Amos 1:11

Catholic Public Domain Version

Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother's compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

Now therefore, behold the sons of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands you did not permit Israel to cross when they were departing from Egypt. Instead, they turned aside from them, and they did not put them to death.

2 Chronicles 20:11

They are doing the contrary, and they are striving to cast us from the possession which you delivered to us.

2 Chronicles 28:17

And the Edomites arrived and struck down many of Judah, and they seized great plunder.

Psalm 137:7

If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand has accomplished my salvation.

Psalm 85:5

For you are sweet and mild, Lord, and plentiful in mercy to all who call upon you.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

The end of a speech is better than the beginning. Patience is better than arrogance.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend unceasingly, and I will not be angry to the end. For I will exhale my breath, and the Spirit will go forth from my face.

Hosea 8:3

Israel has thrown away goodness; the enemy will overtake him.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be in desolation, and Edom will be a wilderness destroyed, because of what they have unfairly done to the sons of Judah, and because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Micah 7:18

What God is like you, who takes away iniquity and passes over the sin of the remnant of your inheritance? No longer will he send forth his fury, because he is willing to be merciful.

Zechariah 1:15

And, with a great anger, I am angry with the wealthy nations. Though I had been angry a little, truly they advanced further in evil.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord, and you have said, "In what way have you loved us?" Was not Esau brother to Jacob, says the Lord? And have I not loved Jacob,

Malachi 1:4

But if Idumea will say, "We have been destroyed, but when we return, we will build up what has been destroyed," thus says the Lord of hosts: They will build up, and I will destroy. And they will be called "The limits of impiety," and, "The people with whom the Lord has been angry, even to eternity."

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, as most beloved sons, be imitators of God.

Deuteronomy 23:7

You shall not abhor anyone from Idumea, for he is your brother, nor the Egyptian, for you were a new arrival in his land.