Amos 1:7

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
But I will send a fire on the wall of `Aza, And it will devour its palaces.

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

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

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

New Century Version
So I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza that will destroy the city's strong buildings.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore will I sende a fire vpon the walles of Azzah, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"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.

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
I will send fire to the wall of ‘Azah, and it will consume its palaces.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
So I will start a fire at the wall of Gaza that will destroy the high towers in Gaza.

George Lamsa Translation
But I will send a fire on the walls of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof;

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

Lexham English Bible
So I will send a fire against the wall of Gaza and it will devour its citadel fortresses.

Literal Translation
But I will send a fire against the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour its palaces.

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

Bible in Basic English
And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, burning up its great houses:

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

King James Version (1611)
But I wil send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall deuoure the palaces thereof.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore will I sende a fire vpon the walles of Azza, whiche shall deuoure her palaces.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will send forth a fire on the walls of Gaza, and it shall devour its foundations.

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

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal sende fier in to the wal of Gasa, and it schal deuoure the housis therof.

Update Bible Version
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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

New English Translation
So I will set Gaza's city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

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

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

New Life Bible
So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will destroy her strong-places.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, - which shall devour the palaces thereof;

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

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

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to ye walles of Gaza, which shal deuoure hir houses.

Contextual Overview

³ God 's Message: "Because of the three great sins of Damascus —make that four—I'm not putting up with her any longer. She pounded Gilead to a pulp, pounded her senseless with iron hammers and mauls. For that, I'm setting the palace of Hazael on fire. I'm torching Ben-hadad's forts. I'm going to smash the Damascus gates and banish the crime king who lives in Sin Valley, the vice boss who gives orders from Paradise Palace. The people of the land will be sent back to where they came from—to Kir." God 's Decree. ⁶ God 's Message: "Because of the three great sins of Gaza —make that four—I'm not putting up with her any longer. She deported whole towns and then sold the people to Edom. For that, I'm burning down the walls of Gaza, burning up all her forts. I'll banish the crime king from Ashdod, the vice boss from Ashkelon. I'll raise my fist against Ekron, and what's left of the Philistines will die." God 's Decree. ⁹ God 's Message: "Because of the three great sins of Tyre —make that four—I'm not putting up with her any longer. She deported whole towns to Edom, breaking the treaty she had with her kin. For that, I'm burning down the walls of Tyre, burning up all her forts." ¹¹ God 's Message: "Because of the three great sins of Edom —make that four—I'm not putting up with her any longer. She hunts down her brother to murder him. She has no pity, she has no heart. Her anger rampages day and night. Her meanness never takes a timeout. For that, I'm burning down her capital, Teman, burning up the forts of Bozrah." ¹³ God 's Message: "Because of the three great sins of Ammon —make that four—I'm not putting up with her any longer. She ripped open pregnant women in Gilead to get more land for herself. For that, I'm burning down the walls of her capital, Rabbah, burning up her forts. Battle shouts! War whoops! with a tornado to finish things off! The king has been carted off to exile, the king and his princes with him." God 's Decree.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:41-43, Psalms 75:7, Psalms 75:8, Psalms 94:1-5, Zephaniah 2:4, Romans 12:19

a fire: Amos 1:4, 2 Kings 18:8, 2 Chronicles 26:6, Jeremiah 25:18-20, Jeremiah 47:1, Zechariah 9:5-7

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:28 - a fire Joshua 15:47 - Gaza 1 Samuel 6:17 - Gaza Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 50:32 - kindle Ezekiel 30:8 - when I Ezekiel 39:6 - I will Amos 7:4 - called

Cross-References

Genesis 1:9
God spoke: "Separate! Water-beneath-Heaven, gather into one place; Land, appear!" And there it was. God named the land Earth. He named the pooled water Ocean. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11
God spoke: "Earth, green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants, Every sort of fruit-bearing tree." And there it was. Earth produced green seed-bearing plants, all varieties, And fruit-bearing trees of all sorts. God saw that it was good. It was evening, it was morning— Day Three.

Genesis 1:24
God spoke: "Earth, generate life! Every sort and kind: cattle and reptiles and wild animals—all kinds." And there it was: wild animals of every kind, Cattle of all kinds, every sort of reptile and bug. God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29
Then God said, "I've given you every sort of seed-bearing plant on Earth And every kind of fruit-bearing tree, given them to you for food. To all animals and all birds, everything that moves and breathes, I give whatever grows out of the ground for food." And there it was.

Ecclesiastes 11:3
When the clouds are full of water, it rains. When the wind blows down a tree, it lies where it falls. Don't sit there watching the wind. Do your own work. Don't stare at the clouds. Get on with your life.

Matthew 8:27
The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. "What's going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,.... An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzziah, under whom Amos prophesied; and very likely in a very short time after this prophecy, who went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gaza, 2 Chronicles 26:6; or else in the times of Hezekiah, who smote the Philistines unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, 2 Kings 18:8; or however in the times of Nebuchadnezzar, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jeremiah 25:20; as also in the times of Alexander the great, who, after he had taken Tyre, besieged Gaza, and after two months' siege took it, as Diodorus Siculus relates p; the wall being undermined and thrown down, he entered in at the ruins of it, as Curtius q says; in the times of the Maccabees the suburbs of it were burnt by Jonathan, and the place taken:

"61 From whence he went to Gaza, but they of Gaza shut him out; wherefore he laid siege unto it, and burned the suburbs thereof with fire, and spoiled them. 62 Afterward, when they of Gaza made supplication unto Jonathan, he made peace with them, and took the sons of their chief men for hostages, and sent them to Jerusalem, and passed through the country unto Damascus.'' (1 Maccabees 11)

which shall devour the palaces thereof; the palaces of the governor, and of other great men in it; (the governor of it, when Alexander took it, was Batis;) and the stately towers of it, of which there were many. This city was about fifteen miles south of Askelon, and about four or five north of the river Bezor, and at a small distance from the Mediterranean. It was situated on an eminence, surrounded with the most beautiful and fertile valleys, watered by the above mentioned river, and a number of other springs; and at a further distance encompassed on the inland side with hills, all planted with variety of fine fruit trees. The city itself was strong, both by its situation, and by the stout "walls" and stately "bowers" that surrounded it, and built after the Philistine manner r Arrian also says s, it was a great city built on high ground, and encompassed with a strong wall, and was distant from the sea at least two and a half miles; Jeremiah 25:20- :.

p Bibliothec. tom. 2. l. 17. p. 526. q Hist. l. 4. c. 5, 6. r Universal History, vol. 2. p. 490. s De Expeditione Alex. l. 2. p. 150.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But - Literally, “and.” Thus had Gaza done, and thus would God do; “I will send a fire upon Gaza.” The sentence on Gaza stands out, probably in that it was first in power and in sin. It was the merchant-city of the five; the caravans parted from it or passed through it; and so this sale of the Jewish captives was ultimately effected through them. First in sin, first in punishment. Gaza was strong by nature and by art. “The access to it also,” Arrian notices , “lay through deep sand.” We do not hear of its being taken, except in the first times of Israel under the special protection of God Judges 1:1-2, Judges 1:18, or by great conquerors. All Philistia, probably, submitted to David; we hear of no special conquest of its towns 2 Samuel 8:1. Its siege cost Alexander 2 months , with all the aid of the engines with which he had taken Tyre, and the experience which he had there gained. The Egyptian accounts state, that when besieged by Tothmosis III it capitulated . Thenceforth, it had submitted neither to Egypt nor Assyria. Yet Amos declared absolutely, that Gaza should be destroyed by fire, and it was so. Sennacherib first, then, after Jeremiah had foretold anew the destruction of Gaza, Ashkelon, and the Philistines, Pharaoh Necho “smote Gaza” Jeremiah 47:1. Yet who, with human foresight only, would undertake to pronounce the destruction of a city so strong?