[[Am-02]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Am-01]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Am-03]] --- ### 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; and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Yahweh predicts the total destruction of Moab, specifically targeting its palaces in Kerioth and the complete removal of its judicial and royal leadership during a military invasion. *Historical context*: Historians and theologians note that Moab was reduced to an Assyrian province by Tiglath-Pileser III around 732 BC and was later devastated by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II circa 582 BC, which effectively ended Moab's existence as a sovereign nation. *Related to*: ### but I will send a fire on Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of a future judgment upon the Southern Kingdom of Judah, where Jerusalem and its noble residences would be consumed by fire. *Historical context*: This was historically fulfilled in 586 BC when the Babylonian army under Nebuchadnezzar II besieged Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple of Solomon, and burned the royal palaces to the ground. *Related to*: ### Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars... Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: The text cites the historical completion of God's earlier promises to deliver the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and grant them the land occupied by the Amorites. *Historical context*: These events correspond to the biblical accounts of the Exodus and the Conquest of Canaan (c. 1400–1200 BC), where the Israelite tribes migrated from Egypt and settled in the Levant, displacing local groups like the Amorites. *Related to*: [[Gen-15#v13|Genesis 15:13]]-16 and [[Exod-03#v8|Exodus 3:8]] ### Behold, I will crush you in your place, as a cart crushes that is full of grain. Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force... and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of an inescapable and overwhelming military defeat for the Northern Kingdom of Israel, where all defensive and escape measures would fail. *Historical context*: This prophecy was realized in 722 BC when the Neo-Assyrian Empire, led by Sargon II and Shalmaneser V, captured the capital city of Samaria, leading to the collapse of the Northern Kingdom and the deportation of its ten tribes. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy