Place
Bozrah
Fortified Edomite city named in the judgment oracles (Isa 34:6; 63:1; Jer 49:13; Amos 1:12).
bozrahedom
Where it is
- Region
- Edom
- Kind of place
- City
Bozrah in Scripture
9 verses name it — all of them- Genesis 36:33And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
- 1 Chronicles 1:44And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
- Isaiah 34:6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
- Isaiah 63:1Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, marching in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
- Jeremiah 48:24and upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.
- Jeremiah 49:13For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
- Jeremiah 49:22Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
- Amos 1:12But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
- Micah 2:12I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.