6). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON MOAB (AMOS 2:1). Unlike the remainder Moab are not condemned for any action against God's people. Rather they are condemned for their deliberate desecration of the bones of the king of Edom. It was not honourable cremation that was being condemned, but an act of flagrant and v... [ Continue Reading ]
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 would be subject to YHWH's judgment. Thus the seventh of those who came under YHWH's judgment (not inc... [ Continue Reading ]
EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ISRAEL'S TRANSGRESSIONS (AMOS 2:6). He commenced his condemnation by outlining different ways in which they had broken YHWH's Law (in the same way as Judah had done). They had flagrantly gone against His word. Amos 2:6 “Thus says YHWH. For three transgressions of Israel, yes,... [ Continue Reading ]
YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL (AMOS 2:6). While this judgment on Israel certainly initially follows the previous sevenfold pattern it is distinctive in that it manifestly then goes on to break it. There is no mention in it of judgment by fire, which must be seen as deliberate. Amos clearly intended that... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HAD TRANSGRESSED IN SPITE OF ALL THAT YHWH HAD DONE FOR THEM (AMOS 2:9). YHWH then described how great their debt was to Him. The land over which they were transgressing was the very land which He had graciously given to them, land which had belonged to the Amorites (Canaanites) whom He had de... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CERTAINTY OF HIS JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL. IT WILL BE SUCH THAT IT WILL BE INESCAPABLE (AMOS 2:13). Israel's judgment is now described in terms of being run over by a heavy cart, fully loaded, and it will be something from which there will be no escape. They will find themselves face to face with YHW... [ Continue Reading ]