Amos 1:10

And I will send a fire onto the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its buildings.

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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

9Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Tyre, and for four, I will not convert it, in so far as they have completed an excellent captivity in Idumea and have not considered the bond among brothers.

11Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Edom, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has been pursuing his brother with the sword and has outraged his brother’s compassion, and he has gone beyond his anger and has held onto his indignation until the end.

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Cross References

Amos 1:4And I will send fire onto the house of Hazael, and it will devour the houses of Ben-hadad.

Zechariah 9:4Behold, the Lord will possess her, and he will strike her strength in the sea, and she will be devoured by 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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