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The Book of Amos, Chapter 1, Verse 12

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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:
King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
American Standard Version
but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
New English Translation
So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah’s fortresses.”
World English Bible
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
13
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
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But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
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And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
1
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet:
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
4
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
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But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name: