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ALSO I - (Literally, “And I,” I, emphatic; thus and thus did ye to
Me; and thus and thus, with all the mercy from the first, did I to
you,) I brought you up from the land of Egypt It is this language...
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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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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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_Also I brought you up_, &c. as before, "And _I_(emph.)" &c. The
providential guidance in the wilderness is instanced as a further
motive to obedience, the appeal to it being made the more forcible an...
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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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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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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years
through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
ALSO I BROUGHT YOU UP FROM ... EGYPT - "brought up" is the phrase,...
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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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FORTY YEARS. — The forty years’ wandering was a punishment for
fickleness and cowardice, but during the incidence of this judgment,
of which we have only one or two events recorded in the Book of
Numb...
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וְ אָנֹכִ֛י הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵ
אֶ֣רֶץ מִ
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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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He afterwards subjoins, _I have made you to ascend from the land of
Egypt; I have made you to walk in the desert for forty years, in order
to possess the land of the Amorite. _The circumstances here s...
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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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ALSO I BROUGHT YOU UP FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Where they were bond
slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and unable to help
themselves; but the Lord wrought deliverance for them, and broug...
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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years
through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
Ver. 10. _Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt_] Which lies
l...
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Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, by the deliverance to
which the prophets point time and again, Exodus 12:51, AND LED YOU
FORTY YEARS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS TO POSSESS THE LAND OF THE AMO...
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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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You did not rescue yourselves out of the hands of your enemies, I did
in mere mercy with a mighty arm save and rescue you, and brought you
up from the land of Egypt, where you were oppressed servants,...
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Amos 2:10 up H5927 (H8689) land H776 Egypt H4714 led H3212 (H8686)
forty H705 years H8141 wilderness...
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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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_Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the
height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks._
SIN AS INGRATITUDE
These verses form a graphic resume of the great benefits w...
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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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Acts 13:18; Acts 7:42; Deuteronomy 1:20; Deuteronomy 1:21; Deute