Amos 2:5

But I will send an eish upon Yehudah, 1 and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Yehudah, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they have despised the torat Hashem, 1 and have not been shomer over His chukkim, 1 and their lies caused them to err, 1 after the halakhah of their avot; 1

6Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Yisroel, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they sold the tzaddik for kesef, 1 and the needy for a pair of sandals; 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But if ye will not pay heed unto Me to keep the day of Shabbos holy, and not to bear a massa (burden), when entering in at the She'arim of Yerushalayim on the day of Shabbos; then will I kindle an eish in the she'arim thereof, and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim, and it shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 37:8And the Kasdim (Chaldeans) shall return, and fight against HaIr hazot (this City), + 37:8 i.e., Jerusalem and capture it, and burn it down with eish.

Jeremiah 52:13And set fire to the Beis Hashem, and the Bais HaMelech (the palace); and all the batim (houses) of Yerushalayim, and all the bais hagadol, he burned with eish:

Amos 1:4But I will send an eish onto Bais Chazael, 1 which shall devour the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. 1

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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