Amos 1:10

but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it will devour its palaces.”

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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

9The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

11The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever;

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Cross References

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

Zechariah 9:4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will strike her power in the sea; and she will be devoured 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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