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CHAPTER II
_The prophet goes on to declare the judgments of God against_
_Moab_, 1-3;
_against Judah_, 4, 5;
_and then against Israel, the particular object of his mission._
_He enumerates some o...
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MOAB - The relation of Moab to Israel is only accidentally different
from that of Ammon. One spirit actuated both, venting itself in one
and the same way, as occasion served, and mostly together (see...
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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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THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Amos 1:3.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.
THREE. FOUR. See note on Amos 1:3.
TRANSGRESSIONS. See note on Amos 1:3
MOAB. Compare...
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_because he burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime_ A mark of
unrelenting hate and vindictiveness: the Moabites pursued their fallen
adversary even into the rest of the grave; they not only vio...
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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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BECAUSE HE BURNED THE BONES, &C.— "That not even the ashes of the
bones might remain, or be distinguished from lime." See 2 Kings 3:27....
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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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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four,
I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the
bones of the king of Edom into lime:
FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS...
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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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II.
CURSE ON MOAB.
(1) Comp. Isaiah 15, 16, Isaiah 25:10, and Jeremiah 48 Translate
“burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.” The historical
reference is obscure. (See 2 Kings 3:26.) Whether Moa...
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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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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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_Ashes. Some think that he alludes to 4 Kings iii. 27., or rather to
some war, the ashes of the dead were disturbed. (Calmet) --- Both
these acts of inhumanity deserved severe punishment. (Worthington...
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CONTENTS
The same subject is continued here as occupied the former Chapter.
Moab is first reckoned with, and then Judah, and Israel....
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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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Now Amos prophesies here against the Moabites, and proclaims
respecting them what we have noticed respecting the other nations, —
that the Moabites were wholly perverse, that no repentance would be
ho...
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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 MOAB,.... Or the
Moabites, who descended from the eldest son of Lot, by one of his
daughters; and, though related, were great enemies to the Israelites...
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Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I
will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he burned the
bones of the king of Edom into lime:
Ver. 1. _For three trans...
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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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Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Moab, the nation
occupying the country east of the Dead Sea, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT
TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, being fully determined upon His...
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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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AMOS CHAPTER 2 God's judgments upon Moab, AMOS 2:1 upon Judah, AMOS
2:4,5, and upon Israel, AMOS 2:6. God complaineth of Israel's
ingratitude for past kindnesses, and threateneth them for it,...
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Amos 2:1 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588
Moab H4124 four H702 away H7725 ...
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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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_Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime._
BURNING THE BONES OF THE DEAD
Amos says that the Moabites were wholly perverse, that no repentance
would be hoped for, as they had added c...
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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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2 Kings 3:26; 2 Kings 3:9; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:13; Amos 1:3;...
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The bones — Or ashes, reduced them by fire into fine dust, and used
these ashes instead of lime to plaister the walls and roofs of his
palace, and this in hatred and contempt of the king of Edom....