Amos 2:5

So I will send down fire on Judah, and I will burn up the fortresses of Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

4This is what the Lord says: The people of Judah have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his commands. Their lies have led them astray, the same lies that their forefathers followed.

6This is what the Lord says: The people of Israel have repeatedly sinned and so I will not hesitate to punish them, because they sell good people for silver, and poor people for a pair of sandals.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But if you refuse to listen to me and keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will set its gates alight with a fire that can't be put out, and it will burn down Jerusalem's fortresses.

Jeremiah 37:8Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem. They will capture it and burn it down.

Jeremiah 52:13He burned down the Lord's Temple, the royal palace, and all the large buildings of Jerusalem.

Amos 1:4So I will send fire down on the house of Hazael and burn up Ben-Hadad's fortresses.

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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