Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Amos 2:16
Verse Amos 2:16. Shall flee away naked] In some cases the alarm shall be in the night; and even the most heroic shall start from his bed, and through terror not wait to put on his clothes.
Verse Amos 2:16. Shall flee away naked] In some cases the alarm shall be in the night; and even the most heroic shall start from his bed, and through terror not wait to put on his clothes.
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...
COURAGEOUS. stout in heart. App-92. NAKED: or, armourless....
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...
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...
_courageous_ lit. _strong_(cognate with _strengthen, Amos 2:14) of his heart:_cf. Psalms 27:14; Psalms 31:24 ("Be firm; and let thy (your) heart shew strength," i.e. let it take courage). _Mighty_, as...
_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...
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. AND HE TH...
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 אַמִּ֥יץ לִבֹּ֖ו בַּ † גִּבֹּורִ֑ים עָרֹ֛ום...
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...
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,...
AND [HE THAT IS] COURAGEOUS AMONG THE MIGHTY,.... Or "strong in his heart" b; one that is of a great heart, famous for courage and bravery, that excels in it among the mighty; the most valiant soldier...
And [he that is] courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. Ver. 16. _And he that is courageous_] Heb. strong of his heart, a _Coeur de Lion,_ as one of our kings...
_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...
And he that is courageous among the mighty, among the champions of the army, SHALL FLEE AWAY NAKED IN THAT DAY, leaving behind the very garment by which the enemy seizes him, SAITH THE LORD. This thre...
AGAINST ISRAEL...
COURAGEOUS: _ Heb._ strong of his heart...
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...
This verse is not a bare repetition of what he had said before, to confirm it, but he doth foretell an inevitable ruin to those who were the most likely to escape, and a most shameful manner of flight...
Amos 2:16 courageous H533 H3820 might H1368 flee H5127 (H8799) naked H6174 day H3117 Says H5002 ...
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...
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...
2 Kings 7:8; Jeremiah 48:41; Judges 4:17; Mark 14:52...