Amos 1:11 Cross References - Rotherham

¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually,

⁴⁰ And, on thy sword, shalt thou live, And, thy brother, shalt thou serve: But it shall come to pass, when thou shalt rove at large, Then shalt thou break his yoke from off thy neck.
⁴¹ And Esau lay in wait for Jacob, on account of the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him,––and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father draw near, when I can slay Jacob my brother.

¹⁴ And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh, unto the king of Edom,––Thus, saith thy brother Israel, Thou thyself, knowest all the distress which befell us; ¹⁵ and how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we abode in Egypt, many days, and that the Egyptians ill–treated us, and our fathers; ¹⁶ and we made outcry unto Yahweh, and he heard our voice, and sent a messenger, and brought us forth out of Egypt,––lo! then, we, are in Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy boundary, ¹⁷ Let us, we pray thee, pass through thy land––we will not pass through field or vineyard, nor will we drink the waters of a well,––by the king’s road, will we go––we will turn neither to the right hand nor to the left, until we get through thy boundary. ¹⁸ And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass through my land,––lest, with the sword, I come out to meet thee. ¹⁹ And the sons of Israel said unto him––By the highway, will we go up, and, if, thy waters, we should drink––I, and my cattle, then would I give the price thereof,––only––it is nothing!––with my feet, would I pass through. ²⁰ And he said, Thou shalt not pass through. And Edom came out to meet him, with a strong people, and with a firm hand. ²¹ Thus did Edom refuse to give Israel passage through his boundary,––and Israel turned away from him.

⁴ And, the people, command thou, saying, Ye, are about to pass through the boundary of your brethren, the sons of Esau, who are dwelling in Seir,––and, should they be afraid of you, take ye good heed to yourselves: ⁵ do not engage in strife with them, for I will not give you of their land, so much as place for the tread of a foot–sole,––for, as a possession to Esau, have I given Mount Seir. ⁶ Food, shall ye buy of them with silver, so shall ye eat,––yea even water, shall ye buy of them with silver, so shall ye drink. ⁷ For, Yahweh thy God, hath blessed thee, in all the work of thy hand, he hath considered thy traversing of this great desert,––these forty years, hath Yahweh thy God been with thee, thou hast lacked, nothing.
⁸ So we passed on, away from our brethren the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, from the way of the waste plain, from Elath, and from Ezion–geber,––and we turned and passed on by way of the desert of Moab.

⁷ Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for, thy brother, he is,––thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, for, a sojourner, becamest thou in his land;

¹⁷ For again had, the Edomites, come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives;

³ Against thy people, they craftily devise a secret plot, And conspire against thy treasured ones. ⁴ They have said––Come, and let us wipe them out from being a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more. ⁵ For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee––a covenant, would they solemnize–– ⁶ The tents of Edom, and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagarenes; ⁷ Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre; ⁸ Even Assyria hath joined herself with them, They have become an arm to the sons of Lot. [Selah.]

⁵ To times age–abiding, wilt thou be angry with us? Wilt thou prolong thine anger, from generation to generation?

⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,––how they continued to say––Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

⁹ Do not be rash in thy spirit, to be indignant,––for, indignation, in the bosom of dullards, doth remain.

¹¹ The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying––out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman! how far gone is the night? ¹² Said the watchman, There cometh a morning, But also, a night,––If ye will enquire, enquire, ye––Come, again!

¹ Come near, ye nations, to hear, And, ye races, attend,––Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world, and all things produced therefrom: ² That Yahweh, hath wrath against all the nations, and indignation against all their host,––He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath delivered them to slaughter; ³ And, their slain, shall be cast out, And, their carcases, the stench of them, shall ascend,––And, the mountains, shall melt away, with their blood. ⁴ Then shall be dissolved, all the host of the heavens, And the heavens, shall roll up as a scroll,––Yea, all their host, shall fade––Like the fading and falling of a leaf from a vine, and, Like what fadeth and falleth from a fig–tree. ⁵ For my sword, hath been sated in the heavens,––Lo! upon Edom, shall it descend, Even on the people whom I have devoted to justice. ⁶ A sword, hath Yahweh––Glutted with blood, Sated with fat,––With the blood of well–fed lambs, and he–goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams,––For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh, in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter, in the land of Edom; ⁷ Then shall buffaloes come down with them, And bullocks with bulls,––So shall their land be soaked with blood, And, their dust, with fat, shall be enriched. ⁸ For, a day of avenging, hath Yahweh,––A year of requitals, for the quarrel of Zion.
⁹ Then shall, the torrents thereof, be turned, into pitch, And, the dust thereof, into brimstone,––So shall her land become burning pitch: ¹⁰ Neither, night nor day, shall it be quenched, To times age–abiding, shall ascend the smoke thereof,––From generation to generation, shall it be waste, Never, never, shall any pass through it: ¹¹ That the vomiting pelican and the bittern, may possess it: And, the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it, The line of desolation, and, The plummet of emptiness. ¹² Her nobles (but none are, there!) unto royalty, will call,––All, all her princes, shall become nought. ¹³ Then shall come up, in her palaces, thorns, Nettles and thistles, in her fortresses,––And she shall become, A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches; ¹⁴ Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call,––Only, there, shall, the night–spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest: ¹⁵ There, shall, the arrow–snake, Make her nest and lay, And hatch, and gather under her shadow,––Only, there, shall be gathered the falcons, every one with her mate. ¹⁶ Seek ye out of the scroll of Yahweh, and read, Not, one from among them, is lacking, None, hath missed, her mate,––For, a mouth, hath, itself, commanded, And, his spirit, hath, itself, gathered them: ¹⁷ Yea, he himself, hath cast for them a lot, And, his own hand, hath given to them a portion, by line,––Unto times age–abiding, shall they possess it, To generation after generation, shall they dwell therein.

¹⁶ For, not age–abidingly, will I contend, Nor perpetually, will I be wroth,––For, spirit, before me, would faint, Even, the breathing souls, which, I, had made.

¹ Who, is this, coming in from Edom, With bright–red garments, from Bozrah? This, made splendid in his raiment, Marching on in the greatness of his strength? I, speaking in righteousness, Mighty to save. ² Wherefore, is there red, on thy raiment,––And thy garments, as of one treading in a wine–trough? ³ A winepress, have I trodden, alone, And, of the peoples, there was no, man with me. So I trod them down, in mine anger, And trampled upon them, in mine indignation,––And their life–blood besprinkled my garments, And, all mine apparel, I defiled; ⁴ For, a day of avenging, was in my heart, And, the year of my redeemed, had come. ⁵ Therefore looked I around, and there was none to help,––And I was astonished, that there was none to uphold,––So, mine own arm, brought me salvation, And, mine indignation, the same, upheld me; ⁶ Then trod I down peoples, in mine anger, And make them drunk, with mine indignation, And brought down to the earth their life–blood.
⁷ The lovingkindness of Yahweh, will I recall, the praises of Yahweh, According to all that Yahweh, hath bestowed upon us,––Even the abundance of goodness to the house of Israel, Which he bestowed upon them––According to his compassions, and, According to the abundance of his lovingkindness.

⁷ Of Edom––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there, no longer, wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is, their wisdom, corrupt? ⁸ Flee ye, turn, go down deep to dwell, O inhabitant of Dedan,––For, the doom of Esau, have I brought in upon him, The time of his visitation. ⁹ If, grape–gatherers, came to thee, Would they not leave, gleanings? If, thieves in the night, Would they not have taken away what sufficed them? ¹⁰ But, I, have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And, to conceal himself, shall he not be able! Spoiled, are his seed, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is, not. ¹¹ Leave thy fatherless children, I, will preserve them alive,––And, thy widows, In me, let them trust. ¹² For, thus, saith Yahweh––Lo! they who had not been adjudged to drink the cup, shall surely drink, And art, thou, the one to go, unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but, shalt surely drink. ¹³ For, by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah, shall become, an astonishment, a reproach, and a desolation, and a contempt,––And, all her cities, shall become age–abiding desolations. ¹⁴ A report, have I heard from Yahweh, Yea, an envoy, throughout the nations, hath been sent,––Gather yourselves together, and come against her, And arise to the battle. ¹⁵ For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations,––Despised among men! ¹⁶ Thy monstrous thing, hath deceived thee, The insolence of thy heart, O thou that inhabitest the hidden recesses of the cliff, That holdest fast the height of the hill,––Though thou set high, as an eagle, thy nest, From thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh; ¹⁷ So shall, Edom, become, an astonishment,––Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues: ¹⁸ Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Saith Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––any son of the earth–born. ¹⁹ Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make him run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, over it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a time? And who, is, the Shepherd, that shall stand before, me? ²⁰ Wherefore, hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman,––Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them. ²¹ At the noise of their fall, hath trembled the earth, At the outcry, in the Red Sea, was heard its noise. ²² Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah,––So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,––Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame. ²² Completed is thy punishment, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away captive––He hath punished thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath stripped the veil from off thy sins.

¹² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because of what Edom hath done, in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, so that they have become guilty again and again, and have taken vengeance upon them, ¹³ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, I will therefore stretch forth my hand over Edom, and will cut off therefrom man and beast, And will deliver it up as a desolation, from Teman, And, they of Dedan, by the sword, shall fall, ¹⁴ And I will put forth mine avenging against Edom, by the hand of my people Israel, And they shall deal with Edom, according to mine anger and according to mine indignation,––So shall they know mine avenging, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,

¹ And the word of Yahweh came, unto me, saying, ² Son of man, Set thy face against Mount Seir,––and prophesy against it; ³ and thou shalt say to it, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, Mount Seir,––Therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, And I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment: ⁴ Thy cities, will I lay waste, And, thou––a desolation, shalt become,––So shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh. ⁵ Because thou hast had an age–abiding enmity, And hast delivered up the sons of Israel unto the hands of the sword,––In the time of their misfortune, In the time of the final punishment for iniquity, ⁶ Therefore, as I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, regarding blood, will I deal with thee, Blood, therefore, shall pursue thee,––Since, blood, thou hast not hated, Therefore, blood, shall pursue thee, ⁷ So then I will deliver up Mount Seir, to desolation after desolation,––And will cut off therefrom, him that passeth by and him that returneth, ⁸ And I will fill his mountains with his slain,––As for thy hills and thy hollows and all thy channels, they who are thrust through by the sword, shall fall therein: ⁹ Desolations age–abiding, will I make thee, And, thy cities, shall not be inhabited,––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
¹⁰ Because thou hast said, the two nations, and the two lands, mine, shall become, that we may possess it, Whereas, Yahweh, had been, there, ¹¹ Therefore, as I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, I will even deal according to thine anger, and according to thine envy, wherewith thou hast dealt, out of thy hatred, with them,––So will I make myself known among them, as soon as I shall judge thee! ¹² And thou shalt know, that, I Yahweh, have heard all thy revilings, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have become desolate,––To us, have they been given for food; ¹³ And so ye have magnified yourselves against me, with your mouth, And have caused to abound against me, your words,––I, have heard! ¹⁴ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––When all the earth is rejoicing, a desolation, will I make thee: ¹⁵ As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it had become a desolation, so, will I do unto thee,––A desolation, shalt thou become, O Mount Seir, And all Edom, all of it, So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹⁹ Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed,––because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.

¹ The vision of Obadiah,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom––A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war. ² Lo! small, have I made thee, among the nations––Despised art thou exceedingly! ³ The insolence of thy heart, hath deceived thee, O thou that inhabitest the retreats of the crag, the height of his habitation,––that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? ⁴ Though thou build high like an eagle, and though, among the stars, thou set thy nest, from thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh. ⁵ If, thieves, had come to thee, if robbers by night––how ruined thou art! Would they not have stolen what sufficed them? If, grape–gatherers, had come to thee, Would they not have left gleanings? ⁶ How have the things of Esau been searched out! his treasures been sought up! ⁷ Up to the boundary, have they sent thee––All thy covenant men, they have deceived thee, prevailed against thee––the men thou wast wont to salute,––The partakers of thy bread, have put a net under thee––No understanding in him! ⁸ Shall it not be, in that day, Demandeth Yahweh,––That I will destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau? ⁹ So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed,––to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.
¹⁰ For thy violence against thy brother Jacob, shall shame, cover thee,––so shalt thou be cut off, to times age–abiding. ¹¹ In the day when thou didst take thy stand over against him, in the day when foreigners took captive his forces,––and, aliens, entered his gates, and, over Jerusalem, cast lots, even thou, wast like one of them! ¹² Do not, then, look with satisfaction upon the day of thy brother, upon the day of his calamity, Neither rejoice over the sons of Judah––in the day of their ruin,––nor enlarge thy mouth––in the day of distress: ¹³ Do not enter into the gate of my people––in the day of their misfortune, Do not, thou also, look with satisfaction on his misery––in the day of his misfortune; neither do thou thrust [thy hands] on his substance––in the day of his misfortune; ¹⁴ Neither do thou stand at the parting of the way, to cut off his fugitives,––neither do thou deliver up his survivors––in the day of distress.

¹⁸ Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity––and passing over the transgression––of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!

² I have loved you, saith Yahweh, and yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Is not Esau, brother, to Jacob? enquireth Yahweh, Yet have I loved Jacob,

⁴ Whereas Edom, may say, We are laid waste, but we will again build the desolate places, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They, may build, but, I, will pull down,–– and men shall call them, The Boundary of Lawlessness, and, The people with whom Yahweh hath indignation unto times age–abiding;

²⁶ Be ye angry, and not committing sin, let not the sun be going down upon your angry mood, ²⁷ Neither be giving place unto the adversary;

¹ Become ye, therefore, imitators of God, as children beloved,