Amos 1:11 - Modern English Version

¹¹ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword, and repressed all pity; his anger tore with no ceasing, and his wrath persisted with no end.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 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 for ever:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom [descendants of Esau] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, corrupting his compassions and casting off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually and his wrath he kept and heeded forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 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 for ever.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The LORD proclaims: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment, because he chased after his brother with the sword, denied all compassion, kept his anger alive, and fueled his wrath forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother's compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.

Amos 1:11 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 20:10

“And now, behold, the Ammonites and Moabites and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, when they turned away from them and did not destroy them,

2 Chronicles 20:11

behold how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

2 Chronicles 28:17

The Edomites continually came and struck Judah and carried off captives.

Psalm 137:7

Remember, O  Lord, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, who said, “Raze it, raze it, to its foundation!”

Psalm 85:5

Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations?

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before Me, and the souls whom I have made.

Hosea 8:3

Israel has cast off the good; the enemy will pursue him.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will become a desolation, and Edom a desolate wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah— they shed innocent blood in their land.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

Zechariah 1:15

And I have a great anger for those nations who are at ease, for while I was angry but a little, they helped to increase evil.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you say, “How have You loved us?” Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob;

Malachi 1:4

Whereas Edom says, “We are impoverished, but we will rebuild the ruins,” thus says the Lord of Hosts: They may build, but I will tear down. They will be called the Wicked Territory, and the people against whom the Lord has indignation forever.

Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God as beloved children.

Deuteronomy 23:7

You are not to abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a foreigner in his land.