Amos 2:2 “So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. M…”

Amos 2:2

So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

World English Bible

but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

American Standard Version

But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will I send a fire vpon Moab, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Kerioth, and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.

Darby Translation

And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet.

Bible in Basic English

And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:

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Cross references

“Kirioth”

Jeremiah 48:24 Jeremiah 48:41

Jeremiah 48:24 · BSB

upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near.

Jeremiah 48:41 · BSB

Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab’s warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

“with tumult”

Amos 1:14 Isaiah 9:5 Jeremiah 48:34

Amos 1:14 · BSB

So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

Isaiah 9:5 · BSB

For every trampling boot of battle and every garment rolled in blood will be burned as fuel for the fire.

Jeremiah 48:34 · BSB

There is a cry from Heshbon to Elealeh; they raise their voices to Jahaz, from Zoar to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim have dried up.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king.

3I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

Read Amos 2