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Verse Amos 2:9. _YET DESTROYED I THE AMORITE_] Here follow general
heads of God's mercies to them, and the great things he had done for
them.
1. Bringing them out of Egypt.
2. Miraculously sustainin...
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YET - (and I) I (Emphatic) destroyed Such were “their” doings;
such their worship of “their God.” And what had “God” done?
what was it, which they thus requited?
THE AMORITE - These, as one of the mig...
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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
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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...
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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...
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_Yet destroyed I_ The pron. is emphatic: -Yet _I_(whom you thus
requite) destroyed the Amorites, that mighty and seemingly invincible
nation, from before you, and settled you in their land." _Destroye...
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The ingratitude shewn by Israel, in thus dishonouring its Lord and
Benefactor....
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_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...
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PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL
TEXT: Amos 2:9-12
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I des...
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed
his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
YET. My fo...
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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...
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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...
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DESTROYED I. — Emphasis belongs to the pronoun “I.” The Amorites
proper occupied the S.W. coast of the Dead Sea. Their formidable
stature and power were attributed occasionally to all the inhabitants...
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וְ אָ֨נֹכִ֜י הִשְׁמַ֤דְתִּי אֶת ־הָֽ
אֱמֹרִי֙...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Yet destroyed I the (h) Amorite before them, whose height [was] like
the height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I
destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
(h) T...
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_Beneath. The Israelites seemed like locusts in comparison, Numbers
xiii. 34._...
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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...
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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...
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God expostulates here with the Israelites for their ingratitude. He
records the benefits he had before conferred on that people; and then
shows how unworthily and disgracefully they had conducted them...
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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,...
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YET DESTROYED I THE AMORITE BEFORE THEM,.... Here the Lord by the
prophet reckons up the many favours and blessings he had bestowed upon
Israel, which was an aggravation of their sins, and showed them...
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height [was] like the
height of the cedars, and he [was] strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed
his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Ver. 9. _...
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_Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them_ Namely, when they came out
of Egypt. The Amorites include the rest of the Canaanites, and are
here mentioned rather than the others, as being the mightiest na...
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AGAINST ISRAEL...
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Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, when Joshua overthrew them in
battle. Numbers 21:24; Deuteronomy 2:31, WHOSE HEIGHT WAS LIKE THE
HEIGHT OF THE CEDARS, AND HE WAS STRONG AS THE OAKS, a powerfu...
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9-16 We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received;
which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had
helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of...
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YET DESTROYED I, whom they have ungratefully forgotten and forsaken,
and set up idol's in competition with me; nay, cast off my law and
worship, and embraced idolatry, worshipped idols that never coul...
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Amos 2:9 destroyed H8045 (H8689) Amorite H567 before H6440 height
H1363 height H1363 cedars H730 strong H2634 oaks...
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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 H...
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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...
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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...
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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
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_Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks._
SIN AS INGRATITUDE
These verses form a graphic resume of the great benefits w...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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2 Samuel 23:16; Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 2:10; Deuteronomy 2:11;...
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The Ammorite — The mightiest nation of all the Canaanites. As the
oaks — Another proverbial speech denoting their great strength. His
fruit — Their children. His roots — The old standards; that
presen...