but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
Parallel translations
- KJV But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
- BSB So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.
- NKJV But I will send a fire upon the wall of Gaza, Which shall devour its palaces.
- NASB “So I will send fire on the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels.
- NLT So I will send down fire on the walls of Gaza, and all its fortresses will be destroyed.
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- Zeph 2:4For Gaza will be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation. They will drive out Ashdod at noonday, and Ekron will be rooted up.
- 2 Kgs 18:8He struck the Philistines to Gaza and its borders, from the tower of the watchmen to the fortified city.
- Jer 47:1Yahweh’s word that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before that Pharaoh struck Gaza.
- Rom 12:19Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- Jer 25:18–20Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and its kings, and its princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is today;
- Ps 75:7–8But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.
- Ps 94:1–5Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.
- Deut 32:35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
- Zech 9:5–7Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.
- 2 Chr 26:6He went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
- Deut 32:41–43if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
- Amos 1:4but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it will devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
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