Amos 1:7

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

But I will send {H7971} a fire {H784} on the wall {H2346} of Gaza {H5804}, which shall devour {H398} the palaces {H759} thereof:

I will send fire to the wall of 'Azah, and it will consume its palaces.

So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 47:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

  • 2 Kings 18:8 (4 votes)

    He smote the Philistines, [even] unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

  • Zephaniah 2:4 (4 votes)

    ¶ For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:6 (3 votes)

    And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

  • Amos 1:4 (3 votes)

    But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35 (3 votes)

    To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Deuteronomy 32:41 (3 votes)

    If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.