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Amos 2:5
5I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.”
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.
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)So I will send down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed.”
Context of Amos 2:5
3I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him,” says the Lord. 4This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed, I will send fire on Judah that will consume the fortresses of Jerusalem.” 6This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. 7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.
Read all of Amos 2Amos 2:5 word by word
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Amos 2:5
- Jeremiah 17:27But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.’ ”
- Jeremiah 21:10I have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the Lord. It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.’
- Jeremiah 37:8Then the Babylonians will return and attack this city; they will capture it and burn it down.’
- Jeremiah 39:8The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:13He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.
- Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten their Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire on their cities that will consume their fortresses.”
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
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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
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