Amos 1:7
New International Version
I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.

New Living Translation
So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.

English Standard Version
So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.

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

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

New King James Version
But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.

New American Standard Bible
“So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.

NASB 1995
“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.

NASB 1977
“So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, And it will consume her citadels.

Legacy Standard Bible
So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, And it will consume her citadels.

Amplified Bible
“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] on the wall of Gaza And it shall consume her citadels.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its citadels.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its citadels.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall send fire into the walls of Aza and it will devour her palaces

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.

Contemporary English Version
That's why I will burn down the walls and fortresses of the city of Gaza.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.

English Revised Version
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza and burn down its palaces.

Good News Translation
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Gaza and burn down its fortresses.

International Standard Version
So I will send down fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will devour their fortified citadels;

JPS Tanakh 1917
So will I send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof;

Literal Standard Version
And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, | And it has consumed her palaces;

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

New American Bible
I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its strongholds;

NET Bible
So I will set Gaza's city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

New Revised Standard Version
So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, fire that shall devour its strongholds.

New Heart English Bible
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.

Webster's Bible Translation
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour its palaces:

World English Bible
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
6This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom. 7So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels. 8I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the Lord GOD.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 47:5
The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning; Ashkelon will be silenced. O remnant of their valley, how long will you gash yourself?

Ezekiel 30:8
Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.

Ezekiel 39:6
I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they will know that I am the LORD.

Amos 1:6
This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.

Amos 1:8
I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish," says the Lord GOD.

Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.


Treasury of Scripture

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

I will.

Deuteronomy 32:35,41-43
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…

Psalm 75:7,8
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another…

Psalm 94:1-5
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself…

a fire.

Amos 1:4
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

2 Kings 18:8
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Chronicles 26:6
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.

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Amos 1
1. The time when Amos prophesied.
3. He shows God's judgment upon Syria,
6. upon the Philistines,
9. upon Tyrus,
11. upon Edom,
13. upon Ammon.














Verse 7. - A fire. Each guilty city is to have its own special punishment, though probably the calamity of each is common to all. Gaza was conquered by Sennacherib when he invaded Judea in the time of Hezekiah, by Pharaoh-Necho (Jeremiah 47:1), and by Alexander the Great, who spent more than two months in its siege (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 11:08, 4; Arrian., 2:27; see note on Zephaniah 2:4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So I will send
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי (wə·šil·laḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

upon the walls
בְּחוֹמַ֣ת (bə·ḥō·w·maṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2346: A wall of protection

of Gaza,
עַזָּ֑ה (‘az·zāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5804: A Philistine city

to consume
וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

its citadels.
אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (’ar·mə·nō·ṯe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 759: A citadel


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