Amos 1:14 “So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels…”

Amos 1:14

So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

World English Bible

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it will devour its palaces, with shouting in the day of battle, with a storm in the day of the whirlwind;

American Standard Version

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will I kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall deuoure the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battell, and with a tempest in the day of the whirlewinde.

Darby Translation

And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,

Bible in Basic English

And I will make a fire in the wall of Rabbah, burning up its great houses, with loud cries in the days of war, with a storm in the day of the great wind:

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Cross references

“Rabbah”

Deuteronomy 3:11 Jeremiah 49:2 2 Samuel 12:26 Ezekiel 25:5

Deuteronomy 3:11 · BSB

(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

Jeremiah 49:2 · BSB

Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah of the Ammonites. It will become a heap of ruins, and its villages will be burned. Then Israel will drive out the…

2 Samuel 12:26 · BSB

Meanwhile, Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal fortress.

Ezekiel 25:5 · BSB

I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels, and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’

“with shouting”

Amos 2:2 Job 39:25 Isaiah 9:5

Amos 2:2 · BSB

So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Job 39:25 · BSB

At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar, the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

Isaiah 9:5 · BSB

For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

“with a”

Isaiah 30:30 Psalm 83:15 Daniel 11:40 Zechariah 7:14

Isaiah 30:30 · BSB

And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.

Psalm 83:15 · BSB

so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Daniel 11:40 · BSB

At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them lik…

Zechariah 7:14 · BSB

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of the Ammonites, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to enlarge their territory.

15Their king will go into exile — he and his princes together,” says the LORD.

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