Amos 1:4
And I will send a fire on the house of Azael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of Ader.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
In Context
Cross References
Judges 9:57And all the wickedness of the men of Sychem God requited upon their head; and the curse of Joatham the son of Jerobaal came upon them.
1 Kings 20:1And Nabuthai the Jezraelite had a vineyard, near the threshingfloor of Achaab king of Samaria.
2 Kings 8:7And Elisaie came to Damascus; and the king of Syria the son of Ader was ill, and they brought him word, saying, The man of God is come hither.
2 Kings 13:25And Joas the son of Joachaz returned, and took the cities out of the hand of the son of Ader the son of Azael, which he had taken out of the hand of Joachaz his father in the war: thrice did Joas smite him, and he recovered the cities of Israel.
Jeremiah 17:27But it shall come to pass, if ye will not hearken to me to sanctify the sabbath-day, to bear no burdens, nor go in with them by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be quenched.
Ezekiel 30:8and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall send fire upon Egypt, and when all that help her shall be broken.
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 →