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Verse Amos 1:9. _TYRUS_] See an ample description of this place, and
of its desolation and final ruin, in the notes on Ezekiel 26:1.
_THE BROTHERLY COVENANT_] This possibly refers to the very friend...
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The last crowning sin, for which judgment is pronounced on Tyre, is
the same as that of Philistia, and probably was enacted in concert
with it. In Tyre, there was this aggravation, that it was a viola...
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ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS
I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL
CHAPTER 1
_ 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1) _
2. Damascus (Amos 1:3)
3. Philistia (Amos 1:6)
4. Tyre ...
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AMOS 1:9 F. ON TYRE. Possibly an exilic or post-exilic insertion. The
mention of the Phœ nicians would not evoke such hostile feelings, but
they too had repeatedly perpetrated crimes that called aloud...
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TYRUS. Now _es Sur_. See notes on Isaiah 23.Jeremiah 25:22; Jeremiah
47:4. Also Eze 26-28. Joel 3:4;...
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TYRE, the great commercial city of the North, next receives her doom
from the prophet's lips. Tyre, as the most important of the Phoenician
cities, is taken as representing Phoenicia generally. For d...
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_TRANSGRESSIONS OF TYRUS AND EDOM -- AMOS 1:9-12:_ The Lord promises
to punish Tyrus or Phoenicia for countless sins or transgressions.
Nations that live beside each other must be brotherly in order t...
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PUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE HEATHEN NATIONSGAZA AND TYRE
TEXT: Amos 1:6-10
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Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Gaza, yea, for four, I
will not turn away the punishment thereof; because t...
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up
the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brothe...
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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_
ABOUT THIS BOOK
WHEN AMOS LIVED
Amos came from Tekoa, about 12 miles south of Jerusalem. He was a
*shepherd and he looked after...
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CURSE ON TYRUS.
(9) THE BROTHERLY COVENANT. — The _“covenant of brethren_”
(margin) was the league made between Hiram and David, and afterwards
between Hiram and Solomon (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1; 1...
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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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OUTSIDE NATIONS SHALL SUFFER JUDGMENT
Amos 1:1-10
Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring
peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear
the approach of Go...
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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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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four,
I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered
up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the (k) b...
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_Brethren; for Edom and the Jews sprung from the same stock. Some
think that he alludes to the alliance of the king of Tyre and David.
But that had long ceased, and was not agreeable to the law; (Exod...
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The conduct of Tyre was base towards Israel, and now Tyrus comes to be
reckoned with. The breach of the brotherly covenant, seems to have an
allusion to the friendly compact which had been made betwee...
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The Chapter closeth with the judgment of the children of Ammon; and a
solemn one it is. When the Lord comes to reckon with his enemies, how
tremendous his judgments are!
REFLECTIONS
READER! we shall...
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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 uses nearly the same words respecting Tyrus which he did respecting
Gaza, and charges it with the same sin, which was that of removing the
Jews from their country, as refugees and exiles, into Idum...
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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 TYRUS,.... Or Tyre, a
very ancient city in Palestine; of which
Isaiah 23:1;
AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY [THE PUNISHMENT] THEREOF;
Amos 1:3;...
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four,
I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered
up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the broth...
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Amos 1:6-13. The injuriousness and cruelty of the Philistines,
Tyrians, and Edomites, towards the children of Israel, that is here
spoken of, and for which God's judgments are, by the prophet,
denounc...
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_For three transgressions of Tyrus_, &c. This prediction is probably
to be understood of the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar, as
foretold by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel: see the margin. _Becau...
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AGAINST TYRE, EDOM, AND AMMON...
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Thus saith the Lord, the individual announcements coming with a
special reference to the inspired nature of their contents, FOR THREE
TRANSGRESSIONS OF TYRE, the great metropolis and seaport of Phoeni...
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THE BROTHERLY COVENANT:
_ Heb._ the covenant of brethren...
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The prophet having foretold the destruction of the Syrians and the
Philistines, for their inhumanity and barbarous cruelty against the
Jews, he doth now in the same manner and words foretell the
destr...
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Amos 1:9 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588
Tyre H6865 four H702 away H7725 ...
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3). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON TYRE (AMOS 1:9).
Israel's third most dangerous enemy was Tyre. They had in the past had
a close treaty relationship with Israel (e.g. under David, Solomon and
Ahab. See 2 Samuel...
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CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon surrounding peoples Syria, Tyre,
Edom, Ammon.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Uzziah, Jeroboam, Hazael, Benhadad.
CONCLUSION: The God of Israel is the God of all the earth...
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Amos 1:1. _The words of Amos,_ written with his own hand. He does not
name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was
himself _among the herdmen of Tekoa,_ a small city twelve miles s...
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_I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the
palaces thereof._
THE DIVINE JUDGMENT ON TYRE
To follow out the accomplishment of the prophecies respecting Tyre,
under the conduct of...
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AMOS 1:2 Oracles of Judgment. Amos delivers a series of messages from
God showing that neither Israel’s neighbors (Amos 1:2) nor Israel
herself (Amos 2:6) can es
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 1:9 TYRE was northwest of Israel, on the
Mediterranean coast. With its fine harbor and easily defended island
fortress, it dominated the sea trade of the eastern Mediterranean (see...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Amos 1:9. Tyrus] The crime here is sale of prisoners, like the
preceding, to Edom; a violation of the covenant of David and Solomon
with the king of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1;...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-CH. 2:16
PART I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT.
VERSE 1-CH. 2:3
_§ 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to
judgment._
AMOS 1:1, AMOS 1:2
Heading o
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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 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 9:11; 2 Chronicles 2:8; 2 Samuel 5:11; Amos 1:
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The brotherly covenant — Which was between Hiram on the one part,
and David and Solomon on the other....