The Philistines. The second denunciation is directed against the Philistines, the old and troublesome enemies of Israel, on the S.W. Four representative cities are mentioned; the sin with which they are taxed being that of trafficking in slaves with Edom.
Verse Amos 1:6. _THEY CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE_] Gaza is well known to have been one of the five lordships of the Philistines; it lay on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, near to Egypt. Erkon, Ashdod,...
GAZA - Was the southernmost city of the Philistines, as it was indeed of Canaan Genesis 10:19 of old, the last inhabited place at the beginning of the desert, on the way from Phoenicia to Egypt . Its...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1) _ 2. Damascus (Amos 1:3) 3. Philistia (Amos 1:6) 4. Tyre ...
PHILISTIA. Philistia was another name to strike terror. The country is well represented by Gaza (Amos 1:6), the southernmost and largest city of the Philistines (p. 28), an emporium of trade and the c...
GAZA. Now Ghuzzeh, in- Philistia. THE WHOLE CAPTIVITY. a wholesale captivity. CAPTIVITY. captives. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for. whole body of captives. See Jeremiah 13:1...
_THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF GAZA -- AMOS 1:6-8:_ God promised to punish Gaza for her transgressions. He said He would not change His mind about this punishment. He said, "I will not turn away the punishm...
FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF GAZA— Houbigant renders this in the same manner as the third verse; and so throughout the chapter. Instead of _the whole captivity,_ we may read, _a peaceable captivity;_ t...
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSGAZA AND TYRE TEXT: Amos 1:6-10 6 Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because t...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:...
1:6 sentence; (f-17) Lit. 'revoke it.' see ver. 3....
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_ ABOUT THIS BOOK WHEN AMOS LIVED Amos came from Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. He was a *shepherd and he looked after...
CURSE ON PHILISTIA. (6-8) The marginal reading is more literal, and points to the special bitterness of the proceedings of Philistia, here represented by Gaza as the principal city (comp. 2 Chronicles...
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...
OUTSIDE NATIONS SHALL SUFFER JUDGMENT Amos 1:1-10 Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear the approach of Go...
The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they (i) carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to E...
Edom. the Philistines and Tyrians (ver. 9.) exercised this inhumanity on the Idomeans, probably before they had thrown off the yoke of Juda, under Joram, (4 Kings viii. 21.) as the Lord seems concerne...
Similar punishments are here held forth to Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron, the chief cities of the Philistines, those bitter fees of the Church. They all are brought in for their punishment, who ha...
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 directs here his discourse against Gaza, which the Philistine occupied. It was situated in the tribe of Judah, towards the sea; but as the Anakims were its inhabitants, the Philistine kept posses...
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 GAZA,.... The chief city of the Philistines, and put for the whole country, and designs the inhabitants of it: AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY [THE...
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom:...
Amos 1:6-13. The injuriousness and cruelty of the Philistines, Tyrians, and Edomites, towards the children of Israel, that is here spoken of, and for which God's judgments are, by the prophet, denounc...
_For three transgressions of Gaza_, &c. From Syria he passes to Palestine, upon the coast of which Gaza was situated. It is one of the places threatened by Joel 3:6. _Because they carried away the who...
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Gaza, the leading city-state of Philistia, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, rather. He would not reverse His intention of pun...
AGAINST DAMASCUS AND GAZA...
CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE THE WHOLE CAPTIVITY: Or, carried them away with an entire captivity...
THREE TRANSGRESSIONS: see AMOS 1:3. GAZA; the principal city of the Philistines; all the rest are to be understood; and here the city is named, but the inhabitants are meant also with the city; ancien...
Amos 1:6 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588 Gaza H5804 four H702 away H7725 ...
2). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON PHILISTIA (AMOS 1:6). After Aram Israel's next most dangerous enemy had been Philistia, which included the city states of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon and Ekron. Their border raids, d...
SEVEN JUDGMENTS AGAINST THE NEIGHBOURING NATIONS, INCLUDING JUDAH (AMOS 1:3 TO AMOS 2:5). The announcing of YHWH's judgments on seven nations (including Judah) can be looked at in two ways. First it w...
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon surrounding peoples Syria, Tyre, Edom, Ammon. CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Uzziah, Jeroboam, Hazael, Benhadad. CONCLUSION: The God of Israel is the God of all the earth...
Amos 1:1. _The words of Amos,_ written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself _among the herdmen of Tekoa,_ a small city twelve miles s...
AMOS 1:2 Oracles of Judgment. Amos delivers a series of messages from God showing that neither Israel’s neighbors (Amos 1:2) nor Israel herself (Amos 2:6) can es
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 1:6 All the five cities of the PHILISTINES except Gath are named in this judgment oracle. Rule of the region went back and forth among the five cities depending on which ruler happen...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:6. Whole captivity] _i.e._ left none, but sold them to Edomites, the most deadly enemies to Israel: hence the greatness of the sin. AMOS 1:7. FIRE ON THE WALL] An enemy shall...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 2:16 PART I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. VERSE 1-CH. 2:3 _§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment._ AMOS 1:1, AMOS 1:2 Heading o
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 Samuel 6:17; 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 28:18;...
Carried away — All the Jews whom they had taken captive. Edom — Their most inveterate enemies. These Edomites were ever ready to enslave, and tyrannize over the Jews, if by any means they could get th...