Amos 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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; Obadiah 1:8-9). Situated five miles from Petra; south of the present Wady Musa. Its people were famed for "wisdom," (Jeremiah 49:7, "Is wisdom no more in Teman?")

Bozrah - a city of Edom (Isaiah 63:1): literally, 'which cuts off approach' (Pusey). Selah or Petra is not mentioned, as it had been overthrown by Amaziah, and named Joktheel-`which God subdued' (2 Kings 14:7).

Amos 1:12

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