But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces of it, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind;

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah — Rabbah, literally “the great,” called by Moses Rabbah of the children of Ammon

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Jeremiah gives a vivid account of the impending doom of Ammon, quoting and expanding this very passage (Jeremiah 49:1–3).

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

He now prophesies against the Ammonites, who also derived their origin from the same common stock, for they were the descendants of Lot, as it is w…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, (…

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