Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,and it will devour its palaces,with shouting in the day of battle,with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

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In The King James Version

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

In Context

13Thus says the Lord:"For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four,I will not turn away its punishment;because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead,that they may enlarge their border.

15and their king will go into captivity,he and his princes together,"says the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 3:11(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; isn't it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, after the cubit of a man.)

2 Samuel 12:31He brought out the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under iron picks, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and he did so to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

Psalms 83:15so pursue them with your tempest,and terrify them with your storm.

Isaiah 30:30The Lord will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.

Ezekiel 21:25"'You, deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

Daniel 11:40And at the time of the end shall the king of the south attack him. And the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall invade countries, and pass through like a flood.

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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