Amos 1:7 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 1:7

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces;

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Cross-references

20 verses on the floor

Zephaniah 2:4
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 Kings 18:8
He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Jeremiah 47:1
The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
Amos 1:4
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben–hadad.
Psalms 94:1–5
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices2

On this verse

Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Sin stirs up the fire of his jealousy, and that kindles other fires. Let us see what is mentioned, both by way of charge and by way of sentence, that is peculiar to each of them, that every one may take his portion. Concerning Damascus, the head-city of Syria, a kingdom that was often vexatious to Israel.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

fire--that is, the flame of war (Nu 21:28; Hezekiah fulfilled the prophecy, smiting the Philistines unto Gaza (2Ki 18:8).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H75932× in canon H2346133× in canon H784378× in canon

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

AMO 1:7ZEP 2:4 ZEC 9:5-7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 1:7JER 47:1 JER 25:20
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
AMO 1:7ZEP 2:4 AMO 1:6-8
AMO 1:72KI 18:8 2KI 17:9
AMO 1:7ZEP 2:4 JER 47:1-7
AMO 1:72KI 18:8 ISA 14:29
AMO 1:7JER 47:1 GEN 10:19
AMO 1:7AMO 1:4 JER 49:27

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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