Amos 1:14 (YLT)

Passage

And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,

Nearby Context

Amos 1:12 And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah.

Amos 1:13 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their ripping up the pregnant ones of Gilead, To enlarge their border,

Amos 1:14 And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Rabbah, And it hath consumed her palaces, With a shout in a day of battle, With a whirlwind in a day of hurricane,

Amos 1:15 And gone hath their king in a removal, He and his heads together, said Jehovah!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kindled", "fire", "against", "wall", "rabbah", "hath", "consumed", and "palaces". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kindled" and "fire", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Thus said Jehovah For three transgressions of..." into verse 15's "And gone hath their king in a...", so "kindled" and "fire" belong inside that flow. In Amos context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "kindled" and "fire" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.