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

Bozrah - a city of Edom (): 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' ().

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