17+ Amos Chapter 2 Explained

Amos brought a message of judgment. We now at length come to the words which Amos saw concerning Israel.

Amos 2 Commentary Old Testament Matthew Henry St Takla Org

Amos 21 Thus saith the LORD.

. For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not turn away its punishment Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. And you can see as you read the book of Amos that Amos represents God as lion and saviour wrathful and merciful. They pervert the judgment of the poor man so that he will be compelled to sell his field that he had between the fields of the judges and this one seeks an opportunity and takes it for a.

2 So I will send fire. For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof. 21 The literary judgment formula of chapter one continues through chapter two cf.

Amos 2 In this chapter I. Once the king of Edom fell into the hands of the king of Moab and they. For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof.

In a few similes drawn from daily life the prophet answers objections which break the force of his threatenings and establishes his right to prophesy. Yet destroyed I the Amorite Here follow general heads of Gods mercies to them and the great things he had done for them. Bringing them out of Egypt.

Commentary on Amos 29-16 Read Amos 29-16 We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received. And friends the very fact that God sends. Because he burned the bones of the.

The words might be taken to. But they here as in Amos 29 stand for all the. Thus says the LORD.

Amos 2 Judgment on Gods People A. 1 Thus saith the Lord. The reproofs and threatenings having walked the round here they centre here they settle.

Biblical Text Thus says the Lord For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not revoke its punishment Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. The first two chapters of Amos describe the judgment of the LORD first against Gentile nations then against Judah and. Moab These were also relatives of the Israelis through Lot cf.

Verses 7-9 recount a vision of doom for Israel that. Amos 77-17 describes two episodes in the prophetic career of Amos set in the northern kingdom of Israel around 750 BCE. For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not turn away the punishment thereof.

He represents him perfectly. Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. This is a study guide commentary which means that you are responsible for.

To possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah. Which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. Thus saith the LORD.

The LORD roars from Zion. Judgment on Moab and Judah. 1-3 The word of the LORD against Moab.

This series of judgments Amos 13-216 is not a collection of separate oracles assembled and pieced together by some editor or redactor from some undetermined period. He begins with them.