Amos 1:10

And I shall send fire into the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses thereof. (And I shall send fire onto the city walls of Tyre, and it shall devour the houses there.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 God saith these things, On three great trespasses of Tyre, and on four, I shall not convert it, for they closed together perfect captivity in Idumea, and had not mind on the bond of peace of brethren. (The Lord God saith these things, For the three great trespasses of Tyre, and for the fourth, I shall not turn away their punishment, for they delivered up, or sold, their Israelite captives to Edom, and did not remember their covenant with their kinsmen.)

11The Lord saith these things, On three great trespasses of Edom, and on four, I shall not convert it, for it pursued by sword his brother, and defouled the mercy of him, and poured further his strong vengeance, and kept his indignation till into without end. (The Lord saith these things, For the three great trespasses of Edom, and for the fourth, I shall not turn away their punishment, for they pursued their own kinsmen with swords, and defiled their own mercy or and gave them no mercy, and poured out more of their strong vengeance, and kept their indignation kindled forevermore.)

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Cross References

Amos 1:4And I shall send fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the houses of Benhadad.

Zechariah 9:4Lo! the Lord shall wield it, and shall smite in the sea the strength thereof, and it shall be devoured by fire. (Behold! the Lord shall possess it, and shall strike down its strength into the sea, and the city itself shall 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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