Amos 1:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰That's why I will send flames
to burn down the city of Tyre
along with its fortresses.

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]

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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.