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Verse Amos 2:6. _FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL, C._] To be
satisfied of the exceeding delinquency of this people, we have only to
open the historical and prophetic books in any part for the whole...
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FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL, AND FOR FOUR - In Israel, on whom
the divine sentence henceforth rests, the prophet numbers four classes
of sins, running into one another, as all sins do, since al...
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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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THEY SOLD. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:39; Deuteronomy
15:12). App-92,. Hebrew might sell himself, but not his brother or an
insolvent debtor 2 Kings 4:1;...
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_sold the righteous for sliver_ The venal Israelitish judges, for a
bribe, pronounced the innocent guilty, i.e. -sold" them for a
consideration to any one whose advantage it might be to have them
cond...
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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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BECAUSE THEY SOLD THE RIGHTEOUS— That is to say, they received the
money as a bribe, to condemn the just; and for a little paltry
gain,—for a pair of sandals, they sacrificed the interests and the
cau...
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PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSISRAEL
TEXT: Amos 2:6-8
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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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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for
four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold
the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
FO...
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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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CURSE ON ISRAEL.
(6) TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL. — The storm of Divine threatening
which had swept over the whole political horizon gathers, at last,
over Israel. The sins and ingratitude of the people...
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כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙
פִּשְׁעֵ֣י...
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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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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of (c) Israel, and for
four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold
the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of (d) sho...
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_Just man. Joseph, (Rupert) or our Saviour, (Sanctius) or any other.
The expression is proverbial, Ezechiel xiii. 19. (Calmet) --- Israel
contemned the law, and adopted the abominations of all. (Worth...
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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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The Prophet here assails the Israelites, to whom he had been sent, as
we have said at the beginning. He now omits every reference to other
nations; for his business was with the Israelites to whom he...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL,.... The ten
tribes rent from the house of David in the times of Rehoboam, and who
departed from the true worship of God, and set up calves at D...
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the
righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Ver...
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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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Thus saith the Lord, now turning at last to the people of the northern
kingdom among whom Amos was laboring, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF
ISRAEL, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THERE...
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AGAINST ISRAEL...
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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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_ For three transgressions_: see AMOS 1:3. ISRAEL; the kingdom of the
ten tribes, under the government of Jeroboam the Second at this time,
against which the prophet was chiefly sent, though he began...
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Amos 2:6 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588
Israel H3478 four H702 away H7725 ...
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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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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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_For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn
away the punishment thereof._
NATIONAL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS
I. God is the sole and righteous governor of the world. Not simply of
Israel...
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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 2:6 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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Shoes — The smallest bribe, exprest here proverbially....