Amos 2:4-5

Amos 2:4-5

[4] Thus saith  For three  transgressions  of Judah,  and for four,  I will not turn away  the punishment thereof; because they have despised  the law  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. 

What does Amos 2:4-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God would treat Judah with the same justice that He promised Israel"s other neighbor nations. Judah"s overflowing sin was her failure to live by the Torah, the instruction that Yahweh had given her, including the Mosaic Covenant (cf. Romans 2:12-15). Listening to false prophets and worshipping idols (Heb. kazib, a lie, something deceptive) had been major evidences of this apostasy (cf. Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16; 2 Kings 25:1-12). [1] So Yahweh promised to destroy Judah and Jerusalem as He had promised to destroy her sinful neighbors.
The fulfillment came with Nebuchadnezzar"s destruction of Jerusalem in586 B.C. ( Deuteronomy 11:28).