Commentaire sur Amos 1:12
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּתֵימָ֑ן וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בָּצְרָֽה׃ (פ)
Aussi déchaînerai-je le feu contre Têmân, pour qu’il dévore les palais de Boçra."
Abarbanel on Amos
1:12- And I will sent a fire in Teiman (which is in the land of Edom) near Israel. Gd harbored anger towards Edom until the end of days when He will consume the palaces of their major city Betzarah. I explained in sefer Yeshaya that if the Romans came from the land of the Greeks they were connected to Edom because Edom settled there and the first kings were from Edom. And I gave proofs for this there from the book of chronicles for officers. And I explained that ifMoab had had a city called Betzarah, the Romans' would have called it by it's original name and it was a strong and powerful city. And I also wrote above that the prophet Amos spoke here about the destruction of the land of Edom that is near Jerusalem and i fso he prophesized about the destruction of the large Roman cities that were specifically Edomite. But Yoel already prophecized about the whole kingdom of Edom and the rest of the land of Edom.
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Rashi on Amos
the palaces of Bozrah—It is between Moab and Edom, and it belonged to the land of Moab, but it was attracted to Edom. And it set up a king for them when the first king died, and it is said: (Gen. 36: 33) “Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah.” [from Gen. Rabbah 83:3]
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