Amos 2:5

Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah,—which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Judah, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because they have rejected the law of Yahweh, and, his statutes, have not kept, but their falsehoods, have led them astray, after the which their fathers, did walk,

6Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back,—Because they have sold—for silver—the righteous, and the needy—for a pair of shoes:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 17:27But, if ye will not hearken unto me—To hallow the sabbath day, And to bear no burden and bring in through the gates of Jerusalem, on the sabbath day, Then will I kindle a fire within her gates, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, And shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 37:8Then will the Chaldeans come back, and fight against this city,—and capture it and burn it with fire.

Jeremiah 52:13and he burned the house of Yahweh and the house of the king,—yea all the houses of Jerusalem even every great man’s house, burned he with fire;

Amos 1:4Therefore will send a fire, into the house of Hazael,—which shall 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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