What the Bible says about Edom and Slave Trading
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Amos 1:11-12 Edom, already implicated with Gaza and Tyre in slave trading, is now directly accused of bitter enmity against Israel (verses 11-12). Esau's descendants (Genesis 36:1, 9) never forgave Jacob for stealing the blessing and the birthright. They let their anger smolder within them—blowing it into a flame every now and then lest it die—and it broke out in unreasonable acts of aggression against Israel. This is perhaps the worse sin because hatred concealed in the heart is a transgression without fear and a candidate for the unpardonable sin. John W. Ritenbaugh Prepare to Meet Your God! (The Book of Amos) (Part One) Related Topics: Edom | Edom's Aggression against Israel | Edom's Burning Hatred toward Israel | Edom's Cruelty | Edom's Perpetual Anger | Esau's Descendants | Hatred Concealed in the Heart | Unpardonable Sin