Amos 1:7
Strong's Lexicon
So I will send
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי (wə·šil·laḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: 1) to send, send away, let go, stretch out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to send 1a2) to stretch out, extend, direct 1a3) to send away 1a4) to let loose 1b) (Niphal) to be sent 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to send off or away or out or forth, dismiss, give over, cast out 1c2) to let go, set free 1c3) to shoot forth (of branches) 1c4) to let down 1c5) to shoot 1d) (Pual) to be sent off, be put away, be divorced, be impelled 1e) (Hiphil) to send

fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 784: 1) fire 1a) fire, flames 1b) supernatural fire (accompanying theophany) 1c) fire (for cooking, roasting, parching) 1d) altar-fire 1e) God's anger (fig.)

upon the walls
בְּחוֹמַ֣ת (bə·ḥō·w·maṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2346: 1) wall

of Gaza,
עַזָּ֑ה (‘az·zāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5804: Azzah = 'the strong' 1) another name for 'Gaza', a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean

to consume
וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume

its citadels.
אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ (’ar·mə·nō·ṯe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 759: 1) citadel, palace, fortress

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its citadels.

New American Standard Bible
"So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.

King James Bible
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
Parallel Verses
New International Version
I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.

New Living Translation
So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.

English Standard Version
So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.

New American Standard Bible
"So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza, and it will consume its citadels.

International Standard Version
So I will send down fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it will devour their fortified citadels;

NET Bible
So I will set Gaza's city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.

American Standard Version
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

English Revised Version
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof:

Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against the wall of Gaza, And it hath consumed her palaces;
















Cross References
Jeremiah 47:5
Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself?

Ezekiel 30:8
And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed.

Ezekiel 39:6
And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD.

Amos 1:6
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

Amos 1:8
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

Zephaniah 2:4
For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.

Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 1:5
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 captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

Amos 1:4
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.

Amos 1:9
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

Amos 1:10
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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