English Standard Version
Amos 1:7
7So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
Amos 1:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
- New International Version (NIV)I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
Context of Amos 1:7
5I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir," says the Lord. 6Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom. So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds. 8I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish," says the Lord God. 9Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Tyre, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they delivered up a whole people to Edom, and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.
Read all of Amos 1Amos 1:7 word by word
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Amos 1:7
- Deuteronomy 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.'
- Psalms 75:7but it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
- Psalms 94:1O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth!
- Zephaniah 2:4For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
- Romans 12:19Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord."
- Amos 1:4So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
- 2 Kings 18:8He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
- 2 Chronicles 26:6He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke through the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod, and he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
- Jeremiah 25:18Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a desolation and a waste, a hissing and a curse, as at this day;
- Jeremiah 47:1The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Zechariah 9:5Ashkelon shall see it, and be afraid; Gaza too, and shall writhe in anguish; Ekron also, because its hopes are confounded. The king shall perish from Gaza; Ashkelon shall be uninhabited;
Commentaries on Amos 1:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7But - Literally, “and.” Thus had Gaza done, and thus would God do; “I will send a fire upon Gaza.” The sentence on Gaza stands out, probably in that it was first in power and in sin. It was the merchant-city of the five; the caravans parted from it or passed through it; and so this sale of the Jewish captives was ultimately effected through them. First in sin, first in punishment. Gaza was strong by nature and by art. “The access to it also,” Arrian…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7I will send fire upon: Uzziah defeated Philistia (2 Chronicles 26:6). Later, in 701 BC, an invasion by Assyria nearly erased the Philistines as a distinct people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. fire--that is, the flame of war (Nu 21:28; Is 26:11). Hezekiah fulfilled the prophecy, smiting the Philistines unto Gaza (2Ki 18:8). Foretold also by Is 14:29, 31.Read the comment
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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
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