Amos 2:4,5

The transgressions of Judah -- Amos 2:4-5: Judah, the people of God had despised and rejected His word so they heard the same statement, "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment thereof." The Law of the Lord and His commandments were clear, but Judah rejected them for religious lies. This caused them to go astray just as their fathers had done. What a sad commentary spoken against the people of God: (1) They rejected the Law of the Lord. (2) They did not keep His statutes, and (3) They followed all kinds of religious lies.

The punishment for Judah was the same as for other nations. God said, I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem." Read 2 Kings 25:9 and see that these words were literally fulfilled. "And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire."