Amos 1:10

I will send fire on the walls of Tyre, 1 and it will devour her fortresses.” 1

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

In Context

9This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Tyre, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they had delivered up a whole people to Edom, 1 and they broke their covenant of brotherhood. 1

11This is what Yahweh says, 1 “For three sins of Edom, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because he pursued his brother with the sword 1 and cast off all pity. 1 His anger raged continually, 1 and his wrath lasted forever. 1

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Cross References

Amos 1:4I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, 1 and it will devour the fortresses of Ben Hadad. 1

Zechariah 9:4Look! The Lord will dispossess her and destroy her strength on the sea, so 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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