Amos 1:7

American Standard Version (1901)

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
  • Jer 47:1 : 1 The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.
  • Zeph 2:4 : 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
  • Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 6 And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; and he also shall be a remnant for our God; and he shall be as a chieftain in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God] : for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 26:6 : 6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
  • Ps 75:7-8 : 7 But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and lifteth up another. 8 For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.
  • Ps 94:1-5 : 1 O Jehovah, thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, Thou God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth. 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: Render to the proud [their] desert. 3 Jehovah, how long shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph? 4 They prate, they speak arrogantly: All the workers of iniquity boast themselves. 5 They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.
  • Jer 25:18-20 : 18 [ to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day; 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; 20 and all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of the Uz, and all the kings of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
  • Deut 32:41-43 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy. 43 Rejoice, O ye nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

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    8And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon; and I will turn my hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord Jehovah.

  • Amos 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

    5And I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden; and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith Jehovah.

    6Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole people, to deliver them up to Edom. [

  • Amos 2:5
    80%

    5but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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    10but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

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    78%

    14But 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;

  • Zech 9:4-5
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    4Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire.

    5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.

  • Amos 1:12
    76%

    12but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Jer 47:1
    76%

    1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.

  • Zeph 2:4
    76%

    4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation; they shall drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

  • Jer 17:27
    75%

    27But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

  • Ezek 15:6-8
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    6Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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  • Hos 8:14
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    14For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and builded palaces; and Judah hath multiplied fortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the castles thereof.

  • Jer 22:7
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  • Jer 34:22
    72%

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  • Judg 1:18
    71%

    18Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof.

  • Ezek 22:31
    71%

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    71%

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  • Jer 49:27
    71%

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  • 2 Kgs 18:8
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    8He smote the Philistines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.

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    10For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

  • Isa 14:31
    71%

    31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

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    70%

    14Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

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  • Jer 21:14
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  • Jer 7:20
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  • Ezek 5:4
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    4And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

  • Isa 31:9
    70%

    9And his rock shall pass away by reason of terror, and his princes shall be dismayed at the ensign, saith Jehovah, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

  • Amos 2:2
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    70%

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  • Zeph 1:2-3
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    2I will utterly consume all things from off the face of the ground, saith Jehovah.

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    4Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

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    69%

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    69%

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