Amos 1:14

14 "So I will kindle a fire on the wall of ¹Rabbah And it will consume her citadels Amid ^[a]2war cries on the day of battle, And a ³storm on the day of tempest.

Amos 1:14 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah
Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, ( 2 Samuel 12:26 ) . This is to be understood of an enemy that should destroy it, perhaps Nebuchadnezzar; or of war being kindled and raised in their country; this place being put for the whole; (See Gill on Jeremiah 49:2); and it shall devour the palaces thereof;
the palaces of the king, and his nobles: with shouting in the day of battle;
with the noise of soldiers when they make their onset, or have gained the victory; see ( Jeremiah 49:2 ) ; with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;
denoting that this judgment should come suddenly, and at an unawares, with great force, irresistibly; and a tempest added to fire, if literally taken, must spread the desolation more abundantly, and make it more terrible.

Amos 1:14 In-Context

12 "So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah."

13 Thus says the LORD , "For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead In order to enlarge their borders.

14 "So I will kindle a fire on the wall of Rabbah And it will consume her citadels Amid war cries on the day of battle, And a storm on the day of tempest.

15 "Their king will go into exile, He and his princes together," says the LORD .

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 3:11; 1 Chronicles 20:1; Jeremiah 49:2
• 2. Ezekiel 21:22; Amos 2:2
• 3. Isaiah 29:6; Isaiah 30:30

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "shouts"