Amos 2:5

I will send a fire upon Judah— The war commenced in Judah, at the end of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah, when the Lord sent against him Rezin king of Assyria, and Pekah king of Israel. See, for the history here alluded to, 2 Kings 15:37; Exodus 16:7; Exodus 18:7 and 2 Chronicles 28.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will send a fire upon Judah - All know now, how Jerusalem, its temple, and its palaces perished by fire, first by Nebuchadnezzar, then by the R...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We now see what sort of crime is that of which the Prophet speaks. At last a threatening follows, “The Lord saith, Fire will I send on Judah, w...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. I will send a fire upon Judah - This fire was the war made upon the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. But I will send a fire upon Judah - Nebuchadnezzar.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Judah. — Such high privilege does not involve immunity from punishment. Judah shall be chastised with the same penalty as Edom, Philistia, Ammon, a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, how...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Judah Shall Be Judged also Amos 1:11-15 ; Amos 2:1-5 Edom was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the word of God concerning the surrounding nations, thereby revealing the fact of His government over all, the prophet turned to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Judah comes now before the Lord's tribunal, and though for a while separated from Israel, yet not from Israel's God. We find the Lord himself speakin...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 devo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. Ver. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah ] They shall also bear...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For three transgressions of Judah , &c. Having denounced judgments against the heathen nations, he now proceeds to denounce them against God's p...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. B. C. 790....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will send a fire: see Amos 1:4 . Judah; the kingdom of the two tribes; Benjamin is to be included with Judah, as elsewhere hath been already...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

7). YHWH's Judgment On Judah ( Amos 2:4-5 ). But while ‘YHWH's people' no doubt prided themselves on being superior morally to those round about,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Bones ] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insult to the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliance with Je...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:2 . Kirioth, a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24 . Amos 2:6 . For three transgressions of Israel. This phrase, explained in...
The Biblical Illustrator

I will not turn away the punishment thereof. God’s dealing with nations I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of...
The Biblical Illustrator

Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof. National sins and national pun...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 2:1-30 Judgment on Moab. Amos 2:1 Moab . The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Moab and Judah
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. Here it was true, as the maxim has it, that a person is rightly judg...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hosea 8:14 ; Jeremiah 17:27 ; Jeremiah 21:10 ; Jeremiah 37:8-10 ; Jeremiah 39:8 ; Jeremiah 52:13

⁵ But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

Related Commentaries of Amos 2:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:5