Amos 2:5 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 2:5

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

YLT

And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.

DBT

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

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Jeremiah 17:27
But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Hosea 8:14
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Lamentations 2:7
The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast.
2 Kings 25:9
And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.
Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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He at length begins his charge against Israel, to which all that goes before is but an introduction. The sins they are charged with--injustice, oppression, whoredom,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): " I will send a fire upon Judah, though it is the land where God is known, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, though it is the holy city, and God has formerly been known in its palaces for a refuge, " Ps. xlviii. But the sin here charged upon Judah is different from all the rest.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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