King James Version
Amos 1:4 in the King James Version says “But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.” — study this verse from Amos chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.”
Amos 1:4 · KJV
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: and: or, yea, for four turn: or, convert it, or, let it be quiet
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden : and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. the plain: or, Bikathaven the house: or, Betheden
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: away captive: or, them away with an entire
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“But I will send”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“into the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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