Amos 2:9-12

9 "Yet ¹it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, ²whose height was like the height of the cedars and who was as strong as the oaks; ³I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

10 ⁴Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt ⁵and led you forty years in the wilderness, ⁶to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up some of your sons for prophets, and some of your young men for ⁷Nazirites. Is it not indeed so, O people of Israel?" declares the LORD.

12 "But you made the Nazirites ⁸drink wine, and commanded the prophets, saying, ⁹'You shall not prophesy.'

Amos 2:9-12 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.

Cross References

• 1. Deuteronomy 2:31; Joshua 24:8; See Numbers 21:21-25
• 2. [Numbers 13:32, 33; Isaiah 10:33]
• 3. [Job 18:16]
• 4. Amos 3:1; Exodus 12:17, 51
• 5. See Deuteronomy 8:2
• 6. [See ver. 9 above]
• 7. Numbers 6:2
• 8. [Numbers 6:3]
• 9. Amos 7:13, 16; Isaiah 30:10; Micah 2:6