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Amos 1

Amos 1:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Butn I will send
shalach (Hebrew #7971)
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, X earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
Pronounce: shaw-lakh'
Origin: a primitive root
a fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
on the wall
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
of Gaza
`Azzah (Hebrew #5804)
strong; Azzah, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Azzah, Gaza.
Pronounce: az-zaw'
Origin: feminine of 5794
, which shall devour
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the palaces
'armown (Hebrew #759)
a citadel (from its height)
KJV usage: castle, palace. Compare 2038.
Pronounce: ar-mone'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be elevated)
thereof:
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Zeph. 2:4• 4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zeph. 2:4)

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Fire,
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Palace,
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Cross References

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I will.
Deut. 32:35,41‑43• 35Vengeance is mine, and recompense,{HR}For the time when their foot shall slip.{HR}For the day of their calamity is at hand,{HR}And the things that shall come upon them make haste.{HR}
 41If I whet my glittering sword,{HR}And mine hand take hold on judgment;{HR}I will render vengeance to mine enemies,{HR}And will reward them that hate me.
 42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood,{HR}And my sword shall devour flesh;{HR}And that with the blood of the slain and of the captives,{HR}From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
 43Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people:{HR}For he will avenge the blood of his servants,{HR}And will render vengeance to his adversaries,{HR}And will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. (Deut. 32:35,41‑43)
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Psa. 75:7‑8• 7For God [is] judge;{HR}One he putteth down,{HR}And lifteth up another.
 8For in Jehovah's hand [is] a cup,{HR}And the wine foameth, it is full of mixture.{HR}He poureth out of it: surely the dregs of it all{HR}The wicked of the earth shall drain (and) drink. (Psa. 75:7‑8)
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Psa. 94:1‑5• 1O Jehovah God to whom vengeance belongeth,{HR}O God to whom vengeance belongeth, shine forth.
 2Lift up thyself, judge of the earth;{HR}Render desert to the proud.
 3Jehovah, how long shall the wicked,{HR}How long shall the wicked triumph?
 4They prate, they speak arrogantly;{HR}All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.
 5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah,{HR}And afflict thine heritage. (Psa. 94:1‑5)
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Zeph. 2:4• 4For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. (Zeph. 2:4)
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Rom. 12:19• 19avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, “To me [belongeth] vengeance, I will requite,” saith the Lord. (Rom. 12:19)
a fire.
Amos 1:4• 4And I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad. (Amos 1:4)
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2 Kings 18:8• 8He smote the Philistines unto Gazah and its borders, from the watchmen's tower to the fortified city. (2 Kings 18:8)
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2 Chron. 26:6• 6And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and break down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. (2 Chron. 26:6)
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Jer. 25:18‑20• 18To 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;
 19Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people;
 20and 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 Uzzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, (Jer. 25:18‑20)
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Jer. 47:1• 1The word of Jehovah that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. (Jer. 47:1)
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Zech. 9:5‑7• 5Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gazah also, and she shall be greatly pained; Ekron also, for her expectation shall be put to shame: and the king shall perish from Gazah, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.
 6And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines;
 7and I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth; but he that remaineth, he also shall belong to our God, and shall be as a leader in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. (Zech. 9:5‑7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)