Amos 1:14

Jeremiah gives a vivid account of the impending doom of Ammon, quoting and expanding this very passage (Jeremiah 49:1-3).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will kindle afire in the wall of Rabbah - Rabbah, literally, “the great,” called by Moses “Rabbah of the children of Ammon” Deuteronomy 3:11 ,...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Ammonites. The Ammonites were old enemies. Originally they had pressed Israel from the S. and E. as the Aramæ ans had done from the N. Then the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

I will therefore kindle a fire in the wall of רבה , Rabe, which shall devour its palaces, (the Prophet adds nothing new, I shall therefore...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 da...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Rabbah ] on the banks of the Upper Jabbok ( 2 Samuel 11:12 ). The shouting means the war-cry. 15 . Some of the ancient translations, with which J...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, how...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judah Shall Be Judged also Amos 1:11-15 ; Amos 2:1-5 Edom was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Chapter closeth with the judgment of the children of Ammon; and a solemn one it is. When the Lord comes to reckon with his enemies, how tremendou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 da...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For three transgressions of the children of Ammon The Ammonites descended from Lot: see Genesis 19:38 . Their country lay to the east of Jordan, i...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will kindle a fire in the wall: see Amos 1:4 , where the phrase is explained: as to the time when this prophecy was fulfilled, it was partly w...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

5). YHWH's Judgment On Ammon ( Amos 1:13-15 ). ‘The children of Ammon', like Aram, had continually treated Gilead mercilessly. In order to enlarge...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 1:13-15 . Ammon] Ammonites joined the Chaldeans to invade and plunder Judea. Hazael perpetrated the cruelty predicted (...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 1:1 . The words of Amos, written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself amo...
The Biblical Illustrator

I will not turn away the punishment thereof. God’s dealing with nations I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 2:16 Part I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. Verse 1-ch. 2:3 § 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly sum...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Tyre, Edom, and Ammon
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, the capital of their country, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of b...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 12:26 ; Amos 2:2 ; Daniel 11:40 ; Deuteronomy 3:11 ; Ezekiel 25:5 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Isaiah 9:5 ; Jeremiah 49:2 ; Job 39:25 ; Psalms...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With a tempest — With irresistible force, and surprising swiftness.

¹⁴ 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:

Related Commentaries of Amos 1:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 1:14