Amos 2:5

but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have rejected the LORD’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

6The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, 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 its gates, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. It will not be quenched.”’”

Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’

Jeremiah 52:13He burned the LORD’s house, 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 will 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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