OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 7

Amos 1:7

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but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour its palaces.

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Amos 1:7 in context

Amos 1:4–10

4

but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,

and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.

5

I will break the bar of Damascus,

and cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,

and him who holds the scepter from the house of Eden;

and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir,”

says the LORD.

6

The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Gaza, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment,

because they carried away captive the whole community,

to deliver them up to Edom;

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but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

and it will devour its palaces.

8

I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod,

and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon;

and I will turn my hand against Ekron;

and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,”

says the Lord GOD.

9

The LORD says:

“For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four,

I will not turn away its punishment;

because they delivered up the whole community to Edom,

and didn’t remember the brotherly covenant;

10

but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre,

and it will devour its palaces.”

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