Amos 1:11

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the people of Edom for their many crimes. Edom chased his brother with the sword, and he showed no mercy. His anger never stopped. He kept tearing and tearing at Israel like a wild animal.

Cross References

Malachi 1:4

The people of Edom might say, “We were destroyed, but we will go back and rebuild our cities.” But the Lord All-Powerful says, “If they rebuild their cities, I will destroy them again.” That is why people say Edom is an evil country—a nation the Lord hates forever.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be empty. Edom will be an empty wilderness, because they were cruel to the people of Judah. They killed innocent people in their country.

Psalm 137:7

Lord, be sure to punish the Edomites for what they did when Jerusalem was captured. They shouted, “Destroy its buildings! Pull them down to the ground!”

Micah 7:18

There is no God like you. You take away people’s guilt. God will forgive his people who survive. He will not stay angry with them forever, because he enjoys being kind.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t become angry quickly, because anger is foolish.

Deuteronomy 23:7

“You must not hate Edomites, because they are your relatives. You must not hate Egyptians, because you were a stranger in their land.

Ephesians 5:1

You are God’s dear children, so try to be like him.

Malachi 1:2

The Lord said, “I love you people.” But you said, “What shows you love us?” The Lord said, “Esau was Jacob’s brother, but I chose Jacob.

Isaiah 57:16

I will not accuse my people forever. I will not always be angry. If I continued to show my anger, then the human spirit, the life I gave them, would die before me.

Psalm 85:5

Will you be angry with us forever? Will your anger reach to our children and to their children?

Zechariah 1:15

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

2 Chronicles 20:10

“But now, here are men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir. You would not let the Israelites enter their lands when they came out of Egypt. So the Israelites turned away and didn’t destroy them.

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 that you gave to us.

Hosea 8:3

But Israel refused the good things, so the enemy chases him.