Tree of Life Version
Amos 2:5
5So I will send fire upon Judah— it will devour Jerusalem’s citadels.”
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 ruler from her midst, and slay all her princes with him. Thus Adonai has said. As for Judah and Israel 4Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Judah even for four, I will not relent. For they despise Adonai’s Torah and have not kept His statutes. Their lies have misled them— those their fathers walked after. So I will send fire upon Judah— it will devour Jerusalem’s citadels.” 6Thus says Adonai: “For three crimes of Israel even for four, I will not relent. For they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of shoes. 7They trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and thwart the way of the humble. A man and his father go to the same girl, to profane My holy Name.
Read all of Amos 2Amos 2:5 word by word
וְשִׁלַּ֥חְתִּי אֵ֖שׁ בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Amos 2:5
- Jeremiah 17:27“But if you do not listen to Me to keep Yom Shabbat holy, by not bearing a burden or entering through the gates of Jerusalem on Yom Shabbat, then I will set its gates on fire, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem, and not be quenched.’”
- Jeremiah 21:10“For I have set My face against this city for evil, not for good.” It is a declaration of Adonai. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”
- Jeremiah 37:8The Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. Then they will capture it and burn it with fire.”
- Jeremiah 39:8Then the Chaldeans burned the king’s palace and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 52:13Then he burned the House of Adonai, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every large house with fire.
- Hosea 8:14For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built temples, while Judah has multiplied fortified cities. So I will send fire upon its cities that 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
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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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