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The Book of Amos, Chapter 1, Verse 7

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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:
King James Version
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:
American Standard Version
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
New English Translation
So I will set Gaza’s city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses.
World English Bible
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, and it will devour its palaces.
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And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:
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But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:
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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:
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And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD.
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
2
But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet: