Amos 1:7
What meaning of the amos 1:7 in the Bible?
What does Amos 1:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:"
What does Amos 1:7 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:"
BUT - Literally, “and.” Thus had Gaza done, and thus would God do; “I will send a fire upon Gaza.” The sentence on Gaza stands out, probably in that it was first in power and in sin. It was the mercha...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1) _ 2. Damascus (Amos 1:3) 3. Philistia (Amos 1:6) 4. Tyre (Amos 1:...
PHILISTIA. Philistia was another name to strike terror. The country is well represented by Gaza (Amos 1:6), the southernmost and largest city of the Philistines (p. 28), an emporium of trade and the c...
WALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole city....
THE PHILISTINES. The second denunciation is directed against the Philistines, the old and troublesome enemies of Israel, on the S.W. Four representative cities are mentioned; the sin with which they...
_THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF GAZA -- AMOS 1:6-8:_ God promised to punish Gaza for her transgressions. He said He would not change His mind about this punishment. He said, "I will not turn away the punishm...
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSGAZA AND TYRE TEXT: Amos 1:6-10 6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because t...
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE ON THE WALL OF GAZA - i:e., the flame of war (; , "The fire of thine enemies shall devour...
THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.' HERDM...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN AMOS LIVED Amos came from Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. He was a *shepherd and he looked after...
CURSE ON PHILISTIA. (6-8) The marginal reading is more literal, and points to the special bitterness of the proceedings of Philistia, here represented by Gaza as the principal city (comp. 2 Chronicles...
וְ שִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּ חֹומַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְ אָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃...
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his in...
OUTSIDE NATIONS SHALL SUFFER JUDGMENT Amos 1:1-10 Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear the approach of G...
The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...
_Gaza. Ozias, Ezechias, and Psammetichus, ravaged the country, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 6., 4 Kings xviii. 8., and Isaias xiv. 29. The Philistines recovered strength; but Nabuchodonosor, Alexander, and t...
Similar punishments are here held forth to Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron, the chief cities of the Philistines, those bitter fees of the Church. They all are brought in for their punishment, who ha...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "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...
Now follows a denunciation of punishment, — that _God would send a fire on the wall of Gaza, to devour its palaces. _And it hence appears that Gaza was a splendid town, and sumptuously built; and for...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place of His own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem. Afterwards,...
BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE ON THE WALL OF GAZA,.... An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzziah, under whom Amos prophesied; and very likely in a v...
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: Ver. 7. _But I will send a fire_] _i.e._ an enemy, saith Drusius, which, as a fire, shall consume all. This was ful...
Amos 1:6-13. The injuriousness and cruelty of the Philistines, Tyrians, and Edomites, towards the children of Israel, that is here spoken of, and for which God's judgments are, by the prophet, denounc...
_For three transgressions of Gaza_, &c. From Syria he passes to Palestine, upon the coast of which Gaza was situated. It is one of the places threatened by Joel 3:6. _Because they carried away the who...
AGAINST DAMASCUS AND GAZA...
I WILL SEND A FIRE; see AMOS 1:4; desolating judgments, expressed here by fire. ON THE WALL; which was strong, and a mighty defence to the city; this only mentioned, but all the power and strength of...
Amos 1:7 send H7971 (H8765) fire H784 wall H2346 Gaza H5804 devour H398 (H8804) palaces H759 I will - Deuteronomy 32:35, Deuteronomy 32:41-43; Psalms 75:7-8, Psalms 94:1-5;...
2). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON PHILISTIA (AMOS 1:6). After Aram Israel's next most dangerous enemy had been Philistia, which included the city states of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Ekron. Their border raids, d...
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon surrounding peoples Syria, Tyre, Edom, Ammon. CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Uzziah, Jeroboam, Hazael, Benhadad. CONCLUSION: The God of Israel is the God of all the earth...
Amos 1:1. _The words of Amos,_ written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself _among the herdmen of Tekoa,_ a small city twelve miles s...
AMOS 1:2 Oracles of Judgment. Amos delivers a series of messages from God showing that neither Israel’s neighbors (Amos 1:2) nor Israel herself (Amos 2:6) can escape the consequences of their actions....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:6. Whole captivity] _i.e._ left none, but sold them to Edomites, the most deadly enemies to Israel: hence the greatness of the sin. AMOS 1:7. FIRE ON THE WALL] An enemy shal...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 2:16 PART I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. VERSE 1-CH. 2:3 _§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment._ AMOS 1:1, AMOS 1:2 Heading of the book,...
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amos 1:1), Now Tekoa is a little...
2 Chronicles 26:6; 2 Kings 18:8; Amos 1:4; Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:41; Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 47:1; Psalms 75:7; Psalms 75:8;...
A fire — Desolating judgments. Gaza — All the power and strength of Palestine is here included....