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Verse Amos 2:3. _I WILL CUT OFF THE JUDGE_] It shall be so destroyed,
that it shall never more have any _form of government_. The _judge_
here, שופטים _shophet_, may signify the chief magistrate. The...
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AND I WILL CUT OFF THE JUDGE - The title “judge” (shophet) is
nowhere used absolutely of a king. Holy Scripture speaks in several
places of “all the judges of the earth” Job 9:24; Psalms 2:10;
Psalms...
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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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MOAB. With Moab the prophet concludes his list of Israel's foes. When
Israel arrived on the E. of the Jordan, the Moabites inhabited the
high tableland E. of the Dead Sea, whither they had been driven...
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JUDGE. sceptre-holder (Numbers 24:17).
THE MIDST THEREOF. her midst. Feminine. to agree with _'erez_
(understood). the midst of her [land]....
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_the judge_ Why is the _judge_mentioned rather than, as would
naturally be expected, the king? One answer is that Moab was at this
time subject to Jeroboam II., and hence there was no -king" of Moab,...
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Amos 2:1 . MOAB. The Moabites inhabited the elevated and fertile
table-land (Heb. _Mîshôr_, "level plain," Deuteronomy 3:10 &c.), on
the east of the Dead Sea. By the Israelites, the deep chasm formed...
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_THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF MOAB -- AMOS 2:1-3:_ The fact that Moab had
gone on committing one sin after another caused God to pronounce
judgment upon that nation. The Moabites were also descendants of Lot...
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I WILL CUT OFF THE JUDGE— "I will so destroy this nation, that there
shall not be in it king, governor, or chief." For the name of _judge_
is here used for all in authority. Compare this prediction wi...
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PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSMOAB
TEXT: Amos 2:1-3
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Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I
will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned t...
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay
all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
AND I WILL CUT OFF THE JUDGE - the chief magistrate (Shophet:
answering to the S...
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JUDGE, SCEPTRE-HOLDER (Amos 1:5), KING (Amos 1:15), are all
practically identical in meaning.
4, 5. The surrounding nations are charged with violations of the law
written in the heart, Judah with offe...
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THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULD
FOLLOW
1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of
Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.'
HERDM...
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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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וְ הִכְרַתִּ֥י שֹׁופֵ֖ט מִ
קִּרְבָּ֑הּ וְ כָל
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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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JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSO
Amos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5
_Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel;
perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and
more invet...
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The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book.
Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest
from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations a...
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_Judge, ruler, or head, shall be no more._...
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We have some account of Moab's cruelty, for which the Lord is here
bringing him to accounts 2 Kings 3:26. It is worthy observation, and I
take occasion to remark it in this place, in the Lord's disple...
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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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He finally adds, _And I will cut off the judge from the midst of her,
and will slay her princes, saith Jehovah. _God here declares, that the
kingdom of the Moabites and the people shall be no more; fo...
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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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AND I WILL CUT OFF THE JUDGE FROM THE MIDST THEREOF,.... Either from
the midst of Moab, the country in general; or from Kerioth in
particular, so Kimchi; meaning their principal governor, their king,...
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And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all
the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Ver. 3. _And I will cut off the judge_] _i.e._ the king, who
sometimes sits himsel...
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_For three transgressions of Moab_ Moab and Ammon being nearly
related, (see Genesis 19:37,) and bordering upon each other, they are
usually joined together in the threatenings of the prophets. _Becau...
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and I will cut off the judge, all the magistrates, FROM THE MIDST
THEREOF AND WILL SLAY ALL THE PRINCES THEREOF WITH HIM, SAITH THE
LORD, so that Moab would cease to exist as a nation. This came to pa...
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AGAINST MOAB AND JUDAH...
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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 reck...
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I WILL CUT OFF, by the sword of the enemy, the judge; the governor, i.
e. every one of them; the singular being put for the plural, to
intimate the destruction of all of them. FROM THE MIDST THEREOF;...
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Amos 2:3 off H3772 (H8689) judge H8199 (H8802) midst H7130 slay H2026
(H8799) princes H8269 Says...
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6). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON MOAB (AMOS 2:1).
Unlike the remainder Moab are not condemned for any action against
God's people. Rather they are condemned for their deliberate
desecration of the bones of the...
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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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_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, opens...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:1 MOAB was Ammon’s neighbor to the south,
perhaps included here because Moab and Ammon were both descended from
Lot through his daughters (Genesis 19:37
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CRITICAL NOTES.] BONES] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insult
to the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliance
with Jehoshaphat and Jehoram (2 Kings 3:9).
AMOS 2:2. KIR.] A...
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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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The judge — The governor that is, every one of them....