Lay down — The Jews of old did not sit upright at their meals, but leaned on one side. Upon clothes — Of which the law had expressly said, none should detain them all night, Deuteronomy 24:12. Every altar — Of their idols. Drink the wine — They offer their drink — offerings in wine, which they bought with the fines laid on the innocent.
Verse Amos 2:8. Amos 2:6....
THEY LAY THEMSELVES DOWN - They condensed sin. By a sort of economy in the toil of sinning, they blended many sins in one; idolatry, sensuality, cruelty, and, in all, the express breach of God’s comma...
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
THE SIN AND DOOM OF ISRAEL. Suddenly the prophet turns and confronts Israel. The benighted heathen nations have sinned and must be punished. What of Israel, God's chosen people? Why, just because they...
LAY THEMSELVES DOWN, _&c._ Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:12), App-92. every altar. The sin lay in the fact that the law of the one altar had been known as an ancient commandmen...
Amos 2:6. The sin of Israel, and its punishment 6 16. At last Amos comes to Israel. The Israelites might listen with equanimity, or even with satisfaction, whilst their neighbours" faults were being e...
The self-indulgence, practised by the worldly-minded Israelites in the name of religion, and at the expense of the poor. _upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar_ R.V. BESIDE _every altar upon clot...
_THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL -- AMOS 2:6-10:_ Next God said, "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment." The 10-tribe Northern Kingdom was guilty of many sin...
AND THEY LAY THEMSELVES DOWN, &C.— Amos here reproves the Israelites for three abuses. The _first,_ that they kept the clothes which they had received as pledges from the poor, contrary to the law, wh...
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL TEXT: Amos 2:6-8 6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they h...
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. AND THEY LAY THEMSELVES DOWN UPON CLOTHES LAID TO PLEDGE...
2:8 condemned. (b-27) Or 'those that are amerced.'...
ISRAEL'S SINS AND INGRATITUDE 6-8. Israel is now threatened in the same form as the rest, but Amos 2:6 were not spoken by Amos at Bethel; they form the conclusion of the preface which he wrote after...
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...
Rapacity and cruelty follow on pride, selfishness, and lust. With this verse compare the provisions of the Mosaic law (Exodus 22:25). Render, _And upon garments received in pledge they stretch themsel...
וְ עַל ־בְּגָדִ֤ים חֲבֻלִים֙ יַטּ֔וּ אֵ֖צֶל כ
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...
NEITHER SHALL ISRAEL ESCAPE Amos 2:6-16 First the prophet enumerates Israel's sins. They were unjust to the poor, carrying their extortions to such lengths as to goad the poor to desperation. They we...
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...
And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge (f) by every altar, and they (g) drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god. (f) Thinking that by these ceremonies, that is...
Altar. Herein they offended doubly, (Exodus xxii. 26.) as they used the garments of others to hide their shameful actions, 4 Kings xxiii. 7. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "and tying up their garments with...
The Lord having reckoned with all the neighboring nations, Israel's sworn foes, and having also begun with Judah, now takes in hand her sister Israel. And a solemn account it is. Chiefly beginning in...
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...
Here the Prophet again inveighs against the people’s avariciousness, and addresses his discourse especially to the chief men; for what he mentions could not have been done by the common people, as the...
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,...
AND THEY LAID [THEMSELVES] DOWN UPON CLOTHES LAID TO PLEDGE BY EVERY ALTAR,.... That is, the clothes they took in pledge of poor people, which they should have restored before sun setting, Exodus 22:2...
And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god. Ver. 8. _And they lay themselves down upon clothes_] _...
_They lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge_ The Jews as well as the Romans used to lie along at their meals on couches, as appears by this verse, compared with Amos 6:4: a custom which was...
and they lay themselves down upon clothes, the upper garment of the poor, laid to pledge by every altar, although the Law required that such pledges be returned in the evening, because the garments al...
AGAINST ISRAEL...
THE CONDEMNED: Or, such as have fined or mulcted...
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...
The Jews of old did not, as we, sit upright at their feasts, and meals, but in a posture of greater ease did lean, or lie on one side; so here THEY LAY THEMSELVES DOWN, i.e. put themselves in a feasti...
Amos 2:8 down H5186 (H8686) by H681 altar H4196 clothes H899 pledge H2254 (H8803) drink H8354 ...
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 i...
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 fla...
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
_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 2:6 In the introduction to this section (Amos 2:6), Amos shows that Israel, far from being better than its neighbors, is even more worthy of condemnation. This is followed by four ex...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:7 Sexual immorality is an insult to God the Creator (MY HOLY NAME IS PROFANED). GARMENTS TAKEN IN PLEDGE refers to a poor person’s cloak that was given to a money-lender as securit...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 2:6. ISRAEL] The ten tribes the main object of the prophecy. First, prevalent crimes of injustice and oppression, shameless immorality, and daring contempt of God. AMOS 2:6. SO...
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 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Corinthians 10:7; 1 Corinthians 8:10; Amos 6:4;...