Amos 2:5
And I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
In Context
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:27But it shall come to pass, if ye will not hearken to me to sanctify the Sabbath day, to bear no burdens, nor go in with them by the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the streets of Jerusalem, and shall not be quenched.
Jeremiah 37:8In that day, said the Lord, I will break the yoke off their neck, and will burst their bonds, and they shall no longer serve strangers:
Jeremiah 52:13and he burned the house of the Lord, and the king’s house; and all the houses of the city, and every great house he burned with fire.
Amos 1:4And I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the foundations of the son of 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 →