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Amos 2:3-13

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3 "I will also cut off the 1judge from her midst And slay all her 2princes with him," says the LORD.
4 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of 3Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 4rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their 5lies also have led them astray, Those after which their 6fathers walked.
5 "So I will 7send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."
6 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of 8Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they 9sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.
7 "These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the 10helpless Also 11turn aside the way of the humble; And a 12man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.
8 "On garments 13taken as pledges they stretch out beside 14every altar, And in the house of their God they 15drink the wine of those who have been fined.
9 "Yet it was I who destroyed the 16Amorite before * them, Though his 17height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his 18fruit above * and his root below *.
10 "It was I who 19brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness 20forty years That you might take possession of the land of the 21Amorite.
11 "Then I 22raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be 23Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD.
12 "But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You 24shall not prophesy!'
13 "Behold, I am 25weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.
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Amos 2:3-13 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
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Cross References 25

  • 1. Psalms 2:10; Psalms 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; Amos 6:12
  • 2. Job 12:21; Isaiah 40:23
  • 3. 2 Kings 17:19; Hosea 12:2; Amos 3:2
  • 4. Judges 2:17-20; 2 Kings 22:11-17; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 8:9
  • 5. Isaiah 9:15, 16; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 16:19; Habakkuk 2:18
  • 6. Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
  • 7. Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Hosea 8:14
  • 8. 2 Kings 18:11, 12
  • 9. Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; Amos 8:6
  • 10. Amos 8:4; Micah 2:2, 9
  • 11. Amos 5:12
  • 12. Hosea 4:14
  • 13. Exodus 22:26
  • 14. Amos 3:14
  • 15. Amos 4:1; Amos 6:6
  • 16. Numbers 21:23-25; Joshua 10:12
  • 17. Numbers 13:32
  • 18. Ezekiel 17:9; Malachi 4:1
  • 19. Exodus 12:51; Exodus 20:2; Amos 3:1; Amos 9:7
  • 20. Deuteronomy 2:7
  • 21. Exodus 3:8
  • 22. Deuteronomy 18:18; Jeremiah 7:25
  • 23. Numbers 6:2, 3; Judges 13:5
  • 24. Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 11:21; Amos 7:13, 16; Micah 2:6
  • 25. Isaiah 1:14

Footnotes 9

  • [a] Or "executive officer"
  • [b] Or "false gods"
  • [c] Or "trample" or, "snap at the head of the helpless on the dust"
  • [d] Lit "go"
  • [e] Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute
  • [f] Lit "Whose height"
  • [g] Lit "To possess"
  • [h] Or "tottering"
  • [i] Or "totters"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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