Amos 2:5

5 So I will send fire to destroy Judah. It will burn up Jerusalem's forts."

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 cut off Moab's ruler. I will also kill all of its officials," says the Lord.

4 The LORD says, "The people of Judah have sinned again and again. So I will punish them. They have refused to obey my law. They have not kept my rules. Other gods have led them down the wrong path. Their people before them worshiped those gods.

5 So I will send fire to destroy Judah. It will burn up Jerusalem's forts."

6 The LORD says, "The people of Israel have sinned again and again. So I will punish them. They sell into slavery those who do what is right. They trade needy people for a mere pair of sandals.

7 They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the ground. They refuse to be fair to those who are crushed. A father and his son have sex with the same girl. They treat my name as if it were not holy.