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Amos 2:5
So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through the prophet Amos to pronounce judgment on Judah, immediately following the indictment for rejecting His Law and following ancestral lies.
The words — The Hebrew שִׁלַּחְתִּי (shi.lach.ti, "I will send forth") and אֵשׁ ('esh, "fire") frame the declaration, paired with אָכְלָה ('a.khe.lah, "it will consume") to describe the destruction of Jerusalem's citadels.
The thread — This pattern of divine fire against fortified cities appears in Hosea 8:14 and parallels Jeremiah 21:10's warning of disaster set directly against Jerusalem.
Why it lands — The text states that covenant rejection triggers direct judicial action, requiring the reader to acknowledge that political fortifications cannot override divine judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 17:27 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 Jerusalem.’”
- Hosea 8:14 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 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 Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
- Jeremiah 39:8 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 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.