Amos 2:5

5 I will send a fire on Judah and burn down the palaces of Jerusalem.

Amos 2:5 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 2:5

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 ) .

Amos 2:5 In-Context

3 I will take their judges away from them. I will kill all their officials at the same time. The LORD has said this.

4 This is what the LORD says: Because Judah has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The people of Judah have rejected the LORD's Teachings and haven't kept his laws. They have been led astray by false teachings, the same ones their ancestors followed.

5 I will send a fire on Judah and burn down the palaces of Jerusalem.

6 This is what the LORD says: Because Israel has committed three crimes, and now a fourth crime, I will not change my plans. The people of Israel sell the righteous for money and the needy for a pair of sandals.

7 They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust. They push the humble out of the way. Father and son sleep with the same woman. They dishonor my holy name.