Teman was the name of a city and district of Edom, 15 m. from Petra. The ruins of Bozrah are 4 m. SE. of the Dead Sea.
13.Judges 11 and Jeremiah 49:1 show how eager the Ammonites were to 'enlarge their border.' Such barbarities as are here mentioned were quite common in Oriental warfare (2 Kings 8:12; Hosea 14:1), but the OT. seems to represent the Ammonites in a peculiarly unfavourable light (1 Samuel 11:2; 2 Samuel 10; 2 Samuel 10).
Verse Amos 1:12. _TEMAN-BOZRAH._] Principal cities of Idumea....
BUT - (And I, in My turn and as a consequence of these sins) will send a fire upon Teman “Teman,” say Eusebius and Jerome , “was a country of the princes of Edom, which had its name from Teman son of...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1) _ 2. Damascus (Amos 1:3) 3. Philistia (Amos 1:6) 4. Tyre ...
TEMAN. Compare Jeremiah 49:7; Obadiah 1:9. I-lab. Amos 3:3. Elipbaz was. Ternanite (Job 2:11, &c.) BOZRAH. Now _el Buseirah_, south-east of the De
EDOM. The home of the Edomites was S. of the Dead Sea, immediately on the E. of the deep depression, which extends from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Akabah, in ancient times the S. part of the -Arábah...
_upon Teman_ According to Eusebius and Jerome (_Onomastica_, ed. Lagarde, pp. 156, 260), a district of the chiefs (-dukes" [_duces_) of Edom in Gebal, but also, they add, a village about 15 (Jerome 5)...
_TRANSGRESSIONS OF TYRUS AND EDOM -- AMOS 1:9-12:_ The Lord promises to punish Tyrus or Phoenicia for countless sins or transgressions. Nations that live beside each other must be brotherly in order t...
BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE, &C.— _Teman_ and _Bozrah_ were two principal cities of Idumea. This expression imports their intire conquest and destruction. The ancient country of the Edomites was afterwards...
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHENNATIONSEDOM AND MOAB TEXT: Amos 1:11-15 11 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because...
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...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN AMOS LIVED Amos came from Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. He was a *shepherd and he looked after...
TEMAN. — According to Genesis 36:11, a name for a grandson of Esau. The district and chief town of this name are often referred to in the Prophets (Jeremiah 49:7; Ezekiel 25:13;...
וְ שִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּ תֵימָ֑ן וְ אָכְלָ֖
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his in...
JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5 _Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and more invet...
The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...
_Houses, &c. Septuagint, "its foundations," (Haydock) or the fortified country. (St. Jerome) --- Bosor lay towards Philadelphia, in the ancient territory of Edom. Their strong places were seized by Oz...
The Chapter closeth with the judgment of the children of Ammon; and a solemn one it is. When the Lord comes to reckon with his enemies, how tremendous his judgments are! REFLECTIONS READER! we shall...
Edom, that is the descendants of Esau, now come in for their ac-count. Never surely was there ever a more bitter hatred and animosity, and that descending from father to son, than what Esau's children...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
He says in the last place, _I will send fire on Teman, to consume the palaces of Bozrah _By fire he ever means any kind of destruction. But he compares God’s vengeance to a burning fire. We know that...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place of His own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem. Afterwards,...
BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE UPON TEMAN,.... A principal city of Edom or Idumea, so called from Teman a grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:11. Jerom x says there was in his time a village called Theman, five mile...
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Ver. 12. _But I will send a fire_] A fierce enemy, _ut supra._ The inhabitants of Teman and Bozra, together with other the...
Amos 1:6-13. The injuriousness and cruelty of the Philistines, Tyrians, and Edomites, towards the children of Israel, that is here spoken of, and for which God's judgments are, by the prophet, denounc...
_For three transgressions of Edom_, &c. The Edomites, or Idumeans, are often threatened for their enmity against the Israelites, because they took all occasions to oppress and insult over them in thei...
but I will send a fire upon Teman, which was probably a northern province of Idumea, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE PALACES OF BOZRAH, the capital of the country, south of the Dead Sea....
AGAINST TYRE, EDOM, AND AMMON...
I WILL SEND A FIRE: see AMOS 1:4,7. TEMAN; metropolis of Idumea, called from Esau's grandson of that name; of this see EZEKIEL 25:13 HABAKKUK 3:3. And this here taken synecdochically implieth the inha...
Amos 1:12 send H7971 (H8765) fire H784 Teman H8487 devour H398 (H8804) palaces H759 Bozrah H1224 Teman -...
4). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON EDOM (AMOS 1:11). Philistia, Tyre and Edom were clearly joined together in a carefully organised slave-trading cartel, but note the growth in relative guilt as one follows the...
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon surrounding peoples Syria, Tyre, Edom, Ammon. CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Uzziah, Jeroboam, Hazael, Benhadad. CONCLUSION: The God of Israel is the God of all the earth...
Amos 1:1. _The words of Amos,_ written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself _among the herdmen of Tekoa,_ a small city twelve miles s...
_For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof._ EDOM 1. A threatening. Here a certain number is put for an uncertain. It may be treated jointly. Three a...
AMOS 1:2 Oracles of Judgment. Amos delivers a series of messages from God showing that neither Israel’s neighbors (Amos 1:2) nor Israel herself (Amos 2:6) can es
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 1:11 EDOM was southeast of Judah, around the southern end of the Dead Sea. Descended from Esau, the Edomites were longtime enemies of Israel (Numbers 20:14
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:11. Edom] No particular crime, but implacable hatred charged, which broke out into acts of cruelty. THE JUDGMENT OF EDOM.—_Amos 1:11_ Edom and the two following nations were...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 2:16 PART I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. VERSE 1-CH. 2:3 _§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment._ AMOS 1:1, AMOS 1:2 Heading o
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amos 1:1), Now Tekoa is a little...
Genesis 36:11; Genesis 36:33; Isaiah 34:6; Jeremiah 49:13; Jerem
Teman — The metropolis of Idumea, so called from Esau's grandson of that name. Bozrah — This was a very strong city, and one of the chief in the whole kingdom, so that in the menace against Bozrah and...