Amos 1:7
And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the houses thereof.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et mittam ignem in murum Gazæ, et devorabit ædes ejus.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ πῦρ ἐπὶ τὰ τείχη Γάζης, καὶ καταφάγεται θεμέλια αὐτῆς.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת עַזָּ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ
Haydock's commentary
Gaza. Ozias, Ezechias, and Psammetichus, ravaged the country, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 6., 4 Kings xviii. 8., and Isaias xiv. 29. The Philistines recovered strength; but Nabuchodonosor, Alexander, and the Machabees conquered them again.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.