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Verse Amos 2:7. Amos 2:6....
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THAT PANT AFTER THE DUST OF THE EARTH - Literally, “the panters!”
with indignation. Not content with having rent from him the little
hereditary property which belonged to each Israelite, these credito...
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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
bones of the king of Edom. “Moab burned the bones of t...
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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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PANT. crush. Hebrew. _shaaph_, _A Homonymyn,_ meaning (1) to gasp or
long for (Job 7:2; Job 36:20; Psalms 119:131.Ecclesiastes 1:5.Jeremiah
2:24; Jeremiah 2:24); (2) to crush (like _shuph_. n. Genesis...
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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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_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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THAT PANT, &C.— _That stamp upon, or tread upon the heads of the
poor, in the dust of the earth,_ &c. Houbigant....
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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...
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and
turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in
unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
THAT PANT AFTER T...
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2:7 after (a-2) Or, 'they who pant after.'...
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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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DUST OF THE EARTH ON THE HEAD OF THE POOR. — Can only mean, as Ewald
and Keil interpret: they long to see the poor reduced to such distress
that dust is thrown on their heads in token of grief. The me...
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הַ שֹּׁאֲפִ֤ים עַל ־עֲפַר ־אֶ֨רֶץ֙
בְּ רֹ֣אשׁ דַּלִּ֔ים וְ דֶ֥רֶךְ
עֲנָוִ֖ים יַטּ֑וּ וְ אִ֣ישׁ...
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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 w...
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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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That pant after the (e) dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and
turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in
unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:
(e) When they...
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_Humble, provoking him to anger. --- Name. Such incests caused
infidels to blaspheme, Leviticus xviii. 8. (Calmet) --- They must be
punished with severity. (Worthington)_...
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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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Here Amos charges them first with insatiable avarice; they panted for
the heads of the poor on the dust of the earth. This place is in my
judgment not well understood. שאף, _shaph, _means to pant and...
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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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THAT PANT AFTER THE DUST OF THE EARTH ON THE HEAD OF THE POOR,....
Either were greedy after money, the dust of the earth, and even that
small portion of it the poor were possessed of; they could not b...
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and
turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in
unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:
Ver. 7. _That pan...
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_For three transgressions of Israel_ Amos, having first prophesied
against the Syrians, Philistines, &c., who dwelt in the neighbourhood
of the twelve tribes, and who had occasionally become their ene...
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AGAINST ISRAEL...
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MAID:
Or, young woman...
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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 recko...
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THAT PANT AFTER THE DUST OF THE EARTH ON THE HEAD OF THE POOR; or
swallow up, as the word is most frequently turned by our interpreters;
and so perhaps more plainly is their cruelty and violence set f...
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Amos 2:7 pant H7602 (H8802) dust H6083 earth H776 head H7218 poor
H1800 pervert H5186 (H8686) way H1870 humble H6035 man H376 father H1
go H3212 (H8799) girl H5291 defile H2490 (H8763) holy H6944 name...
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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...
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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 repeated against five nations, marking the...
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_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, open...
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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 had been shown
in the hir...
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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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1 Corinthians 5:1; 1 Kings 21:4; 2 Samuel 12:14; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:12;
Ezekiel 22:11; Ezekiel 36:20; Isaiah 10:2; Leviticus 18:15; Leviticus
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The people — That make a prey even of the poor afflicted ones, who
walk with dust on their heads. Turn aside — Maliciously interpret
the actions, words, and designs of the humble and meek. Will go in...