John Gill's Exposition on Amos 1:14

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 unawares, with great force, irresistibly; and a tempest added to fire, if literally taken, must spread the desolation more abundantly, and make it more terrible.

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