Amos 1:11

Easy To Read Version

The Lord says these things: “I will definitely punish \{the people of\} Edom {\cf2\super [21]} for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [22]} Why? Because Edom chased his brother (Israel) with the sword. Edom showed no mercy. Edom’s anger continued forever—he kept tearing and tearing \{at Israel like a wild animal\}.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

“But now, here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir! You would not let the people of Israel enter their lands when the people of Israel came out of Egypt. {\cf2\super [228]} So the people of Israel turned away and didn’t destroy those people.

2 Chronicles 20:11

But see the kind of reward those people give us for not destroying them. They have come to force us out of your land. You gave this land to us.

Psalm 137:7

I promise, Jerusalem will always be\par my greatest joy!\par

Psalm 85:5

Will you be angry at us forever?\par

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t become angry quickly.\par Why? Because being angry is foolish.\par

Isaiah 57:16

I will not continue fighting forever.\par I will not always be angry.\par If I continued to be angry,\par then man’s spirit\par —the life I gave them—\par would die in front of me.\par

Hosea 8:3

But Israel refused the good things. So the enemy chases him.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be empty.\par Edom will be an empty wilderness.\par Why? Because they were cruel\par to the people of Judah.\par They killed innocent people {\cf2\super [36]} \par in their country.\par

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you.\par You take away people’s guilt.\par

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very angry at the nations\par that feel so safe.\par I was a little angry,\par and I used those nations\par to punish my people.\par But those nations caused too much damage.”\par

Malachi 1:2

The Lord said, “I love you people.”

Malachi 1:4

Maybe the people of Edom will say, “We were destroyed. But we will go back and build our cities again.”

Ephesians 5:1

You are God’s children that he loves. So try to be like God.

Deuteronomy 23:7

“You must not hate an Edomite. Why? Because he is your relative. You must not hate an Egyptian. Why? Because you were a stranger in his land.