Amos 1:7

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So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will consume her palaces.

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  • 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.
  • Jer 47:1 : 1 This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
  • Zeph 2:4 : 4 For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.
  • Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. 6 A foreigner will dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will remove the blood from their mouths and their detestable things from between their teeth. Those who are left will belong to our God; they will become like a clan leader in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.
  • 2 Chr 26:6 : 6 He went out to war against the Philistines, broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod, and built cities near Ashdod and among the Philistines.
  • Ps 75:7-8 : 7 For exaltation does not come from the east, the west, or the wilderness. 8 For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.
  • Ps 94:1-5 : 1 LORD, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! 2 Rise up, Judge of the earth; repay the proud for what they deserve. 3 How long, LORD, will the wicked, how long will the wicked exult? 4 They pour out arrogant words; all the evildoers boast. 5 They crush Your people, LORD, and oppress Your inheritance.
  • Jer 25:18-20 : 18 Jerusalem, the towns of Judah, its kings, and officials, to make them a ruin, a desolation, an object of hissing and cursing, as they are today. 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people. 20 All the mixed peoples and all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the Philistine cities: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod.
  • Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance belongs to Me; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip, for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is quickly approaching.
  • Deut 32:41-43 : 41 when I sharpen My flashing sword and My hand takes hold of judgment, I will bring vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword will devour flesh, the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders. 43 Rejoice, you nations, with His people, for He will avenge the blood of His servants; He will take vengeance on His enemies and make atonement for His land and people.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Amos 1:8
    82%

    8'I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod, and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish,' says the Lord GOD.

  • Amos 1:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.

    5I will break the bars of Damascus, cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-Eden; the people of Aram will go into exile to Kir,' says the LORD.

    6Thus says the LORD: 'For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke punishment, because they deported an entire population to deliver them over to Edom.'

  • Amos 2:5
    80%

    5'So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.'

  • Amos 1:10
    80%

    10So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre, and it will consume her palaces.

  • Amos 1:14
    78%

    14So I will set fire to the wall of Rabbah, and it will consume her palaces amid shouting on the day of battle, with a tempest on the day of the whirlwind.

  • Zech 9:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4But the Lord will dispossess her and strike her power in the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

    5Ashkelon will see it and be afraid; Gaza too, and will writhe in great anguish, and Ekron, because its hope will be disappointed. The king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited.

  • Amos 1:12
    76%

    12So I will send fire upon Teman, and it will consume the palaces of Bozrah.

  • Jer 47:1
    76%

    1This is the message of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet regarding the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza.

  • Zeph 2:4
    76%

    4For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon will become a ruin. At noon Ashdod will be driven out, and Ekron will be uprooted.

  • Jer 17:27
    75%

    27But if you do not obey Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any loads as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem and will not be extinguished.

  • Ezek 15:6-8
    3 verses
    74%

    6Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

    7I will set my face against them. Though they come out of the fire, the fire will still consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

    8I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the Lord GOD.

  • Hos 8:14
    74%

    14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many cities. But I will send fire on their cities, and it will devour their strongholds.

  • Jer 22:7
    73%

    7I will send destroyers against you, each with his weapons. They will cut down your choice cedars and throw them into the fire.

  • Jer 34:22
    72%

    22Behold, I am giving a command, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without any inhabitants.

  • Judg 1:18
    71%

    18Then Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron, along with their surrounding territories.

  • Ezek 22:31
    71%

    31So I have poured out my indignation upon them, consumed them with the fire of my wrath, and brought their own ways down upon their heads, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Ezek 21:31
    71%

    31This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

  • Jer 49:27
    71%

    27I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the fortified dwellings of Ben-Hadad.

  • 2 Kgs 18:8
    71%

    8He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its borders, from watchtower to fortified city.

  • Jer 21:10
    71%

    10For I have set my face against this city for disaster and not for good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire.

  • Isa 14:31
    71%

    31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia is dissolved. For smoke comes from the north, and there is no straggler in its ranks.

  • Jer 5:14
    70%

    14Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, says: Because you have said these words, I am making My words in your mouth a fire, and this people the wood it consumes.

  • Judg 1:8
    70%

    8The men of Judah fought against Jerusalem, captured it, struck it down with the sword, and set the city on fire.

  • Jer 21:14
    70%

    14I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will consume everything around her.

  • Jer 7:20
    70%

    20Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: My anger and my wrath will be poured out on this place, on people and animals, on the trees of the field and the fruits of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.

  • Lam 4:11
    70%

    11The LORD has exhausted His wrath and poured out His fierce anger; He kindled a fire in Zion, consuming its foundations.

  • Ezek 5:4
    70%

    4Then take some of these again, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From it, a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

  • Isa 31:9
    70%

    9Their stronghold will pass away because of terror, and their officers will flee in panic at the signal. This is the declaration of the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

  • Amos 2:2
    70%

    2'So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will die in great tumult, with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.'

  • Zech 12:6
    70%

    6On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like a fire pot in a woodpile and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the surrounding peoples on the right and on the left, while Jerusalem will remain secure in her place.

  • Zeph 1:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration.

    3I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea, along with the ruins and the wicked. I will remove mankind from the face of the earth—this is the Lord’s declaration.

  • Ezek 22:21
    69%

    21I will gather you together and blow on you with the fire of my wrath, and you will be melted in it.

  • Ezek 25:15
    69%

    15This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, seeking to destroy Judah with perpetual hostility,

  • Ezek 30:14
    69%

    14'I will lay waste Pathros, set fire to Zoan, and execute judgments on Thebes.'

  • Jer 47:5
    69%

    5Gaza is shaven bare; Ashkelon is silenced. You remnant of their valley, how long will you cut yourselves in mourning?

  • Jer 15:14
    69%

    14I will make your enemies pass into a land you do not know, for a fire is kindled in My anger, and it will burn against you.

  • 2 Chr 36:19
    69%

    19They burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its palaces with fire, destroying all its valuable articles.

  • Ezek 39:6
    69%

    6I will send fire on Magog and on those who dwell securely on the coastlands. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

  • Ezek 13:15
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    15So I will pour out my wrath on the wall and on those who plaster it with whitewash. I will tell you, ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who plastered it,’

  • Amos 7:4
    69%

    4This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

  • Zeph 1:18
    69%

    18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.

  • Isa 10:16
    69%

    16Therefore, the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, will send leanness among his robust ones, and under his glory, a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.

  • Ezek 30:7
    69%

    7They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie in ruins among ruined cities.