Verse 7

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, And it will devour its palaces.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:8 : 8 He struck the Philistines to Gaza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
  • Jer 47:1 : 1 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
  • Amos 1:4 : 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, And it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
  • Zeph 2:4 : 4 For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
  • Zech 9:5-7 : 5 Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; As will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; And the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited. 6 Foriegners will dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. 7 I will take away his blood out of his mouth, And his abominations from between his teeth; And he also will be a remnant for our God; And he will be as a chieftain in Judah, And Ekron as a Jebusite.
  • Rom 12:19 : 19 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."
  • 2 Chr 26:6 : 6 He went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke 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 puts down one, and lifts up another. 8 For in the hand of Yahweh there is a cup, Full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
  • Ps 94:1-5 : 1 Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, You God to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth. 2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve. 3 Yahweh, how long will the wicked, How long will the wicked triumph? 4 They pour out arrogant words. All the evil-doers boast. 5 They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, And afflict your heritage.
  • Jer 25:18-20 : 18 [to wit], Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings of it, and the princes of it, 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 mixed 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, The things that are to come on them shall make haste.
  • Deut 32:41-43 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, Will recompense those who hate me. 42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood, 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, you nations, [with] his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, Will render vengeance to his adversaries, Will make expiation for his land, for his people.