BLB Amo 1

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Amo 1:11 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Edom		Isa 21:11,12; Isa 34:1-17; Isa 63:1-7; Jer 49:7-22; Eze 25:12-14; Eze 35:1-15; Oba 1:1-14; Mal 1:4
because		Gen 27:40,41; Num 20:14-21; Deu 2:4-8; Deu 23:7; 2Ch 28:17; Psa 83:3-8; Psa 137:7; Lam 4:21,22; Eze 25:12; Eze 35:5,6,11; Joe 3:19; Oba 1:10-14; Mal 1:2
did cast off all pity		Heb. corrupted his compassions
kept		Psa 85:5; Ecc 7:9; Isa 57:16; Mic 7:18; Eph 4:26,27; Eph 5:1

Correlating Passages

Edom

	Isa 21:11	The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
	Isa 21:12	The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.
	Isa 34:1	Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
	Isa 34:2	For the indignation of the LORD [is] upon all nations, and [his] fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter.
	Isa 34:3	Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.
	Isa 34:4	And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling [fig] from the fig tree.
	Isa 34:5	For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
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	Isa 63:1	Who [is] this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this [that is] glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
	Isa 63:2	Wherefore [art thou] red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?
	Isa 63:3	I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people [there was] none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.
	Isa 63:4	For the day of vengeance [is] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
	Isa 63:5	And I looked, and [there was] none to help; and I wondered that [there was] none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me.
	Isa 63:6	And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
	Isa 63:7	I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, [and] the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
	Jer 49:7	Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; [Is] wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
	Jer 49:8	Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time [that] I will visit him.
	Jer 49:9	If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave [some] gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough.
	Jer 49:10	But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he [is] not.
	Jer 49:11	Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve [them] alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
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	Eze 25:12	Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them;
	Eze 25:13	Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword.
	Eze 25:14	And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD.
	Eze 35:1	Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
	Eze 35:2	Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it,
	Eze 35:3	And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I [am] against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate.
	Eze 35:4	I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I [am] the LORD.
	Eze 35:5	Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed [the blood of] the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time [that their] iniquity [had] an end:
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	Oba 1:1	The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
	Oba 1:2	Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
	Oba 1:3	The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
	Oba 1:4	Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
	Oba 1:5	If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave [some] grapes?
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	Mal 1:4	Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.

because

	Gen 27:40	And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
	Gen 27:41	And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
	Num 20:14	And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us:
	Num 20:15	How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
	Num 20:16	And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we [are] in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
	Num 20:17	Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink [of] the water of the wells: we will go by the king's [high] way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders.
	Num 20:18	And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword.
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	Deu 2:4	And command thou the people, saying, Ye [are] to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:
	Deu 2:5	Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau [for] a possession.
	Deu 2:6	Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink.
	Deu 2:7	For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God [hath been] with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.
	Deu 2:8	And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab.
	Deu 23:7	Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he [is] thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.
	2Ch 28:17	For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.
	Psa 83:3	They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
	Psa 83:4	They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from [being] a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
	Psa 83:5	For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
	Psa 83:6	The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
	Psa 83:7	Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
	Psa 83:8	Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
	Psa 137:7	Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase [it], rase [it, even] to the foundation thereof.
	Lam 4:21	Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
	Lam 4:22	The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.