Parallel Verses
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.”
Bible in Basic English
And I will send a fire on Judah, burning up the great houses 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
Thus hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Judah and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they have despised the law of the LORD and have not kept his statutes, and their lies caused them to err after which their fathers have walked:
5
And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 17:27
But if ye will not hearken unto me to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to bring burdens nor bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
Hosea 8:14
For Israel has forgotten his Maker and has built temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD; it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 37:8-10
And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 39:8
And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:13
and burned the house of the LORD and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great house he burned with fire: