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Amos 1:7

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1:7So I will set Gaza’s city wall33 on fire;

fire34 will consume her fortresses.

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Footnotes

  1. 33 The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.
  2. 34 Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza,

and it shall devour her strongholds.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I will send fire on the walls of Gaza

that will consume her fortresses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, I will send fire against the walls of Gaza,

and it will consume its citadels.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

and all its fortresses will be destroyed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So I will send a fire against the wall of Gaza and it will devour its citadel fortresses.

KJV 1900King James Version

But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,

Which shall devour the palaces thereof: