11 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn to it, because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and [a]did cast off all pity, and his anger spoiled him evermore, and his wrath watched him [b][always].

12 Therefore will I send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the places of Bozrah.

13 ¶ Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn to it, because they [c]have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border.

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Footnotes

  1. Amos 1:11 Hebrew, corrupt his compassions.
  2. Amos 1:11 He was a continual enemy unto him.
  3. Amos 1:13 He noteth the great cruelty of the Ammonites, that spared not the women, but most tyrannously tormented them, and yet the Ammonites came of Lot, who was of the household of Abraham.

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