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Amos 1:14

Context
NETBible

So I will set fire to Rabbah’s 1  city wall; 2  fire 3  will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; 4  a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm. 5 

XREF

De 3:11; 2Sa 12:26; Job 39:25; Ps 83:15; Isa 9:5; Isa 30:30; Jer 49:2; Eze 25:5; Da 11:40; Am 2:2; Zec 7:14

NET © Notes

sn Rabbah was the Ammonite capital.

sn The city wall symbolizes the city’s defenses and security.

tn Heb “it”; the referent (the fire mentioned in the previous line) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “with a war cry in the day of battle.”

tn Heb “with wind in the day of the windstorm.”

sn A windstorm is a metaphor for judgment and destruction in the OT (see Isa 29:6; Jer 23:19) and ancient Near Eastern literature.



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