Amos 1:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃

Transliteration

And-šillaḥtî ʾēš in-ḥômat ʿazzāh and-ʾāklāh ʾarmənôtêhā

Grammar Details

• *šillaḥtî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will send
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
• *ḥômat*: construct state, feminine singular - wall of
• *ʿazzāh*: proper name - Gaza
• *ʾāklāh*: perfect, 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it will consume
• *ʾarmənôtêhā*: masculine plural noun with 3rd feminine singular suffix - her palaces

Word Meanings

• *ʾēš*: fire/judgment
• *ḥômat*: wall/fortification
• *ʾāklāh*: it will consume/devour
• *ʾarmənôtêhā*: her palaces/fortresses/citadels

Referenced Verses

• 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
• Jer 47:1 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza.
• Amos 1:4 : 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
• Zeph 2:4 : 4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
• Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; 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: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite.
• Rom 12:19 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, 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 built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
• Ps 75:7-8 : 7 But God is the judge{H8802)}: he putteth down{H8686)} one, and setteth up{H8686)} another. 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.
• Ps 94:1-5 : 1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew{H8685)} thyself. 2 Lift up{H8734)} thyself, thou judge{H8802)} of the earth: render{H8685)} a reward to the proud. 3 LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph{H8799)}? 4 How long shall they utter{H8686)} and speak{H8762)} hard things? and all the workers{H8802)} of iniquity boast{H8691)} themselves? 5 They break in pieces{H8762)} thy people, O LORD, and afflict{H8762)} thine 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, an 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 Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• Deut 32:41-43 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon 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 be merciful unto his land, and to his people.