Amos 2:5 “So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.””

Amos 2:5

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore will I send a fire vpon Iudah, and it shall deuoure the palaces of Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.

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Cross references

“I will”

Jeremiah 17:27 Hosea 8:14 Jeremiah 21:10 Jeremiah 37:8–10 Jeremiah 39:8 Jeremiah 52:13

Jeremiah 17:27 · BSB

But if you do not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying a load while entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in its gates to consume the citadels of…

Hosea 8:14 · BSB

Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

Jeremiah 21:10 · BSB

For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’

Jeremiah 37:8–10 · BSB

Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

Jeremiah 39:8 · BSB

The Chaldeans set fire to the palace of the king and to the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:13 · BSB

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

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

In context

4This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.

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.

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