Amos 1:7
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
KJV
Et mittam ignem in murum Gazæ, et devorabit ædes ejus.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη Γάζης, καὶ καταφάγεται θεμέλια αὐτῆς.
LXX
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
ASV
וְ/שִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּ/חוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְ/אָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽי/הָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
הָ
h
noun · 32×
חוֹמָ֔ה
chvmh
noun · 128×
ם
m
verb · 811×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
עַזָּ֑ה
'zh
proper_noun · 21×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 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.
- 2Kgs 18:8 — He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
- Amos 1:4 — But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
- Amos 1:10 — But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
- Deut 32:35 — 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.
- Deut 32:41 — If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
- Ezek 30:8 — And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.
- Jer 25:18 — To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
- Jer 47:1 — The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
- Ps 75:7 — But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
- Ps 94:1 — O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
- Rom 12:19 — Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Zech 9:5 — Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabite
- Zeph 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.