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Amos 1:14

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1:14So I will set fire to Rabbah’s65 city wall;66

fire67 will consume her fortresses.

War cries will be heard on the day of battle;68

a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.69

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Footnotes

  1. 65 was the Ammonite capital.
  2. 66 The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
  3. 67 Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. 68 Heb “with a war cry in the day of battle.”
  5. 69 Heb “with wind in the day of the windstorm.” A windstorm is a metaphor for judgment and destruction in the OT (see Isa 29:6; Jer 23:19) and ancient Near Eastern literature.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,

and it shall devour her strongholds,

with shouting on the day of battle,

with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah

that will consume her fortresses

amid war cries on the day of battle,

amid violent winds on a stormy day.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, I will set fire to the walls of Rabbah,

and it will consume its citadels.

There will be shouting on the day of battle

and a violent wind on the day of the storm.

NLTNew Living Translation

So I will send down fire on the walls of Rabbah,

and all its fortresses will be destroyed.

The battle will come upon them with shouts,

like a whirlwind in a mighty storm.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I will kindle a fire against the wall of Rabbah and it will devour its citadel fortresses with a war cry on the day of battle, with a storm on the day of the violent tempest.

KJV 1900King 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: