Amos 1:14

“But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, etc.] Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, (<101226>2 Samuel 12:26). This is to be understood of an enemy that should destroy it, perhaps Nebuchadnezzar; or of war being kindled and raised in their country; this place being put for the whole; (see Gill on “<244902>Jeremiah 49:2”); and it shall devour the palaces thereof; the palaces of the king, and his nobles: with shouting in the day of battle; with the noise of soldiers when they make their onset, or have gained the victory; (see <244902>Jeremiah 49:2); with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; denoting that this judgment should come suddenly, and at an…”

“Rabbah--the capital of Ammon: meaning "the Great." Distinct from Rabbah of Moab. Called Philadelphia, afterwards, from Ptolemy Philadelphus. tempest--that is, with an onset swift, sudden, and resistless as a hurricane. day of the whirlwind--parallel to "the day of battle"; therefore meaning "the day of the foe's tumultuous assault."”

“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, and by later Greeks, “Rabathammana” , was a strong city with a yet stronger citadel. Ruins still exist, some of which probably date back to these times. The lower city “lay in a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills of flint,” at 12 an hour from its entrance. It lay on a stream, still called by its name Moyet or Nahr Amman, “waters” or “river of Ammon,” which ultimately falls into the Zurka (the Jabbok) . “On the top of the highest of the northern hills,” where at the divergence of two valleys it abuts upon the ruins of the town, “stands the…”

“With a tempest - With irresistible force, and surprising swiftness. Next: Amos Chapter 2”

“1:14 Rabbah was the chief city of the Ammonites (2 Sam 12:26). • Ammon (Amos 1:13) was crushed by the Assyrians in the 800s BC, then attacked and depopulated by the Babylonians in the 700s.”

“Rabbah: Deu 3:11; Sa2 12:26; Jer 49:2; Eze 25:5 with shouting: Amo 2:2; Job 39:25; Isa 9:5 with a: Psa 83:15; Isa 30:30; Dan 11:40; Zac 7:14 Amos 1:15”