Amos 1:7
Good News Translation
So I will send fire upon the city walls of Gaza and burn down its fortresses.

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

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

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

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

I will.

Deuteronomy 32:35,41-43 Revenge is mine, and I will repay them in due time, that their foot may slide: the day of destruction is at hand, and the time makes haste to come. . . .

Psalm 75:7,8 For God is the judge. One he putteth down, and another he lifteth up: . . .

Psalm 94:1-5 The Lord is the God to whom revenge belongeth: the God of revenge hath acted freely. . . .

Zephaniah 2:4 For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

Romans 12:19 Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

a fire.

Amos 1:4 And I will send a fire into the house of Azael, and it shall devour the houses of Benadad.

2 Kings 18:8 He smote the Philistines as far as Gaza, and all their borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

2 Chronicles 26:6 Moreover he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Geth, and the wall of Jabnia, and the wall of Azotus: and he built towns in Azotus, and among the Philistines.

Jeremiah 25:18-20 To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Juda, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof: to make them a desolation, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a curse, as it is at this day. . . .

Jeremiah 47:1 The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the people of Palestine, before Pharao took Gaza.

Zechariah 9:5-7 Ascalon shall see, and shall fear, and Gaza, and shall be very sorrowful: and Accaron, because her hope is confounded: and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ascalon shall not be inhabited. . . .

Context
Judgment on Israel's Neighbors
6Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom. 7And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.…
Cross References
Jeremiah 47:5
Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?

Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the Lord: when I shall have set a fire in Egypt, and all the helpers thereof shall be destroyed.

Ezekiel 39:6
And I will send a fire on Magog, and on them that dwell confidently in the islands: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

Amos 1:6
Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Gaza, and for four I will not convert it: because they have carried away a perfect captivity to shut them up in Edom.

Amos 1:8
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Azotus, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ascalon: and I will turn my hand against Accaron, and the rest of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord God.

Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza shall be destroyed, and Ascalon shall be a desert, they shall cast out Azotus at noonday, and Accaron shall be rooted up.

Amos 1:6
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