Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. New Living Translation So I will send down fire on the land of Moab, and all the fortresses in Kerioth will be destroyed. The people will fall in the noise of battle, as the warriors shout and the ram’s horn sounds. English Standard Version So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; Berean Standard Bible So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. King James Bible But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: New King James Version But I will send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting and trumpet sound. New American Standard Bible “So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid the panic of battle, Amid war cries and the sound of a trumpet. NASB 1995 “So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With war cries and the sound of a trumpet. NASB 1977 “So I will send fire upon Moab, And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With war cries and the sound of a trumpet. Legacy Standard Bible So I will send fire upon Moab, And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid great rumbling, Amid a loud shout and the sound of a trumpet. Amplified Bible “So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Moab And it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth; And Moab shall die amid tumult and uproar, With war cries and shouts of alarm and the sound of the trumpet. Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die with a tumult, with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, I will send fire against Moab, and it will consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die with a tumult, with shouting and the sound of the ram’s horn. American Standard Version But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; Aramaic Bible in Plain English I shall send fire on Moab and it will devour the palaces of Qerioth and Moab shall die in tumult with shouting and with the sound of trumpets Brenton Septuagint Translation But I will send forth a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the foundations of its cities: and Moab shall perish in weakness, with a shout, and with the sound of a trumpet. Contemporary English Version Now I will send fire to destroy the fortresses of Kerioth. Battle shouts and trumpet blasts will be heard as I destroy Moab Douay-Rheims Bible And I will seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet: English Revised Version but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: GOD'S WORD® Translation I will send a fire on Moab and burn down the palaces of Kerioth. Moab will die during the noise of battle while troops are shouting and rams' horns are blowing. Good News Translation I will send fire upon the land of Moab and burn down the fortresses of Kerioth. The people of Moab will die in the noise of battle while soldiers are shouting and trumpets are sounding. International Standard Version So I will send down fire upon Moab, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in the uproar of battle, with a war cry and with the trumpeting of the ram's horn. JPS Tanakh 1917 So will I send a fire upon Moab, And it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; And Moab shall die with tumult, With shouting, and with the sound of the horn; Literal Standard Version And I have sent a fire against Moab, | And it has consumed the palaces of Kerioth, | And Moab is dying with noise, | With shouting, with voice of a horn. Majority Standard Bible So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. New American Bible I will send fire upon Moab, and it will devour the strongholds of Kerioth; Moab shall meet death amid uproar, battle cries and blasts of the ram’s horn. NET Bible So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn. New Revised Standard Version So I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet; New Heart English Bible but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; Webster's Bible Translation But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: World English Bible but I will send a fire on Moab, and it will devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab will die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; Young's Literal Translation And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel1This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Moab, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he burned to lime the bones of Edom’s king. 2So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn. 3I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.… Cross References Jeremiah 48:24 upon Kerioth, Bozrah, and all the towns of Moab, those far and near. Jeremiah 48:41 Kirioth has been taken, and the strongholds seized. In that day the heart of Moab's warriors will be like the heart of a woman in labor. Jeremiah 48:45 "Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon's shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult. Ezekiel 25:8 This is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because Moab and Seir said, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations," Amos 1:14 So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest. Treasury of Scripture But I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: Kirioth. Jeremiah 48:24,41 And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near… with tumult. Amos 1:14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: Isaiah 9:5 For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. Jeremiah 48:34 From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. Jump to Previous Amid Blast Burning Citadels Consume Consumed Cries Death Devour Die Dying Fire Fortresses Great Horn Houses Kerioth Moab Noise Outcries Palaces Shouting Sound Strongholds Trumpet Tumult Uproar Voice WarJump to Next Amid Blast Burning Citadels Consume Consumed Cries Death Devour Die Dying Fire Fortresses Great Horn Houses Kerioth Moab Noise Outcries Palaces Shouting Sound Strongholds Trumpet Tumult Uproar Voice WarAmos 2 1. God's judgments upon Moab,4. upon Judah, 6. and upon Israel. 9. God complains of their ingratitude. (2) Kirioth.--This properly signifies a group of towns, but here refers to a single large town in Moab, the modern Kureiat. (Comp. Jeremiah 48:24.) CURSE ON JUDAH. Great privileges have met with mad and foolish despite. Exalted to the highest heaven of possibility, Judah has despised the "Law of the Lord," instead of preserving, with sacred reverence, His ordinances and institutions. Their lies.--i.e., their false deities, which they have treated as divine. "The lies after which the fathers walked deceived the children. The children canonise the errors of their fathers. Human opinion is as dogmatic as revelation" (Pusey). Verse 2. - Kirioth; cities, and so taken as an appellative by the Septuagint translators, τῶν πόλεων αὐτῆς: but it is doubtless a proper name of one of the chief Moabite towns (Jeremiah 48:24, 41). Keil, after Burckhardt, identifies it with the decayed town of Kereyat, or Korriat; others, with Ar, or Kir, the old capital (Isaiah 15:1). The plural termination of the word,like Athenae, Thebae, etc., may denote a double city - upper and lower, or old and new. Moab shall die. The nation is personified. With tumult; caused by war (comp. Jeremiah 48:45, and the prophecy of Balaam, Numbers 24:17). Septuagint, ἐν ἀδυναμίᾳ, "in weakness." With shouting. Omitted by the Vulgate (see on Amos 1:14). Trumpet (Amos 3:6; Jeremiah 4:19). Trochon cites Virgil, 'AEneid,' 2:313, "Exoritur clamorque virum clangorque tubarum," "Rises the shout of men and trumpets' blare."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ (wə·šil·laḥ·tî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out fire אֵ֣שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular Strong's 784: A fire against Moab בְּמוֹאָ֔ב (bə·mō·w·’āḇ) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled to consume וְאָכְלָ֖ה (wə·’ā·ḵə·lāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 398: To eat the citadels אַרְמְנ֣וֹת (’ar·mə·nō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 759: A citadel of Kerioth. הַקְּרִיּ֑וֹת (haq·qə·rî·yō·wṯ) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 7152: Kerioth -- a city in Judah, also a city in Moab Moab מוֹאָ֔ב (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled will die וּמֵ֤ת (ū·mêṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill in tumult, בְּשָׁאוֹן֙ (bə·šā·’ō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7588: A roar (of waters, etcetera), din, crash, uproar amid war cries בִּתְרוּעָ֖ה (biṯ·rū·‘āh) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8643: Clamor, acclamation of joy, a battle-cry, clangor, of trumpets, as an alarum and the blast בְּק֥וֹל (bə·qō·wl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6963: A voice, sound of the trumpet. שׁוֹפָֽר׃ (šō·w·p̄ār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn Links Amos 2:2 NIVAmos 2:2 NLT Amos 2:2 ESV Amos 2:2 NASB Amos 2:2 KJV Amos 2:2 BibleApps.com Amos 2:2 Biblia Paralela Amos 2:2 Chinese Bible Amos 2:2 French Bible Amos 2:2 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 2:2 But I will send a fire (Amo. 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