Amos 2:5

I will send fire on Judah, 1 and it will devour the fortresses of Jerusalem.” 1

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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 Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Judah, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they rejected the law of Yahweh 1 and did not keep his statutes. 1 Their lies caused them to go astray, 1 after which their fathers had also walked. 1

6This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Israel, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they sold the innocent for silver 1 and the needy for a pair of sandals. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to me—to set apart the Sabbath day and to not carry heavy loads and to not enter the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day—then I will light a fire in its gates, and it will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem, and it cannot be put out.”

Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will return. They will fight against this city, capture it, and burn it.'

Jeremiah 52:13He burned the house of Yahweh, the king's palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem; also every important building in the city he burned.

Amos 1:4I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, 1 and it will 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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