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Amos 1:14

So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

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ASV

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

KJV

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְהִצַּ֤תִּיve.hitz.Tza.tiand I will kindleH3341 →
אֵשׁ֙'esha fireH784 →
בְּחוֹמַ֣תbe.cho.Maton [the] wall ofH2346 →
רַבָּ֔הra.BahRabbahH7237 →
וְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consumeH398 →
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ'ar.me.no.Tei.hafortresses itsH759 →
בִּתְרוּעָה֙bit.ru.'Ahwith a shout of alarmH8643 →
בְּי֣וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117 →
מִלְחָמָ֔הmil.cha.MahbattleH4421 →
בְּסַ֖עַרbe.Sa.'arwith a stormH5591 →
בְּי֥וֹםbe.Yomon [the] day ofH3117 →
סוּפָֽהsu.Faha storm-windH5492 →

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Ezekiel 21:20Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites, and another against Judah into fortified Jerusalem.Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.’”Jeremiah 23:19Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked.Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)Amos 2:2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.Jeremiah 49:2Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out their dispossessors, says the LORD.Isaiah 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.2 Samuel 12:26Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.Ezekiel 30:8Then they will know that I am the LORD when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are shattered.1 Chronicles 20:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.Job 39:25At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar— the shouts of captains and the cry of war.Ezekiel 25:5I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”Isaiah 9:5For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.Daniel 11:40At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.Psalms 83:15so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.Jeremiah 20:16May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon,Jeremiah 50:32The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”

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