Amos 1:14

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