He attacked the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
Amos 1:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour its strongholds. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza which shall devour its strongholds. American Standard Version (1901) But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. Common English Bible I will send down a fire on the wall of Gaza; it will devour Gaza’s palaces. Catholic Public Domain Version And I will send a fire onto the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its buildings. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof. |
He attacked the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
He went out and made war against the Philistines and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; he built cities in the territory of Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
The word of the Lord that came to the prophet Jeremiah concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh attacked Gaza:
Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is silenced. O remnant of Anakim! How long will you gash yourselves?
Then they shall know that I am the Lord, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all who help it are broken.
I will send fire on Magog and on those who live securely in the coastlands, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad.
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they carried into exile entire communities, to hand them over to Edom.
I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; I will turn my hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord God.
For Gaza shall be deserted, and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; Ashdod’s people shall be driven out at noon, and Ekron shall be uprooted.
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.