Amos 1:12

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Teman - Bozrah - Principal cities of Idumea.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Edom, that is the descendants of Esau, now come in for their ac-count. Never surely was there ever a more bitter hatred and animosity, and that desce...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 inh...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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 pu...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Tyre, Edom, and Ammon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but I will send a fire upon Teman, which was probably a northern province of Idumea, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah, the capital of the c...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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¹² But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Related Commentaries of Amos 1:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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