Amos 1:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So I will send a fire on Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I will send a fire upon Teman which shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah [in Edom]. American Standard Version (1901) But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Common English Bible So I will send a fire on Teman; it will devour the fortresses of Bozrah. Catholic Public Domain Version I will send a fire onto Teman, and it will devour the buildings of Bozrah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra. |
When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, upon Edom it will fall, upon the people I have doomed to judgment.
The Lord has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
“Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah in garments stained crimson? Who is this so splendidly robed, marching in his great might?” “It is I, announcing vindication, mighty to save.”
For by myself I have sworn, says the Lord, that Bozrah shall become an object of horror and ridicule, a waste, and an object of cursing, and all her towns shall be perpetual wastes.
Therefore hear the plan that the Lord has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away; surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate.
Look, he shall mount up and swoop down like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom on that day shall be like the heart of a woman in labor.
Concerning Edom. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished?
therefore thus says the Lord God: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it humans and animals, and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword.
The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: “Rise up! Let us rise against it for battle!”
God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.