The Meaning of Amos 1:10 Explained

Amos 1:10

KJV: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

YLT: And I have sent a fire against the wall of Tyre, And it hath consumed her palaces.

Darby: And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

ASV: but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But I will send  a fire  on the wall  of Tyrus,  which shall devour  the palaces  thereof. 

What does Amos 1:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Amos 1:1-10 - Outside Nations Shall Suffer Judgment
Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear the approach of God's righteous judgment, Luke 12:47. The formula of three transgressions and for four, Amos 1:3, etc., means several or many. Compare Job 5:19.
The order followed is Syria, Amos 1:3; Philistia, Amos 1:6; Tyre, Amos 1:9; Edom, Amos 1:11; Ammon, Amos 1:13; Moab, Amos 1:1. Each of these neighboring kingdoms was successively overwhelmed by the invasion of the great countries that lay in the valley of the Euphrates. Tiglath-pileser began and ultimately Nebuchadnezzar finished the work of desolation. But in turn the conquerors, becoming enervated by uninterrupted success and prosperity, were also swept away. We may be sure that there is One who judges in the earth and that, although might may assert its claims to be right, it is but for a moment. The constitution of the universe is in harmony with Bethlehem, Nazareth, and Calvary: and only a Christian civilization can be permanent. [source]

Chapter Summary: Amos 1

1  The time when Amos prophesied
3  He shows God's judgment upon Syria,
6  upon the Philistines,
9  upon Tyrus,
11  upon Edom,
13  upon Ammon

What do the individual words in Amos 1:10 mean?

But I will send a fire upon the wall of Tyre and which shall devour its palaces -
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּח֣וֹמַת צֹ֑ר וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ פ

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי  But  I  will  send 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, first person common singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
אֵ֖שׁ  a  fire 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
בְּח֣וֹמַת  upon  the  wall 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֹומָה  
Sense: wall.
צֹ֑ר  of  Tyre 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צֹור 
Sense: the Phoenician city on the Mediterranean coast.
וְאָכְלָ֖ה  and  which  shall  devour 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
אַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ  its  palaces 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: אַרְמֹון  
Sense: citadel, palace, fortress.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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