7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
7 I will send fire on the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses.
7 So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour her strongholds.
7 For that, I'm burning down the walls of Gaza, burning up all her forts.
7 But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.
7 So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Amos 1:7
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Judgments against the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, and Ammonites.
GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for his services, ought not to be despised for their origin, or their employment. Judgments are denounced against the neighbouring nations, the oppressors of God's people. The number of transgressions does not here mean that exact number, but many: they had filled the measure of their sins, and were ripe for vengeance. The method in dealing with these nations is, in part, the same, yet in each there is something peculiar. In all ages this bitterness has been shown against the Lord's people. When the Lord reckons with his enemies, how tremendous are his judgments!