5<\/strong>. But I will send a fire upon Judah<\/em>, &c.] hence, with verbal variations, Jer 17:27<\/span> b.<\/em> In the case of Judah, Amos’s threat did not take effect for more than a century and a half: the ‘fire’ did not ‘devour the palaces of Jerusalem’ until it was taken by the Chaldaeans in b.c. 586 (2Ki 25:9<\/span>). On the authenticity of these two verses, see p. 117 f.<\/p>\n I will send a fire upon Judah – <\/B>All know now, how Jerusalem, its temple, and its palaces perished by fire, first by Nebuchadnezzar, then by the Romans. Yet some two centuries passed, before that first destruction came. The ungodly Jews flattered themselves that it would never come. So we know that a fiery stream Dan 7:10<\/span> will issue and come forth from Him; a fire that consumeth to destruction Job 31:12<\/span>, all who, whether or no they are in the body of the Church, are not of the heavenly Jerusalem; dead members in the body which belongs to the Living Head. And it will not the less come, because it is not regarded. Rather, the very condition of all Gods judgments is, to be disregarded and to come, and then most to come, when they are most disregarded.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 5<\/span>. I will send a fire upon Judah<\/B><\/I>] This fire<\/I> was the war made upon the Jews by Nebuchadnezzar<\/I>, which terminated with the sackage and burning of Jerusalem and its palace<\/I> the temple<\/I>.<\/P> <\/p>\n I will send a fire:<\/B> see Amo 1:4<\/span>. <\/P> Judah; <\/B>the kingdom of the two tribes; Benjamin is to be included with Judah, as elsewhere hath been already often observed. It shall devour the palaces: see Amo 1:4<\/span>. <\/P> Jerusalem; <\/B>the chief city of Judahs kingdom, the city of God, where was the temple of God, and where were the seats of judicature; the holy city, but now to be destroyed for its sins, as well as other incorrigible nations. Now this was fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar, about two hundred years after this prophecy of Amos. <\/P> <\/p>\n 5. a fire<\/B>Nebuchadnezzar.<\/P><\/p>\n But I will send a fire upon Judah<\/strong>,…. An enemy, Nebuchadnezzar, who should burn, waste, and destroy, all that were in his way:<\/p>\n and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem<\/strong>; the chief city of Judah, the royal city, where stood the temple, the palace of the most High, and the palaces of the king and his nobles; these were burnt with fire when it was taken by the Chaldean army, about two hundred years after this prophecy, Jer 52:13<\/span>.<\/p>\n 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, which shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.’ But all this we have already explained. Let us now proceed — <\/p>\n (5) Judah.<\/strong>Such high privilege does not involve immunity from punishment. Judah shall be chastised with the same penalty as Edom, Philistia, Ammon, and Moab.<\/p>\n Amo 2:5<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>I will send a fire upon Judah<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> 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, 2Ki 15:37<\/span>; 2Ki 16:7<\/span>; 2Ki 18:7<\/span> and 2 Chronicles 28<\/span>. <\/p>\n Amo 2:5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n Ver. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah<\/strong> ] They shall also bear the punishment of their iniquities; yet, is it not said, as Amo 2:2<\/span> , that Judah shall “die with tumult?” &c. God will make a difference in his dealings with his own and others, his sons and his slaves; these shall totally and finally be consumed at once, Nah 1:9<\/span> , not so the saints. The remnants of the Philistines shall perish, Amo 1:8<\/span> . But of Judah a remnant shall be still reserved, for royal use, Isa 11:11<\/span> ; Isa 11:16<\/span> .<\/p>\n I will: Jer 17:27, Jer 21:10, Jer 37:8-10, Jer 39:8, Jer 52:13, Hos 8:14 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 21:28 – a fire 2Ki 25:9 – the king’s Isa 2:13 – General Jer 6:5 – let us destroy Jer 25:18 – Jerusalem Jer 50:32 – kindle Lam 2:7 – given up Eze 28:18 – therefore Eze 30:8 – when I Hos 5:5 – Judah Amo 1:4 – I will Amo 3:11 – and thy Mic 6:9 – Lord’s<\/p>\n Amo 2:5. This verse was literally fulfilled as recorded in 2Ki 25:9,<\/p>\n But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah, &c.] hence, with verbal variations, Jer 17:27 b. In the case of Judah, Amos’s threat did not take effect for more than a century and a half: the ‘fire’ did … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 2:5”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22395\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible <\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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