Amos 1:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Therefore, I will send fire against Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I will send a fire upon Teman which shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah [in Edom]. American Standard Version (1901) But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Common English Bible So I will send a fire on Teman; it will devour the fortresses of Bozrah. Catholic Public Domain Version I will send a fire onto Teman, and it will devour the buildings of Bozrah. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra. |
When my sword has drunk its fill , in the heavens, it will then come down on Edom and on the people I have set apart for destruction.
The Lord’s sword is covered with blood. It drips with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Who is this coming from Edom in crimson-stained garments from Bozrah – this one who is splendid in his apparel, striding in his formidable might? It is I, proclaiming vindication, powerful to save.
For by myself I have sworn’ #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #‘Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and an example for cursing, and all its surrounding cities will become ruins for ever.’
Therefore, hear the plans that the Lord has drawn up against Edom and the strategies he has devised against the people of Teman: The flock’s little lambs will certainly be dragged away, and their grazing land will be made desolate because of them.
Look! It will be like an eagle soaring upwards, then swooping down and spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman with contractions.
About Edom, this is what the Lord of Armies says: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom rotted away?
therefore this is what the Lord God says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off both people and animals from it. I will make it a wasteland; they will fall by the sword from Teman to Dedan.
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord God has said about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord; an envoy has been sent among the nations: ‘Rise up, and let’s go to war against her.’
God comes from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah His splendour covers the heavens, and the earth is full of his praise.