Amos 2:4 f. Judah. The genuineness has been questioned by a number of scholars. It is urged that the thought and language are characteristic of the late prophetic school. If the passage is genuine, Judah is reproached (Amos 2:4) with having rejected the direction or instruction of Yahweh (Isaiah 1:10 *) and with having failed to keep His decrees. If it is a later addition, the reference will be to Yahweh's law and His statutes. Judah has been led astray (Amos 2:4) by its lying gods (Heb. lies), the false deities after which their fathers went. Therefore the purging fire (Amos 2:5) will spread even to the palaces or strongholds of Jerusalem.
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Amos 2:4-5
4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.