“ But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. ”
But - (And I, in My turn and as a consequence of these sins) will send a fire upon Teman “Teman,” say Eusebius and Jerome , “was a country of the princes of Edom, which had its name from Teman so...
Teman . Compare Jeremiah 49:7 ; Obadiah 1:9 . I-lab. Amos 3:3 . Elipbaz was. Ternanite ( Job 2:11 , &c.) Bozrah. Now el Buseirah , south-east of the Dead Sea.
He says in the last place, I will send fire on Teman, to consume the palaces of Bozrah By fire he ever means any kind of destruction. But he compares God’s vengeance to a burning fire. We kn...
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Teman - Bozrah - Principal cities of Idumea.
But I will send a fire, &c.— Teman and Bozrah were two principal cities of Idumea. This expression imports their intire conquest and destruction. The ancient country of the Edomites was aft...
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. But I will send a fire upon Teman - a city of Edom, called from a grandson of Esau ( Genesis 36:11 ; Genesis 36:15...
The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.'...
Teman. — According to Genesis 36:11 , a name for a grandson of Esau. The district and chief town of this name are often referred to in the Prophets ( Jeremiah 49:7-8 ; Ezekiel 25:13 ; Habakkuk 3...
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but bef...
Judah Shall Be Judged also Amos 1:11-15 ; Amos 2:1-5 Edom was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and m...
The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations...
The Chapter closeth with the judgment of the children of Ammon; and a solemn one it is. When the Lord comes to reckon with his enemies, how tremendous his judgments are! REFLECTIONS READER! we shal...
But I will send a fire upon Teman ,.... A principal city of Edom or Idumea, so called from Teman a grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11 . Jerom x says there was in his time a village called Theman, five...
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Ver. 12. But I will send a fire ] A fierce enemy, ut supra. The inhabitants of Teman and Bozra, together with other t...
For three transgressions of Edom , &c. The Edomites, or Idumeans, are often threatened for their enmity against the Israelites, because they took all occasions to oppress and insult over them in...
Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. 3 Thus saith the L ORD ; For three transgressions...
I will send a fire: see Amos 1:4,7 . Teman; metropolis of Idumea, called from Esau's grandson of that name; of this see Ezekiel 25:13 Habakkuk 3:3 . And this here taken synecdochically im...
4). YHWH's Judgment On Edom ( Amos 1:11-12 ). Philistia, Tyre and Edom were clearly joined together in a carefully organised slave-trading cartel, but note the growth in relative guilt as one foll...
CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 1:11-12 . Edom] No particular crime, but implacable hatred charged, which broke out into acts of cruelty. THE JUDGMENT OF EDOM.— Amos 1:11-12 Edom and the two follo...
Amos 1:1 . The words of Amos, written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself among the herdmen of Tekoa, a small city twelve mile...
For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof. Edom 1. A threatening. Here a certain number is put for an uncertain. It may be treated jointly. Thr...
EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 2:16 Part I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. Verse 1-ch. 2:3 § 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment. Amos 1:1 , Amos 1:2...
Against Tyre, Edom, and Ammon
Genesis 36:11 ; Genesis 36:33 ; Isaiah 34:6 ; Jeremiah 49:13 ; Jeremiah 49:20 ; Jeremiah 49:22 ; Jeremiah 49:7 ; Obadiah 1:10 ; Obadiah 1:9
Teman — The metropolis of Idumea, so called from Esau's grandson of that name. Bozrah — This was a very strong city, and one of the chief in the whole kingdom, so that in the menace against Bozrah...