Amos 2 Commentary

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Amos 2:1 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.  

• For three (KJV): Am 2:4,6 1:3,6,9,11,13 Nu 22:1-25:18 De 23:4,5 Ps 83:4-7 Mic 6:5 
• of Moab (KJV): Isa 11:14 15:1-16:14 25:10 Jer 48:1-47 Eze 25:8,9 Zep 2:8,9 
• because (KJV): 2Ki 3:9,26 Pr 15:3 

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

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

• Kirioth (KJV): Jer 48:24,41 
• with tumult (KJV): Am 1:14 Isa 9:5 Jer 48:34 

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

Amos 2:3 “I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD.  

• Nu 24:17 Jer 48:7,25 

I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him,” says the LORD

Amos 2:4 Thus says the LORD, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their lies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked.  

• For (KJV): De 31:16-18 32:15-27 
• Judah (KJV): Am 3:2 2Ki 17:19 Jer 9:25,26 Ho 5:12,13 6:11 12:2 
• because (KJV): Lev 26:14,15 Jud 2:17-20 2Sa 12:9,10 2Ki 22:11-17 2Ch 36:14-17 Ne 1:7 9:26,29,30 Isa 5:24,25 Jer 8:9 Eze 16:1-63 20:13,16,24 Eze 22:8 23:11-21 Da 9:5-12 1Th 4:8 
• and their (KJV): Isa 9:15,16 28:15 44:20 Jer 16:19,20 23:13-15,25-32 28:15,16 Eze 13:6-16,22 22:28 Hab 2:18 Ro 1:25 
• after (KJV): Jud 2:11-17 10:6 2Ch 30:7 Jer 8:2 9:14 Eze 20:13,16,18,24,30 1Pe 1:18 

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

Amos 2:5 So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”  

• I will (KJV): Jer 17:27 21:10 37:8-10 39:8 52:13 Ho 8:14 

So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem

Amos 2:6 Thus says the LORD, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.  

• Thus saith (KJV): Amos, says Abp. Newcome, first prophesies against the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites, who dwelt in the neighbourhood of the twelve tribes, and had occasionally become their enemies and persecutors.  Having thus taught his countrymen that the providence of God extended to other nations, he briefly mentions the idolatrous practices and consequent destruction of Judah, and then passes on to his proper subject, which was to exhort and reprove the kingdom of Israel, and to denounce against it the Divine judgments.
• For three (KJV): Am 6:3-7 2Ki 17:7-18 18:12 Eze 23:5-9 Ho 4:1,2,11-14 7:7-10 8:4-6 Ho 13:2,3 Mic 6:10-16 
• because (KJV): Am 5:11,12 8:4-6 Isa 5:22,23 29:21 Joe 3:3,6 Mic 3:2,3 

Thus says the LORD, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals

Amos 2:7 “These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.  

• pant (KJV): Am 4:1 1Ki 21:4 Pr 28:21 Mic 2:2,9 7:2,3 Zep 3:3 
• and turn (KJV): Am 5:12 Isa 10:2 
• and a (KJV): Lev 18:8,15 Eze 22:11 1Co 5:1 
• maid (KJV): or, young woman
• to profane (KJV): Lev 20:3 2Sa 12:14 Eze 36:20 Ro 2:24 

These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name

Amos 2:8 “On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.  

• laid (KJV): Ex 22:26,27 De 24:12-17 Eze 18:7,12 
• by (KJV): Am 6:4 Isa 57:7 Eze 23:41 1Co 8:10 10:7,21 
• they drink (KJV): Am 6:6 Judges 9:27 Ho 4:8 
• the condemned (KJV): or, such as have fined, or, mulcted

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

Amos 2:9 “Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.  

• I the (KJV): Ge 15:16 Ex 3:8 34:11 Nu 21:24 De 2:24-33 Jos 3:10 24:8-12 Jud 11:21-23 Ne 9:22-24 Ps 135:10-12 136:17-22 
• whose (KJV): Nu 13:28,29,32,33 De 1:28 2:10,11 3:11 9:1-3 
• I destroyed (KJV): Jos 11:21,22 2Sa 23:16-22 Job 18:16 Isa 5:24 Mal 4:1 

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

Amos 2:10 “It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite.  

• I brought (KJV): Ex 12:51 Ne 9:8-12 Ps 105:42,43 136:10,11 Jer 32:20,21 Eze 20:10 Mic 6:4 
• and led (KJV): Nu 14:34 De 2:7 8:2-4 Ne 9:21 Ps 95:10 Ac 7:42 13:18 
• to possess (KJV): Nu 14:31-35 De 1:20,21,39 

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

Amos 2:11 “Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the LORD.  

• I raised (KJV): 1Sa 3:20 19:20 1Ki 17:1 18:4 19:16 20:13,35,41 22:8 2Ki 2:2-5 2Ki 6:1 17:13 2Ch 36:15 2Pe 1:20,21 
• and (KJV): Am 7:12,13 Isa 30:10,11 Jer 11:21 26:11 Mic 2:6 Mt 21:34-38 Ac 4:18 5:28 7:51 1Th 2:15,16 
• Nazarites (KJV): Nu 6:2 Jud 13:4-7 La 4:7 Lu 1:3-17 
• Is it (KJV): Isa 5:3,4 Jer 2:5,31 Mic 6:3,4 

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

Amos 2:12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’  

But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy

Amos 2:13 “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.  

• Behold (KJV): Ps 78:40 Isa 1:14 7:13 43:24 Eze 6:9 16:43 Mal 2:17 
• I am pressed (KJV): etc. or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth

Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves

Amos 2:14 Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life.  

• the flight (KJV): Am 9:1-3 Job 11:20 *marg: Ec 9:11 Isa 30:16 Jer 9:23 
• himself (KJV): Heb. his soul, or life

Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life

Amos 2:15 “He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.  

• neither (KJV): Ps 33:16,17 
• himself (KJV): Heb. his soul, or life

He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life

Amos 2:16 “Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the LORD.

• courageous (KJV): Heb. strong of his heart, Jer 48:41 
• flee (KJV): Jud 4:17 2Ki 7:8-20 Mk 14:52 

Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day,” declares the LORD