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Amos 2:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jerusalem;   The Topic Concordance - Despisement;   Disobedience;   Israel/jews;   Punishment;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Amos;   Monotheism;   Oracles;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Apocalyptic Literature;   Day of the Lord;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Zion;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Fire (kindle);  

Encyclopedias:

- Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Amos;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Therefore, I will send fire against Judah,and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
But I will send a fire on Yehudah, And it will devour the palaces of Yerushalayim."
King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
New American Standard Bible
"So I will send fire upon Judah, And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."
New Century Version
So I will send fire on Judah, and it will destroy the strong buildings of Jerusalem."
Amplified Bible
"So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction by the Babylonians] upon Judah And it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore will I send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."
Legacy Standard Bible
So I will send fire upon Judah,And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."
Contemporary English Version
Now I will send fire on Judah and destroy the fortresses of Jerusalem.
Complete Jewish Bible
I will send fire on Y'hudah, and it will consume the palaces of Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
So I will start a fire in Judah that will destroy the high towers of Jerusalem."
George Lamsa Translation
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
So I will send fire upon Judah and burn down the fortresses of Jerusalem."
Lexham English Bible
So I will send a fire against Judah and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
And I shall send a fire against Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So will I send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
But I will send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therfore will I send a fire into Iuda, which shall consume the palaces of Hierusalem:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will send a fire on Juda, and it shall devour the foundations of Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
World English Bible
But I will send a fire on Judah, And it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Y schal sende fier in to Juda, and it schal deuoure the housis of Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
but I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
New English Translation
So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."
New King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, And it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
New Living Translation
So I will send down fire on Judah, and all the fortresses of Jerusalem will be destroyed."
New Life Bible
So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will destroy the strong-places of Jerusalem."
New Revised Standard
So I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah, - which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
So I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."
Young's Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Iuda, which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem.

Contextual Overview

1This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. 2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. 3I will cut off the ruler from its midst and kill all the officials with him," says the LORD. 4This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept His statutes; they have been led astray by the lies in which their forefathers walked. 5So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem."6This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. 7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. 8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Jeremiah 17:27, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 37:8-10, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 52:13, Hosea 8:14

Reciprocal: Numbers 21:28 - a fire 2 Kings 25:9 - the king's Isaiah 2:13 - General Jeremiah 6:5 - let us destroy Jeremiah 25:18 - Jerusalem Jeremiah 50:32 - kindle Lamentations 2:7 - given up Ezekiel 28:18 - therefore Ezekiel 30:8 - when I Hosea 5:5 - Judah Amos 1:4 - I will Amos 3:11 - and thy Micah 6:9 - Lord's

Cross-References

Genesis 2:9
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
Genesis 4:12
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth."
Job 5:10
He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.
Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Psalms 135:7
He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He sends lightning with the rain and brings the wind from His storehouses.
Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But I will send a fire upon Judah,.... An enemy, Nebuchadnezzar, who should burn, waste, and destroy, all that were in his way:

and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem; the chief city of Judah, the royal city, where stood the temple, the palace of the most High, and the palaces of the king and his nobles; these were burnt with fire when it was taken by the Chaldean army, about two hundred years after this prophecy, Jeremiah 52:13.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 of the Church, are not of the heavenly Jerusalem; dead members in the body which belongs to the Living Head. And it will not the less come, because it is not regarded. Rather, the very condition of all God’s judgments is, to be disregarded and to come, and then most to come, when they are most disregarded.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Amos 2:5. I 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.


 
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