Amos 1:10

And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, burning up its great houses.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Tyre, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they gave up all the people prisoners to Edom, without giving a thought to the brothers' agreement between them.

11These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because his sword was turned against his brother, without pity, and his wrath was burning at all times, and he was angry for ever.

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Cross References

Amos 1:4And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, burning up the great houses of Ben-hadad.

Zechariah 9:4See, the Lord will take away her heritage, overturning her power in the sea; and she will be burned up with fire.

Matthew Henry on Amos 1:4-15

Threatenings of Judgment. ( b. c. 790.) 3 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into… Read the whole commentary →

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