Amos 1:10

Amos 1:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send fire on the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour her strongholds."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre, Which shall devour its palaces.”

Context of Amos 1:10

8I will remove the king of Ashdod city. And I will remove the king who rules in Ashkelon city. I will punish the people who live in Ekron city. All the Philistines who remain will die.’ That is what the Lord God says. 9The Lord says, ‘The people in Tyre have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them. Before, they had been friends with the people in Israel. They had promised to those people, “We will be like brothers.” But the people from Tyre did not do what they had promised. They took my people away. They sold my people to the people in Edom and my people became slaves. So I will start a fire on the walls of Tyre city. And the fire will burn all the strong buildings. It will destroy them completely.’ 11The Lord says, ‘The people in Edom have done more and more wrong things. So I will certainly punish them. They took their swords and they chased after their cousins, the Israelites. They were not kind. Instead, they continued to be angry all the time. They did not stop attacking them. 12So I will start a fire. And the fire will destroy the big city of Teman. The fire will also burn the strong buildings of Bozrah city.’

Amos 1:10 word by word

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּח֣וֹמַת צֹ֑ר וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• on the wallחוֹמָהchômâh · wallH2346
• of Tyrusצֹרtsôr tsôr · TyreH6865
• which shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: fortressH759

Cross-references for Amos 1:10

• Amos 1:4I will send a fire to destroy the palace that King Hazael built. It will destroy the strong buildings of King Ben-Hadad.
• Ezekiel 26:12The soldiers will take your riches and valuable things for themselves. They will break down your walls. They will destroy your beautiful homes. They will throw into the sea all the wood and stones that remain from your buildings.
• Zechariah 9:4The Lord will take away all the things that Tyre's people have. And he will remove their ships from the sea. Fire will burn every part of the city.

Commentaries on Amos 1:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus - The destructive fire or siege by Nebuchadnezzar, which lasted thirteen years, and ended in the destruction of this ancient city; see on Ezekiel 26:7-14; (note), as above. It was finally ruined by Alexander, and is now only a place for a few poor fishermen to spread their nets upon.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre - Tyre had long ere this become tributary to Assyria. Asshur-ban-ipal (about 930 b.c.,) records his “taking tribute from the kings of all the chief Phoenician cities as Tyre, Sidon, Biblus and Aradus”. His son Shalmanubar records his taking tribute from them in his 21st year about 880, b.c.), as did Ivalush III, and after this time Tiglath-pileser II, the same who took Damascus and carried off its people, as also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10fire upon the walls: The main part of Tyre was built on an island, making it almost impossible to capture (see Ezekiel 26:1–28:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. fire--(Compare Am 1:4, 7; Is 23:1-18; Eze 26:1-28:26). Many parts of Tyre were burnt by fiery missiles of the Chaldeans under Nebuchadnezzar. Alexander of Macedon subsequently overthrew it.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 1:10

• Edomites
• Fire

In the dictionaries

• Bar
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• God
• Israel, History of
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• Obadiah, Book of
• Omnipotence

Commentaries on Amos 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings