Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Amos 2:15
Is omitted in some of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS., but without authority.
Is omitted in some of Kennicott’s and De Rossi’s MSS., but without authority.
Verse Amos 2:15. _NEITHER SHALL HE THAT RIDETH THE HORSE DELIVER_ _HIMSELF._] I believe all these sayings, Amos 2:13, are proverbs, to show the inutility of all attempts, even in the best circumstance...
Israel relied, against God, on his own strength. “Have we not,” they said, “taken to us horns by our own strength?” Amos 6:13. Amos tells them then, that every means of strength, resistance, flight, s...
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...
_stand_ i.e. _keep his place_, or _halt in the flight:_so Nahum 2:8; Jeremiah 46:21. _swift of foot_ For this virtue of a warrior cf. 2 Samuel 1:23;...
A disaster, in which neither the swiftest nor the best equipped warrior will be able to escape, brings the kingdom of Israel to its end. _Therefore_ simply AND (as R.V.). _the flight shall perish fro...
The retribution....
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...
_MORE ABOUT ISRAEL'S TRANSGRESSIONS -- AMOS 2:11-16:_ God raised up some of the sons of the children of Israel to be prophets. Some of the young men dedicated themselves to be Nazirites. Prophets stoo...
PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL TEXT: Amos 2:13-16 13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves. 14 And flight shall perish from the swift...
_NEITHER SHALL HE STAND THAT HANDLETH THE BOW; AND HE THAT IS SWIFT OF FOOT SHALL NOT DELIVER HIMSELF: NEITHER SHALL HE THAT RIDETH THE HORSE DELIVER HIMSELF._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
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...
וְ תֹפֵ֤שׂ הַ קֶּ֨שֶׁת֙ לֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד וְ
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...
CHAPTER II....
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...
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,...
NEITHER SHALL HE STAND THAT HANDLETH THE BOW,.... That is, at some distance, and can make use of his instruments of war afar off; yet will not think it safe to stand his ground, but will betake himsel...
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. Ver. 15. _Neither shall he stand that...
_Behold I am pressed under you_ Your sins have quite tired out my patience, and I am weary with bearing them: compare Isaiah 43:24; Malachi 2:17. In this sense the clause is understood by the LXX. and...
neither shall he stand that handleth the bow, and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself, all his fleetness would not avail to carry him to safety; NEITHER SHALL HE THAT RIDETH THE HORSE D...
AGAINST ISRAEL...
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...
NEITHER SHALL HE STAND; though at distance from the enemies, yet shall not dare to keep his place. THAT HANDLETH THE BOW; much used in the wars of those times, and used by strong and valiant men, but...
Amos 2:15 stand H5975 (H8799) handles H8610 (H8802) bow H7198 swift H7031 foot H7272 escape H4422 ...
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 wi...
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...
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
_Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself._ EFFECT OF SIN ON THE SINNER We have here the supplement t...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:14 The SWIFT will not be able to run away from coming destruction, and the STRONG and MIGHTY warrior will not be able to withstand it....
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...
Psalms 33:16; Psalms 33:17...