So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.
Bozrah (sheepfold) was the capital city of Edom, home of Esau.
According to Isaiah 63:1-6, the Lord will come from Edom (modern-day Jordan) and Bozrah on the day of vengeance and the year of redemption (cf. Revelation 19:13).
According to one Christian interpretation of Micah 2:12-13, Bozrah, (or a place the Bible cryptically refers to as Bozrah), will also be the scene of a magnificent "break-out" of God's covenant people. According to this interpretation the deliverance will come at an Edomite controlled place of exile and incarceration in the End times. This epic event referred to in Micah 2:12-13 has been referred to by Dr G Finley as "the Bozrah deliverance". Bozrah is in the Hebrew, but most translators render it as "fold" - sheep in the fold. This "break-out" could be tied to Zechariah 14:1-5, when Yahweh fights against the nations, stands on the Mount of Olives (north of Israel), and splits the Mount in two as a valley, so that the remnant of Israel trapped in Jerusalem can escape those who would kill them. If so, Micah 2:12-13 would not relate to the locale of Bozrah.
‘Teman’ is Edom by another name, and Bozrah its capital.
Teman—a city of Edom, called from a grandson of Esau (Ge 36:11, 15; Ge 36:11, 15, Ob 1:8, 9); situated five miles from Petra; south of the present Wady Musa. Its people were famed for wisdom (Je 49:7).
Bozrah—a city of Edom (Is 63:1). Selah or Petra is not mentioned, as it had been overthrown by Amaziah (2Ki 14:7).
God’s threatened judgment on Edom would be “fire,” or warfare, affecting the whole country. At least the two place names, Teman in the south and Bozrah in the north, apparently refer to districts. By reference to these extreme regions, the implication is that the judgment would encompass the entire land. One of the terrifying features of God’s judgment (especially when warfare is the instrument) is that the innocent often suffer alongside the guilty.
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