Amos 1:11

God's Word

This is what the Lord says: Because Edom has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The Edomites pursued their relatives with swords. They refused to show any compassion to them. Their anger was unstoppable. They refused to control their fury.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

“The Ammonites, Moabites, and the people of Mount Seir have come here. However, you didn’t let Israel invade them when they came out of Egypt. The Israelites turned away from them and didn’t destroy them.

2 Chronicles 20:11

They are now paying us back by coming to force us out of your land that you gave to us.

2 Chronicles 28:17

The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and captured prisoners.

Psalm 137:7

O Lord, remember the people of Edom. Remember what they did the day Jerusalem ⌞was captured⌟. They said, “Tear it down! Tear it down to its foundation.”

Psalm 85:5

Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come?

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t be quick to get angry, because anger is typical of fools.

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse you forever. I will not be angry with you forever. Otherwise, the spirits, the lives of those I’ve made, would grow faint in my presence.

Hosea 8:3

However, they have rejected what is good. The enemy will persecute them.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will become a wasteland. Edom will become a barren desert. This is because the nations were cruel to Judah. They murdered innocent people in their land.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you? You forgive sin and overlook the rebellion of your faithful people. You will not be angry forever, because you would rather show mercy.

Zechariah 1:15

and I’m very angry with the nations who think they are at ease. I was only a little angry, but they made things worse.

Malachi 1:2

“I loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How did you love us?’ “Wasn’t Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “I loved Jacob,

Malachi 1:4

“The descendants of Esau may say, ‘We have been beaten down, but we will rebuild the ruins.’ “Yet, this is what the Lord of Armies says: They may rebuild, but I will tear it down. They will be called ‘the Wicked Land’ and ‘the people with whom the Lord is always angry.’

Ephesians 5:1

Imitate God, since you are the children he loves.

Deuteronomy 23:7

Never consider the Edomites disgusting. They’re your relatives. Never consider the Egyptians disgusting. You once were foreigners living in their country.