He struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
Amos 1:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) but I will send a fire on the wall of `Aza, and it will devour its palaces. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 struck the Pelishtim to `Aza and the borders of it, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
He went forth and warred against the Pelishtim, and broke down the wall of Gat, and the wall of Yavneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in [the country of] Ashdod, and among the Pelishtim.
The word of the LORD that came to Yirmeyahu the prophet concerning the Pelishtim, before that Par`oh struck `Aza.
Baldness is come on `Aza; Ashkelon is brought to nothing, the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself?
They shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and all her helpers are destroyed.
I will send a fire on Magog, and on those who dwell securely in the islands; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
but I will send a fire into the house of Chaza'el, and it will devour the palaces of Ben-Hadad.
Thus says the LORD: *For three transgressions of `Aza, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they carried away captive the whole community, to deliver them up to Edom;
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 Pelishtim will perish,* says the Lord GOD.
For `Aza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and `Ekron will be rooted up.
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.*
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things that are to come on them shall make haste.