Amos 2:5

But I will send a fire upon Judah, &c. hence, with verbal variations, Jeremiah 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 not -devour the palaces of Jerusalem" until it was taken by the Chaldaeans in b.c. 586 (2 Kings 25:9). On the authenticity of these two verses, see p. 117 f.