Amos 1:11

New English Translation

This is what the Lord says: “Because Edom has committed three crimes – make that four! – I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:10

Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them.

2 Chronicles 20:11

Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us!

2 Chronicles 28:17

The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

Psalm 85:5

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.

Hosea 8:3

But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Micah 7:18

There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.

Zechariah 1:15

But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves.

Malachi 1:2

“I have shown love to you,” says the Lord, but you say, “How have you shown love to us?” “Esau was Jacob’s brother,” the Lord explains, “yet I chose Jacob

Malachi 1:4

Edom says, “Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places.” So the Lord who rules over all responds, “They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children

Deuteronomy 23:7

You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land.