Amos 2:1-11

Judgment on Judah and Israel

1 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of ¹Moab and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he ²burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime.

2 "So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of ³Kerioth; And Moab will die amid ⁴tumult, With war cries and the sound of a trumpet.

3 "I will also cut off the ⁵judge from her midst And slay all her ⁶princes with him," says the LORD.

4 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of ⁷Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ⁸rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their ⁹lies also have led them astray, Those after which their ¹⁰fathers walked.

5 "So I will ¹¹send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem."

6 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of ¹²Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they ¹³sell 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 ¹⁴helpless Also ¹⁵turn aside the way of the humble; And a ¹⁶man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.

8 "On garments ¹⁷taken as pledges they stretch out beside ¹⁸every altar, And in the house of their God they ¹⁹drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 "Yet it was I who destroyed the ²⁰Amorite before * them, Though his ²¹height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his ²²fruit above * and his root below *.

10 "It was I who ²³brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness ²⁴forty years That you might take possession of the land of the ²⁵Amorite.

11 "Then I ²⁶raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be ²⁷Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD.

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Amos 2:1-11 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 27

1. Is 15:1-16:14; Isaiah 25:10-12; Jeremiah 48:1-47; Ezekiel 25:8-11; Zephaniah 2:8, 9
2. 2 Kings 3:26, 27
3. Jeremiah 48:24, 41
4. Jeremiah 48:45
5. Psalms 2:10; Psalms 141:6; Amos 5:7, 12; Amos 6:12
6. Job 12:21; Isaiah 40:23
7. 2 Kings 17:19; Hosea 12:2; Amos 3:2
8. Judges 2:17-20; 2 Kings 22:11-17; Jeremiah 6:19; Jeremiah 8:9
9. Isaiah 9:15, 16; Isaiah 28:15; Jeremiah 16:19; Habakkuk 2:18
10. Jeremiah 9:14; Jeremiah 16:11, 12; Ezek 20:18, 24, 30
11. Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:10; Hosea 8:14
12. 2 Kings 18:11, 12
13. Joel 3:3; Amos 5:11, 12; Amos 8:6
14. Amos 8:4; Micah 2:2, 9
15. Amos 5:12
16. Hosea 4:14
17. Exodus 22:26
18. Amos 3:14
19. Amos 4:1; Amos 6:6
20. Numbers 21:23-25; Joshua 10:12
21. Numbers 13:32
22. Ezekiel 17:9; Malachi 4:1
23. Exodus 12:51; Exodus 20:2; Amos 3:1; Amos 9:7
24. Deuteronomy 2:7
25. Exodus 3:8
26. Deuteronomy 18:18; Jeremiah 7:25
27. Numbers 6:2, 3; Judges 13:5

Footnotes 9

[a]. Lit "cause it to turn back," and so throughout the ch
[b]. Or "shouts"
[c]. Or "executive officer"
[d]. Or "false gods"
[e]. Or "trample" or, "snap at the head of the helpless on the dust"
[f]. Lit "go"
[g]. Possibly a harlot, or a temple prostitute
[h]. Lit "Whose height"
[i]. Lit "To possess"