Amos 1:14 - 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 when the Assyrian kingdom flourished, and partly by Nebuchadnezzar, as was foretold by Ezekiel, Ezekiel 25:1-3, &c., which see. Rabbah; the chief city of the kingdom of Ammon, 2 Samuel 11:1, 2 Samuel 12:26, which by a usual figure compriseth all the Ammonites, and all their strength, wealth, and glory, all which shall be devoured. It shall devour the palaces thereof: see Amos 1:4. With shouting in the day of battle; a mixed and horrid noise of trumpets, and alarms of war, with howlings of the distressed, groans of the dying, and acclamations of the conquerors. With a tempest in the day of the whirlwind, i.e. with irresistible force, and surprising swiftness, as the similitude imports.