Amos 2:1-8

1 Thus says the LORD: ¹"For three transgressions of ²Moab, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,^[a] because ³he burned to lime the bones of the king of Edom.

2 So I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the strongholds of ⁴Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, amid shouting and the sound of the trumpet;

3 ⁵I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill ⁶all its princes^[b] with him," says the LORD.

Judgment on Judah

4 Thus says the LORD: ⁷"For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because ⁸they have rejected the law of the LORD, and have not kept his statutes, but ⁹their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.

5 So ¹⁰I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem."

Judgment on Israel

6 Thus says the LORD: ¹¹"For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because ¹²they sell the righteous for ¹³silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals--

7 those who trample the head of the poor ¹⁴into the dust of the earth and ¹⁵turn aside the way of the afflicted; ¹⁶a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned;

8 they lay themselves down beside every altar on garments ¹⁷taken in pledge, and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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Amos 2:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 2

In this chapter the prophet foretells the calamities that should come upon the Moabites for their transgressions, Am 2:1-3; and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem for their iniquities, Am 2:4,5; also the judgments of God that should come upon Israel the ten tribes for their sins, which sins are enumerated; their oppression of the poor, their lewdness and idolatry, Am 2:6-8; and which are aggravated by the blessings of goodness bestowed upon them, both temporal and spiritual, Am 2:9-12; wherefore they are threatened with ruin, which would be inevitable, notwithstanding their swiftness, strength, and courage, and their skill in shooting arrows, and riding horses, Am 2:13-16.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 17

1. [See ch. 1:3 above] [2 Kings 3:27]
2. Zephaniah 2:8, 9; See Isaiah 15
3. [See ch. 1:3 above] [2 Kings 3:27]
4. Jeremiah 48:24, 41
5. [Jeremiah 48:7]
6. [Jeremiah 48:7]
7. See Amos 1:3
8. Leviticus 26:14, 15; Nehemiah 1:7; Ezek. 20:13, 16, 24; [Daniel 9:11]
9. Jeremiah 16:19, 20; Romans 1:25
10. Jeremiah 17:27; Hosea 8:14
11. [See ver. 4 above]
12. [Leviticus 25:39; 2 Kings 4:1]
13. Amos 8:6
14. Lamentations 2:10
15. Amos 5:12; Job 24:4; Isaiah 10:2
16. [1 Corinthians 5:1]; See Ezekiel 22:11
17. See Exodus 22:26

Footnotes 2

[a]. Hebrew I will not turn it back; also verses 4, 6
[b]. Or officials

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