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CHAPTER III
_This chapter begins with reproving the twelve tribes in_
_general_, 1, 2;
_and then particularly the kingdom of Israel, whose capital was_
_Samaria. Thee prophet assures them that, wh...
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Amos, like Hosea, rebukes Israel directly, Judah indirectly. He had
warned each nation separately. Now, ere he concentrates himself on
Israel, he sums up what he had before said to Judah and in the Pe...
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II. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES UNCOVERING
THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER 3
The First Discourse
_ 1. There is cause for judgment (Amos 3:1) _
2. The coming judgment visitation (Amos 3:9)
Amos 3:1...
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ISRAEL'S RESPONSIBILITY AND THE PROPHET'S OBLIGATION. Amos, after
addressing the children of Israel, includes Judah by adding the whole
family, unless this is a gloss, as it may be, since the inclusio...
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THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4.
CHILDREN. sons. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aram,
and Septuagint, read "house". Either reading shows that these Chapter
s relate to the twelve-tr...
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_the whole family_ The expression used includes naturally Judah,
though, as the context shews, Amos is practically thinking only of
Israel. For _family_, used in the sense of a whole people, cf. Amos...
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_JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL -- AMOS 3:1-3:_ God had
brought the family of Israel out of bondage in Egypt. Now God's
judgment would be poured out against His own people because of their
tr...
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HEAR THIS WORD— This is a continuation of the discourse in the
preceding chapter. After having denounced upon the Israelites of the
ten tribes the evils there recorded, Amos here speaks to the whole
r...
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PENITENCE PROMOTEDREASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE THE LORD DOES NOT ROAR
WITHOUT CAUSE
TEXT: Amos 3:1-8
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Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel against the whole fam...
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Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of
Egypt, saying,
HEAR THIS WORD ... O CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AGAI...
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THE FIRST ADDRESS
1-8. A call to attention.
9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful.
11-15. The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and
their palaces.
1. 'Race' would be...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 3
GOD WARNS ISRAEL’S PEOPLE
V1 People in Israel, listen to this message. The *Lord has spoken
against you.
This message...
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CHILDREN OF ISRAEL rather than “house of Israel” is a phrase not
so usual in Amos. Hence in many MSS. the latter phrase is substituted.
There is, however, significance in the former, as Amos addresses...
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שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת ־הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֗ה
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
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CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT
Amos 3:1 - Amos 4:3
WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It
is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by
the recurren...
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THE LORD'S WORD MUST COME TRUE
Amos 3:1-15
The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny
and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight
consequence are ri...
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Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the
nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a
series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "H...
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_Family, including all the posterity of Jacob. (Worthington) --- He
afterwards addresses the ten tribes in particular. (St. Jerome)
(Calmet)_...
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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 wished doubtless by these words to confirm his own
authority, for he saw that his doctrine was regarded with contempt:
and it is probable that the words recited here were not only once
del...
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After having specified each one of the nations that were found on the
territory promised to Abraham, God addresses Judah and Israel
together-the whole family whom He had brought up from Egypt. These
o...
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HEAR THIS WORD THAT THE LORD HATH SPOKEN AGAINST YOU, O CHILDREN OF
ISRAEL,.... The prophecy against Israel begins in the preceding
chapter, where notice is taken of their sins, at least some of them,...
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Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of
Egypt, saying,
Ver. 1. _Hear this word that the Lord hath spok...
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_Hear this word against the whole family_, &c. All that family of
which Jacob, or Israel, was the head. The word _family_ is equivalent
to _people_ here and in the following verse. _You only have I kn...
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Hear this word that the Lord hath spoken against you, O children of
Israel, all the descendants of Jacob being here addressed, AGAINST THE
WHOLE FAMILY WHICH I BROUGHT UP FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT, by th...
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THE LORD READY TO PUNISH...
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1-8 The distinguishing favours of God to us, if they do not restrain
from sin, shall not exempt from punishment. They could not expect
communion with God, unless they first sought peace with him. Whe...
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AMOS CHAPTER 3 The necessity of God's judgment against Israel, AMOS
3:1. The publication of it, with the causes thereof, AMOS 3:9. HEAR,
with ear and mind, consider it well, for this is to hear indeed...
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Amos 3:1 Hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 spoken H1696 (H8765)
children H1121 Israel H3478 fam
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THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YHWH AND HIS PEOPLE (AMOS 3:1).
The covenant relationship between YHWH and His people is revealed in
this carefully constructed passage in which there is constant
re...
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THE INEVITABILITY OF JUDGMENT, BOTH BECAUSE OF WHAT YHWH IS, AND
BECAUSE HE WILL ACT (AMOS 3:1).
Following up on the idea in Amos 2:9 Amos commences this section of
his prophecy (introduced by ‘hear t...
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WHOLE FAMILY
The language here, and the expression "house of Jacob," (Amos 3:13)
evidently gives the prophecy a wider application than to "Israel," the
ten-tribe northern kingdom, though the judgment...
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CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos.
CONCLUSION: Judgment begins at the house of God. The nearer men are to
God in profession, and the kinder notice God has taken of t...
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Amos 3:1. _Against the whole family_ of the twelve tribes, _which I
brought up from Egypt._ It was a laborious work to make them hear. The
prophets did not confine their labours to local districts.
Am...
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_You only have I known of all the families of the earth._
SIN IN THE HIGHLY-FAVOURED
This is shameful ingratitude. The honour and blessing conferred on the
Israelites gave the stain of ingratitude to...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 3:1 HEAR THIS WORD introduces the first three
messages against Israel (Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1
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CRITICAL NOTES.] HEAR] Cf. beginning of chaps. 5 & 6, indicating this
chap. to be one whole address. WHOLE] Though the ten tribes
threatened, yet all Israel are concerned and warned.
AMOS 3:2. KNOWN]...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-CH. 6:14
Part II. THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND
ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT.
AMOS 3:1
§ 1.
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Hear this word [Amos said] that the LORD hath spoken against you, O
children of Israel, and against the whole family (Amos 3:1)
So that would include Judah also.
which I brought up from the land of...
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2 Chronicles 20:15; Amos 2:10; Ezekiel 37:16; Ezekiel 37:17; Hosea 4:1