Amos 1:11

King James 2000

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath forever:

Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:17

For again the Edomites had come and attacked Judah, and carried away captives.

Malachi 1:4

If Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.

Joel 3:19

Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Deuteronomy 23:7

You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land.

Ephesians 5:1

Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children;

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the LORD. Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

Psalm 85:5

Will you be angry with us forever? will you draw out your anger to all generations?

Zechariah 1:15

And I am very much displeased with the nations that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they furthered the disaster.

2 Chronicles 20:10

And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

2 Chronicles 20:11

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

Hosea 8:3

Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him.