Amos 2:5

Amos 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
• New International Version (NIV)I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
• New King James Version (NKJV)But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.”

Context of Amos 2:5

3I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The Lord has spoken. 4The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Judah for three crimes, even four, because they have rejected the instruction of the Lord and have not kept his statutes. The lies that their ancestors followed have led them astray. Therefore, I will send fire against Judah, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem. 6The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Israel for three crimes, even four, because they sell a righteous person for silver and a needy person for a pair of sandals. 7They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.

Amos 2:5 word by word

וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But I will sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• a fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• upon Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and it shall devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: fortressH759
• of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389

Cross-references for Amos 2:5

• Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not listen to me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, I will set fire to its gates, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem and not be extinguished.’”
• Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster and not good — this is the Lord’s declaration. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it.’
• Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it.
• Jeremiah 39:8The Chaldeans next burned down the king’s palace and the people’s houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.
• Jeremiah 52:13He burned the Lord’s temple, the king’s palace, all the houses of Jerusalem; he burned down all the great houses.
• Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has also multiplied fortified cities. I will send fire on their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Commentaries on Amos 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5I will send a fire upon Judah - This fire was the war made upon the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar, which terminated with the sackage and burning of Jerusalem and its palace the temple.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5I will send a fire upon Judah - All know now, how Jerusalem, its temple, and its palaces perished by fire, first by Nebuchadnezzar, then by the Romans. Yet some two centuries passed, before that first destruction came. The ungodly Jews flattered themselves that it would never come. So we know that a “fiery stream” Daniel 7:10 will issue and come forth from Him; “a fire” that “consumeth to destruction” Job 31:12, all who, whether or no they are in the body…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The pagan worship practiced in Judah brought the same punishment as the sins of its pagan neighbors. That punishment was fire, a sign of God’s judgment, which would destroy Jerusalem (Amos 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2) This judgment came to pass in 586 BC, when the Babylonians burned Jerusalem after capturing the city (see 2 Kings 25:9; Nehemiah 2:17; 4:2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. a fire--Nebuchadnezzar.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 2:5

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem

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Commentaries on Amos 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings