom have sinned again and again, and for this I will certainly punish them. They hunted down their relatives, the Israelites, and showed them no mercy. Their anger had no limits, and they never let it die. 12 So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah."Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Teman: Genesis 36:11, Jeremiah 49:7, Jeremiah 49:20, Obadiah 1:9, Obadiah 1:10
Bozrah: Genesis 36:33, Isaiah 34:6, Jeremiah 49:13, Jeremiah 49:22
Reciprocal: Genesis 25:23 - the elder Genesis 27:41 - hated Genesis 36:15 - duke Teman Numbers 21:28 - a fire 1 Chronicles 1:36 - Teman 1 Chronicles 1:44 - Bozrah 1 Chronicles 1:45 - Temanites Isaiah 21:11 - me out Isaiah 34:5 - upon Idumea Isaiah 63:1 - Bozrah Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 25:21 - Edom Jeremiah 50:32 - kindle Ezekiel 25:12 - taking vengeance Ezekiel 30:8 - when I Ezekiel 32:29 - Edom Ezekiel 35:2 - and prophesy Ezekiel 36:5 - against all Hosea 8:14 - I will send Joel 3:4 - O Tyre Joel 3:19 - Edom Amos 1:4 - I will Micah 2:12 - Bozrah Habakkuk 3:3 - from
Cross-References
He named the land "Earth," and the water which had come together he named "Sea." And God was pleased with what he saw.
Then he commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of plants, those that bear grain and those that bear fruit"—and it was done.
Then God commanded, "Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life: domestic and wild, large and small"—and it was done.
Then God said, "And now we will make human beings; they will be like us and resemble us. They will have power over the fish, the birds, and all animals, domestic and wild, large and small."
As surely as seeds sprout and grow, The Sovereign Lord will save his people, And all the nations will praise him.
The soil itself makes the plants grow and bear fruit; first the tender stalk appears, then the head, and finally the head full of grain.
Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.
And God, who supplies seed for the sower and bread to eat, will also supply you with all the seed you need and will make it grow and produce a rich harvest from your generosity.
Do not deceive yourselves; no one makes a fool of God. You will reap exactly what you plant.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But I will send a fire upon Teman,.... A principal city of Edom or Idumea, so called from Teman a grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11. Jerom x says there was in his time a village called Theman, five miles distant from the city Petra, and had a Roman garrison; and so says Eusebius y; who places it in Arabia Petraea; it is put for the whole country; it signifies the south. So the Targum renders it,
"a fire in the south.''
The "fire" signifies an enemy that should be sent into it, and destroy it: this was Nebuchadnezzar, who, as Josephus z says, five years after the destruction of Jerusalem led his army into Coelesyria, and took it; and fought against the Ammonites and Moabites, and very probably at the same time against the Edomites:
which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah; another famous city of the Edomites; there was one of this name in Moab; either there were two cities so called, one in Edom, and another in Moab; or rather this city lay, as Jarchi says, between Edom and Moab; and so sometimes is placed to one, and sometimes to another, its it might belong to the one and to the other, according to the event of war. It is the same with Bezer in the wilderness, appointed a Levitical city, and a city of refuge, by Joshua, Joshua 20:8; and belonged to the tribe of Reuben; but being on the borders of that tribe, and of Moab and Edom, it is ascribed to each, as they at different times made themselves masters of it. It is the same with Bostra, which Ptolemy a places in Arabia Petraea; and being on the confines of Arabia Deserts, and surrounded on all sides with wild deserts, it is commonly spoken of as situated in a wilderness, Jerom b speaks of it as a city of Arabia in the desert, to the south, looking to Damascus; and, according to the Persian c geographer, it is four days' journey southward from Damascus; and Eusebius places it at the distance of twenty four miles from Adraa or Edrei. The destruction of this place is prophesied of by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 48:24; and perhaps these prophecies were accomplished when Nebuchadnezzar made war with the Ammonites and Edomites, as before observed; or however in the times of the Maccabees, when Judas Maccabeus took this city, put all the males to the sword, plundered it, and then set fire to it, which literally fulfilled this prophecy,
"Hereupon Judas and his host turned suddenly by the way of the wilderness unto Bosora; and when he had won the city, he slew all the males with the edge of the sword, and took all their spoils, and burned the city with fire,'' (1 Maccabees 5:28)
It was afterwards rebuilt, and became a considerable city; in the time of the above Persian geographer d, it had a very strong castle belonging to it, a gate twenty cubits high, and one of the largest basins or pools of water in all the east. In the fourth century there were bishops of this place, which assisted in the councils of Nice, Antioch, Ephesus, and Chalcedon, as Reland e observes; though he thinks that Bostra is not to be confounded with the Bezer of Reuben, or with the Bozra of Moab and Edom; though they seem to be all one and the same place.
x De locis Hebr. fol. 95. B. y Onomast. ad vocem θαιμαν. z Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7. a Geograph. l. 5. c. 17. b De locis Hebr. in voce "Trachonitis", fol. 95. B. c Apud Calmet, Dictionary, on the word "Bosor". d Apud Calmet, ut supra. e Palestina Illustrata, tom. 2. l. 3. p. 666.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
But - (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, probably the district which is meant, of which Bozra was then the capital. For Amos when speaking of cities, uses some word to express this, as “the palaces of Benhadad, the wall of Gaza, of Tyrus, of Rabbah;” here he simply uses the name Teman, as he does those of Moab and Judah. Amos does not mention Petra, or Selah, for Amaziah had taken it, and called it Joktheel, “which God subdued,” which name it for some time retained 2 Kings 14:7.
Bozrah - (Literally, which cuts off approach) is mentioned, as early as Genesis Genesis 36:33, as the seat of one of the elective kings who, in times before Moses, reigned over Edom. It lay then doubtless in Idumea itself, and is quite distinct from the Bozrah of Hauran or Auranitis, from which Jerome also distinguishes it. : “There is another Bosor also, a city of Esau, in the mountains of Idumea, of which Isaiah speaks.” There is yet a small village of the like name (Busaira “the little Bozrah”) which “appears,” it is said , “to have been in ancient times a considerable city, if we may judge from the ruins which surround the village.” It has now “some 50 houses, and stands on an elevation, on the summit of which a small castle has been built.” The name however, “little Bozrah,” indicates the existence of a “great Bozrah,” with which its name is contrasted, and is not likely to have been the place itself . Probably the name was a common one, “the strong place” of its neighborhood . The Bozrah of Edom is either that little vilage, or is wholly blotted out.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Amos 1:12. Teman-Bozrah. — Principal cities of Idumea.
