But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
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Gill's Exposition
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,.... Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, Sa2 12:26. This is to be understood of an enemy that should destroy it,…
Barnes' Notes
I will kindle afire in the wall of Rabbah - Rabbah, literally, “the great,” called by Moses “Rabbah of the children of Ammon” Deu 3:11, and by later Greeks, “Rabathammana” , was a strong city with a…
Adam Clarke
With shouting in the day of battle - They shall be totally subdued. This was done by Nebuchadnezzar. See Jer 27:3, Jer 27:6.
What the Lord says here may be explained by what he says Jer 12:14, Thus said the Lord, against all my evil neighbours that touch the inheritance of my people Israel, Behold, I will pluck them out.…
Cambridge Bible
But I will kindle a fire Varied from I will sendof the other cases: see on Amo 1:1.
in the wall of Rabbah The capital city of the Ammonites, and indeed the only Ammonite city mentioned in the O.T.:…
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