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Verse Amos 3:5. _CAN A BIRD FALL IN A SNARE_] Can ye, as a sinful
people, fall into calamities which I have not appointed?
_SHALL_ ONE _TAKE UP A SNARE - AND HAVE TAKEN NOTHING_] Will the
_snare_ _b...
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CAN A BIRD FALL IN A SNARE - Again, the bird taken in the snare is the
image of those drawn down from heaven, where ‘our conversation is
Philippians 3:20 and the soul may rise free toward its God , “d...
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II. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES UNCOVERING
THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER 3
The First Discourse
_ 1. There is cause for judgment (Amos 3:1) _
2. The coming judgment visitation (Amos 3:9)
Amos 3:1...
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ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE PROPHET'S OBLIGATION. Amos, after
addressing the children of Israel, includes Judah by adding the whole
family, unless this is a gloss, as it may be, since the inclusio...
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SNARE. net. Hebrew. _phah_.
GIN. a snare, or trap. Gin is short for the Old French engin, which is
from Latin. _ingeninm;_ hence, something _ingenious._...
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Examples of sights, or sounds, from which the action of some proper or
sufficient cause may, in each case, be inferred....
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_THE LORD WILL PUNISH EVIL -- AMOS 3:4-6_ God wanted it understood
that there was a cause for the punishment that He would bring upon
Israel. The Lord would do this to Israel because of her transgress...
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CAN TWO WALK, &C.— The similies in these verses have the same
meaning, and they all tend to shew that calamities happen according to
the appointing, permissive, or suffering will of God; and that
prop...
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PENITENCE PROMOTEDREASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE THE LORD DOES NOT ROAR
WITHOUT CAUSE
TEXT: Amos 3:1-8
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Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel against the whole fam...
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Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?
shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at
all?
CAN A BIRD FALL IN A SNARE UPON THE EARTH WHERE NO GIN...
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THE FIRST ADDRESS
1-8. A call to attention.
9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful.
11-15. The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and
their palaces.
1. 'Race' would be...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 3
GOD WARNS ISRAEL’S PEOPLE
V1 People in Israel, listen to this message. The *Lord has spoken
against you.
This message...
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CAN A BIRD. — Better, _Does the snare rise up from the ground, and
take nothing at all?_” E.V. “take up” is due to ambiguity of the
Hebrew. The idea is that Israel “like a silly dove” is falling
into...
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הֲ תִפֹּ֤ל צִפֹּור֙ עַל ־פַּ֣ח הָ
אָ֔רֶץ וּ מֹוקֵ֖שׁ אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ הֲ
יַֽעֲלֶה ־פַּח֙...
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CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT
Amos 3:1 - Amos 4:3
WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It
is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by
the recurren...
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THE LORD'S WORD MUST COME TRUE
Amos 3:1-15
The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny
and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight
consequence are r...
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Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the
nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a
series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "H...
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(d) Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for
him? shall [one] take up a (e) snare from the earth, and have taken
nothing at all?
(d) Can anything come without God's providence...
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_Somewhat? When the prophet speaks, has he no reason? God shews that
he has sent him, by inflicting the punishments which he denounces._...
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The Lord is going on in his expostulations. He first shews, that by
Israel's revolt that sweet communion between the Lord and his people
was interrupted. Ca n two walk together except they be agreed?...
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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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The third similitude now follows, _Will a bird fall on the earth, he
says, without a fowler? _The Prophet means here that nothing happens
without being foreseen by God; for as nets are laid for birds,...
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After having specified each one of the nations that were found on the
territory promised to Abraham, God addresses Judah and Israel
together-the whole family whom He had brought up from Egypt. These
o...
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CAN A BIRD FALL IN A SNARE UPON THE EARTH, WHERE NO GIN [IS] FOR
HIM?.... No, there must be a snare set, or a bird can never be taken
in it; and that is done, not by chance, but with the design of the...
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Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him?
shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at
all?
Ver. 5. _Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth? &c...
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_Will a lion roar, &c., when he hath no prey?_ “Naturalists assert
that when the lion sees his prey, he roars before he rushes on it; and
that at this roaring many animals show great fear. He likewise...
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THE LORD READY TO PUNISH...
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1-8 The distinguishing favours of God to us, if they do not restrain
from sin, shall not exempt from punishment. They could not expect
communion with God, unless they first sought peace with him. Whe...
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A BIRD; a sparrow properly, one kind put for all sorts. FALL IN A
SNARE: these are taken by nets spread on the earth for that end, and
these nets are watched by the fowler, attending till the birds ar...
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Amos 3:5 bird H6833 fall H5307 (H8799) snare H6341 earth H776 trap
H4170 snare H6341 up H5927 (H8799) earth H127 caught H3920 (H8799)
nothing H3920 (H8800)
Ecclesiastes 9:12; Jeremiah 31:28;...
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THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YHWH AND HIS PEOPLE (AMOS 3:1).
The covenant relationship between YHWH and His people is revealed in
this carefully constructed passage in which there is constant
re...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos.
CONCLUSION: Judgment begins at the house of God. The nearer men are to
God in profession, and the kinder notice God has taken of t...
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Amos 3:1. _Against the whole family_ of the twelve tribes, _which I
brought up from Egypt._ It was a laborious work to make them hear. The
prophets did not confine their labours to local districts.
A...
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_You only have I known of all the families of the earth._
SIN IN THE HIGHLY-FAVOURED
This is shameful ingratitude. The honour and blessing conferred on the
Israelites gave the stain of ingratitude t...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 3:3 With a series of questions, Amos shows that
disaster is coming for Israel. In nature, certain sequences of events
lead to predictable outcomes. If a LION roars (vv. Amos 3:4, Amo...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
AMOS 3:3. TWO] The prophet and the Spirit of God. Israel did not
believe that _God_ threatened such denunciations by the prophets (ch.
Amos 6:1; Amos 1:7). Amos spoke because God com...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-CH. 6:14
Part II. THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND
ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT.
AMOS 3:1
_§ 1. First address: the prophet begins by showing Israel's
ingrat...
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Hear this word [Amos said] that the LORD hath spoken against you, O
children of Israel, and against the whole family (Amos 3:1)
So that would include Judah also.
which I brought up from the land of...
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Daniel 9:14; Ecclesiastes 9:12; Jeremiah 31:28...
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Can a bird fall — So here for your sins, God will cast the net over
you. Shall one take up a snare — The fowler will not take up the
snare, before the prey be taken in it....