Amos 1:11
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:Amos 1:11 in the real world
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- טָרַףṭâraphto pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)
- עַדʻadproperly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e. (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance
- עֶבְרָהʻebrâhan outburst of passion
- רַחַםrachamcompassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implicati
- פֶּשַׁעpeshaʻa revolt (national, moral or religious)
- אֱדֹםʼĔdômEdom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- שָׁחַתshâchathto decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Ezk 25:12–14, 2Ch 28:17, Num 20:14–21, Jer 49:7–22, Psa 137:7, Jol 3:19, Mal 1:4, Oba 1:1–14