Compassion Forsaken

Cruelty among the Nations · Amos 1

Story guide: The oracle condemns Edom's relentless violence and Ammon's atrocities. Empty homes convey loss without staging the victims' suffering.

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11Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and destroyed his compassion; his anger tore continually, and he kept his wrath forever.”

12So I will send fire upon Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.

13Thus says Yahweh: “For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and for four, I will not revoke it, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their border.”

14I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her citadels, with a battle cry on the day of war, with a storm on the day of tempest.

15And their king shall go into exile, he and his officials together, says Yahweh.

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