Amos 2:5

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

In Context

4Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have rejected the law of LORD, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, accord

6Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have sold a righteous man for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes--

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not hearken to me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusa

Jeremiah 37:8And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 52:13And he burned the house of LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Even every great house, he burned with fire.

Amos 1:4But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:2-9

The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 1 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith… Read the whole commentary →

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