Amos 2:4-5

4 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of ¹Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ²rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their ³lies also have led them astray, Those after which their ⁴fathers walked.

5 "So I will ⁵send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

Amos 2:4-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 2

In this chapter the prophet foretells the calamities that should come upon the Moabites for their transgressions, Am 2:1-3; and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem for their iniquities, Am 2:4,5; also the judgments of God that should come upon Israel the ten tribes for their sins, which sins are enumerated; their oppression of the poor, their lewdness and idolatry, Am 2:6-8; and which are aggravated by the blessings of goodness bestowed upon them, both temporal and spiritual, Am 2:9-12; wherefore they are threatened with ruin, which would be inevitable, notwithstanding their swiftness, strength, and courage, and their skill in shooting arrows, and riding horses, Am 2:13-16.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Kings 17:19; Hosea 12:2; Amos 3:2
• 2. Judges 2:17-20; 2 Kings 22:11-17; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 8:9
• 3. Isaiah 9:15, 16; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 16:19; Habakkuk 2:18
• 4. Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
• 5. Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Hosea 8:14

Footnotes

• [a] Or "false gods"