Amos 1:11-13

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Punishment for the Edomites

¹¹ This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the people of Edom for their many crimes. Edom chased his brother with the sword, and he showed no mercy. His anger never stopped. He kept tearing and tearing at Israel like a wild animal. ¹² So I will start a fire at Teman that will destroy the high towers of Bozrah.”

Punishment for the Ammonites

¹³ This is what the Lord says: “I will definitely punish the Ammonites^[a] for the many crimes they did. They killed the pregnant women in Gilead. The Ammonites did this so that they could take that land and make their country larger.