Walked. After Solomon, scarcely a good prince appeared, till the days of Amos. Juda imitated the idolatry of Israel, hoping thus to find assistance. (Calmet) --- His crime was the more grievous, as they had the law. (Worthington)
Verse Amos 2:4. _FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH_] We may take the _three_ and _four_ here to any latitude; for this people lived in continual hostility to their God, from the days of _David_ to the...
FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH ETC. - Rup.: “Here too there is no difference of Jew and Gentile. The word of God, a just judge, spareth no man’s person. whom sin joins in one, the sentence of the J...
CHAPTER 2 _ 1. Moab (Amos 2:1) _ 2. Judah (Amos 2:4) 3. Israel (Amos 2:6) Amos 2:1. So fierce was the hatred of Moab that they dishonored the bo
AMOS 2:4 F. JUDAH. The genuineness has been questioned by a number of scholars. It is urged that the thought and language are characteristic of the late prophetic school. If the passage is genuine, Ju...
BECAUSE. DESPISED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus 26:43). App-92. COMMANDMENTS. statutes. THEIR LIES. their idols. Compare 2 Kings 17:15.
_despised_ R.V. REJECTED, as 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 15:26; Isaiah 7:15-16 shew, the better rendering of the Hebrew word used (_mâ"as_): comp....
JUDAH. The prophet now comes nearer home; and passes sentence on the Southern kingdom....
_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...
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSJUDAH TEXT: Amos 2:4-5 4 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not t...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments,...
THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULD FOLLOW 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.' HERDM...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 2 PUNISHMENT FOR MOAB’S PEOPLE V1 This is what the *Lord says: ‘I will certainly punish the people in Moab for their man...
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י...
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his in...
JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5 _Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and more invet...
Having thus uttered the word of God concerning the surrounding nations, thereby revealing the fact of His government over all, the prophet turned to Judah, and declared that she also was to share the...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, (b) I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandme...
Judah comes now before the Lord's tribunal, and though for a while separated from Israel, yet not from Israel's God. We find the Lord himself speaking of both by the Prophet, under one and the same ch...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the...
Amos turns now his discourse to the tribe of Judah, and to that kingdom, which still continued in the family of David. He has hitherto spoken of heathen and uncircumcised nations: what he said of them...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2. In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place of His own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem. Afterwards,...
THUS SAITH THE LORD, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH,.... With whom Benjamin must be joined; for the two tribes are meant as distinct from the ten tribes, under the name of Israel, following. The pr...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments,...
_For three transgressions of Judah_, &c. Having denounced judgments against the heathen nations, he now proceeds to denounce them against God's professing people, who were more guilty and inexcusable,...
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, the southern kingdom being named here in order to have a full list of the countries adjoining Israel, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUN...
AGAINST MOAB AND JUDAH...
1-8 The evil passions of the heart break out in various forms; but the Lord looks to our motives, as well as our conduct. Those that deal cruelly, shall be cruelly dealt with. Other nations were reck...
God hath in the former verses threatened the enemies of his people for their outrages against his people; now he does threaten his people for their obstinacy in reiterated sins: see AMOS 4:3. DESPISED...
Amos 2:4 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588 Judah H3063 four H702 away H7725 ...
7). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON JUDAH (AMOS 2:4). But while ‘YHWH's people' no doubt prided themselves on being superior morally to those round about, they were now to discover to their horror that they too wo...
FOR THREE The judgments on Judah and Israel were fulfilled as to Judah in the 70 years' captivity; as to Israel (the northern kingdom) in the world-wide dispersion which still continues....
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon Judah, Moab and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Amos. CONCLUSION: To keep not the commandments of God's Word, making no conscience of them, is to despise the wisdom, jus...
Amos 2:2. _Kirioth,_ a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24. Amos 2:6. _For three transgressions of Israel._ This phrase, explained in Amos 1:3, is repeate
_Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof._ NATIONAL SINS AND NATIONAL PUNISHMENT The British nation, like the kingdom of Juda...
_I will not turn away the punishment thereof._ GOD’S DEALING WITH NATIONS I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of the six heathen nations, as of Judah and Israel, opens...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:4 Unlike the other nations, JUDAH is not judged for inhumanity to others. It is judged according to THE LAW OF THE LORD ...
CRITICAL NOTES.] BONES] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insult to the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliance with Jehoshaphat and Jehoram (2 Kings 3:9). AMOS 2:2. KIR.] A...
EXPOSITION AMOS 2:1 Judgment on Moab. AMOS 2:1 MOAB. The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13). Moab's hostility
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos he introduces himself. These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd] at Tekoa (Amos 1:1), Now Tekoa is a little...
1 Peter 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 30:7; 2 Chronicles 36:14;...
Lies — Idols. To err — Their idolatry blinded them, partly from the natural tendency of this sin, and partly from the just judgment of God. After which — Idols. Walked — Successively, one generation a...