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Verse Amos 2:12. _BUT YE GAVE THE NAZARITES WINE_] This was expressly
forbidden in the laws of their institution. See Numbers 6:1.
_PROPHESY NOT._] They would not worship God, and they would not hear...
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BUT YE GAVE THE NAZARITES WINE TO DRINK - Literally, “and,” (this,
on their part, was the consequence of what God did for them) “ye
caused the Nazarites to drink wine.” God appointed; Israel strove to...
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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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YE GAVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3).
App-92....
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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 ingratitude shewn by Israel, in thus dishonouring its Lord and
Benefactor....
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Further marks of God's favour. He had not only bestowed on them
material blessings; He had provided also for their moral and spiritual
needs: He had raised up among them prophets to declare His will,...
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But the Israelites had refused to respect either. They had tempted the
Nazirites to break their vow; and had striven to silence the prophets.
YE SHALL NOT PROPHESY] Cf. 1 Kings 22:13-28 (Micaiah); Amo...
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_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...
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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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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets,
saying, Prophesy not.
BUT YE GAVE THE NAZARITES WINE TO DRINK - ye so despised these my
favours as to tempt the Nazarite to bre...
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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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TEMAN was the name of a city and district of EDOM, 15 m. from Petra.
The ruins of BOZRAH are 4 m. SE. of the Dead Sea.
13.Judges 11 and Jeremiah 49:1 show how eager the AMMONITES were to
'enlarge thei...
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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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God added to the mercies of His providence, the transcendent blessings
of special revelation. The prophets of Israel were numerous, and
renowned, and exposed to frequent persecution, _e.g.,_ the cases...
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וַ תַּשְׁק֥וּ אֶת ־הַ נְּזִרִ֖ים
יָ֑יִן וְ
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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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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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_GIVING WINE TO THE NAZARITE_
‘But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink.’
Amos 2:12
Let us ascertain, as well as we can, what lessons it may be calculated
to convey to persons situated as you and I...
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But it now follows, _Ye have to the Nazarites quaffed wine, and on the
Prophets ye have laid a command, that they should not prophesy _God
complains here that the service which he had instituted had b...
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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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BUT YE GAVE THE NAZARITES WINE TO DRINK,.... Contrary to their vow and
calling, and in contempt of it, and to make them like themselves; they
either persuaded them, or forced them to it:
AND COMMANDE...
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets,
saying, Prophesy not.
Ver. 12. _But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink_] _Opponit iam
Propheta pessimam gratiam,_ saith Gualther....
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_I raised up your sons for prophets_ Such were Moses, Joshua, Samuel,
and many others; _and of your young men for Nazarites_ Who, by
devoting themselves to my service in a peculiar manner, and by
obse...
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But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink, contrary to the command of
the Lord, Cf Numbers 6:2, AND COMMANDED THE PROPHETS, SAYING, PROPHESY
NOT; they refused to hear the words which the Lord told them...
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AGAINST ISRAEL...
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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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BUT YE, for whose benefit both Nazarites and prophets were raised, you
who should have heard their word, and imitated their example, GAVE THE
NAZARITES WINE; importuned, urged, or it may be (as is the...
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Amos 2:12 Nazirites H5139 wine H3196 drink H8248 (H8686) commanded
H6680 (H8765) prophets H5030 saying H559 ...
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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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_And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for
Nazarites._
DIVINE APPOINTMENTS AND THEIR FRUSTRATION
The sin and folly of their conduct is manifest when we consider--
I. The a...
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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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Ye gave — Importuned them to drink wine, to violate their vow, and
contemn God's law....