Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will send fire on Teman that will consume the fortresses of Bozrah." New Living Translation So I will send down fire on Teman, and the fortresses of Bozrah will be destroyed." English Standard Version So I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.” New American Standard Bible "So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah." King James Bible But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I will send fire against Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah. Contemporary English Version Now I will send fire to wipe out the fortresses of Teman and Bozrah. Good News Translation So I will send fire upon the city of Teman and burn down the fortresses of Bozrah." Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I will send fire against Teman, and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah. International Standard Version So I will send down fire upon Teman, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Bozrah." NET Bible So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah's fortresses." New Heart English Bible but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah." GOD'S WORD® Translation I will send a fire on Teman and burn down the palaces of Bozrah. JPS Tanakh 1917 So will I send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. New American Standard 1977 “So I will send fire upon Teman, And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.” Jubilee Bible 2000 but I will send fire in Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. King James 2000 Bible But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. American King James Version But I will send a fire on 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. Douay-Rheims Bible I will send a fire into Theman: and it shall devour the houses of Bosra. Darby Bible Translation And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. English Revised Version but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Webster's Bible Translation But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. World English Bible but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah." Young's Literal Translation And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah. Study Bible Judgment on Israel's Neighbors…11Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Edom and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he pursued his brother with the sword, While he stifled his compassion; His anger also tore continually, And he maintained his fury forever. 12"So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah." 13Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to enlarge their borders.… Cross References Isaiah 34:5 For My sword is satiated in heaven, Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction. Isaiah 63:1 Who is this who comes from Edom, With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah, This One who is majestic in His apparel, Marching in the greatness of His strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." Jeremiah 49:7 Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? Jeremiah 49:13 "For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins." Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them. Ezekiel 25:13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword. Obadiah 1:1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom-- We have heard a report from the LORD, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, "Arise and let us go against her for battle "-- Obadiah 1:9 "Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. Habakkuk 3:3 God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. Treasury of Scripture But I will send a fire on Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Teman. Genesis 36:11 And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. Jeremiah 49:7,20 Concerning Edom, thus said the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in … Obadiah 1:9,10 And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that … Bozrah. Genesis 36:33 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. Isaiah 34:6 The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, … Jeremiah 49:13,22 For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become … (12) 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 49:7-8; Ezekiel 25:13; Habakkuk 3:3; Obadiah 1:8-9). The wisdom and might of the Temanites were well known, and Eliphaz the Temanite was one of the sage interlocutors of the Book of Job. It was situated, according to Burckhardt and Robinson, south of the Wady Musa. Bozrah.--Referred to in Jeremiah 49:13; Jeremiah 49:22; Micah 2:12; Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1. Quite distinct from Bozrah in Moab (Jeremiah 48:24). The former is situated south of the Dead Sea, identified by Robinson and Burckhardt with the village of El Buseireh in Jebal. Verse 12. - Teman is the region of Idumaea, of which Bozrah is the capital. Both Jerome and Eusebius ('Onomast.') speak of a city so called not far from Petra; but in the Old Testament the name is applied to a district; and as the word in Hebrew means "south," it is probably the southern portion of the land of Edom. Bozrah (hod. Busaireh) was the old capital of Edom, situated on a hill south of the Dead Sea (see Genesis 36:33; Isaiah 34:6). Jeremiah (Jeremiah 49:17) predicts the punishment of Edom, and Ezekiel (Ezekiel 25:12-14) does likewise. The monologue of Obadiah has been already referred to. The instrument of vengeance in the present ease was Nebuchadnezzar, though it suffered much at the hands of other enemies, as the Nabathaeans and Maccabees. 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 miles distant from the city Petra, and had a Roman garrison; and so says Eusebius (y); who places it in Arabia Petraea; it is put for the whole country; it signifies the south. So the Targum renders it, |