Amos 2:5

New Life Version

So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will destroy the strong-places of Jerusalem."

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."

Berean Standard Bible
So I will send fire upon Judah to 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 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

¹ The Lord says, "For three sins of Moab and for four, I will not hold back punishment. He burned the bones of the king of Edom to ashes. ² So I will send fire upon Moab, and it will destroy the strong-places of Kerioth. Moab will die among much noise, with cries of war and the sound of a horn. ³ I will kill the ruler of Moab and all his sons with him," says the Lord. ⁴ The Lord says, "For three sins of Judah and for four, I will not hold back punishment. They turned away from the Law of the Lord. They have not obeyed His Laws. They have gone the wrong way, following the lies of their fathers. ⁵ So I will send fire upon Judah, and it will destroy the strong-places of Jerusalem." ⁶ The Lord says, "For three sins of Israel and for four, I will not hold back punishment. They sell those who are right and good for money. To get shoes, they sell people who are in need. ⁷ They crush those who are poor in the dust of the earth with their feet. They push the poor out of the way. A man and his father go to the same girl and sin against My holy name. ⁸ They lie down beside every altar on clothing taken as trust for promises. And in the house of their God they drink the wine which was paid by those who have done wrong.

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
And the Lord God made to grow out of the ground every tree that is pleasing to the eyes and good for food. And He made the tree of life grow in the center of the garden, and the tree of learning of good and bad.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pishon. It flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

Genesis 2:12
The gold of that land is good. Bdellium and onyx stone are there.

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 4:2
Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was one who worked the ground.

Genesis 4:12
When you work the ground, it will no longer give its strength to you. You will always travel from place to place on the earth."

Job 5:10
He gives rain on the earth and sends water on the fields.

Psalms 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the cattle, and plants for man to use. So He may bring food from the earth,

Psalms 135:7
He makes the clouds rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning come with the rain. He brings the wind out from where He stores His riches.

Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the false gods of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens give rain? Is it not You, O Lord our God? So we hope in You. For You are the One Who has 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.