Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Holman Bible
and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.
International Standard Version
So I will send down fire upon Judah, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Jerusalem."
A Conservative Version
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amplified
“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction by the Babylonians] upon Judah
And it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.”
Darby Translation
And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Julia Smith Translation
And I sent a fire upon Judah, and it devoured the palaces of Jerusalem.
King James 2000
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So I will send a fire against Judah and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore will I send a fire into Judah, which shall consume the palaces of Jerusalem.'
NET Bible
So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses."
New Heart English Bible
But I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I send a fire upon Judah, - which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Webster
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.
Themes
Despisement » The reward for despising the word of God
Jerusalem » Prophecies against
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Judah
4 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Judah, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given up the law of the Lord, and have not kept his rules; and their false ways, in which their fathers went, have made them go out of the right way. 5 And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem. 6 These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:27
But if you do not give ear to me, to keep the Sabbath day holy, and to let no weight be lifted and taken through the doors of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: then I will put a fire in its doorways, burning up the great houses of Jerusalem, and it will never be put out.
Hosea 8:14
For Israel has no memory of his Maker, and has put up the houses of kings; and Judah has made great the number of his walled towns. But I will send a fire on his towns and put an end to his great houses.
Jeremiah 21:10
For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.
Jeremiah 37:8-10
And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire.
Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldaeans put the king's house on fire, as well as the houses of the people, and had the walls of Jerusalem broken down.
Jeremiah 52:13
And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire: