Furthermore, there is no known recurrence of this formula anywhere else in the literature of all nations. Amos 4:12-13 Prepare to Meet Thy God . . Judah despised the law of the Lord; and he justly gave them up to strong delusion; nor was it any excuse for their sin, that they were …
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"[36] However, since Amos certainly did not mention anything illegal about their possessing wine, it appears that it is the desecration of worship that is primarily condemned.
Chapters 3-6. "[13] The word, "Law, here refers to the Torah, the general name for the whole body of precepts and commandments.
"[15] Jamieson was correct in his discernment that this prophecy against Judah was included here, "Lest it should be said that Amos was strenuous in denouncing sins abroad, but connived at those of his own nation. But "his son" is rather the king of Moab's own son, whom the father offered to Molech [JOSEPHUS, Antiquities, 9.3]. God's judgment against sin is certain to be executed: "Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes. meek--pervert their cause ( Amos 5:12 , Job 24:4 [GROTIUS]; Isaiah 10:2 ).
The frantic efforts of critics to get this out of the Bible is based altogether upon a prior bias to the effect that Amos was not all concerned about violations of the Pentateuch (the law of Jehovah), but that he was a prophet like the modern liberals interested only in social reform!
"[37] Such a view is sternly rebuked by this very passage where, adultery, incest, fornication, and getting drunk in the worship are the sins primarily in focus, although oppression of the poor is also cited, but not as the one and only mistake of that society. Adam's race has already been judicially hardened THREE TIMES; and the FOURTH AND FINAL TIME (perhaps even now beginning) will usher in the SECOND ADVENT AND FINAL JUDGMENT OF ADAM'S REBELLIOUS RACE! (9-16). The overthrow of Israel is given in different words from that of the other nations, but the meaning is the same, military defeat and destruction.
God's true house, in the mind of the Jews, was at Jerusalem; and although it was true enough that the apostate Israelites pretended to be worshipping their God, they were nevertheless not doing so, but worshipping idols instead. Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. In the light of this truth which is clearly visible to anyone, how utterly unfounded, unprovable, illogical and arbitrary are the postulations of the malignant critics who would credit Amos 2:4,5 to some nameless "redactor." . Certainly, we cannot find any way to agree with the opinion that, "Amos had only one standard by which a society is judged ... by the way it treats the poor.
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Amos 2 – Judgment on God’s People A. "[23] It appears that efforts to make some big land deal out of the second half of this denunciation are incorrect. . This series of judgments (Amos 1:3-2:16) is not a "collection" of separate "oracles," assembled and pieced together by some "editor" or "redactor" from some undetermined period subsequent to the times of Amos; but they constitute a very coherent, logically arranged, and skillfully presented prophecy, the principal import of which was directed against the northern kingdom. 7. pant after . Such an admission by the Old Testament critics of the undeniable truth of this oracle, however, actually frustrates their assertions that the so-called "oracle" against Judah is not an authentic part of Amos.
Frequent references to the Pentateuch are found in this chapter. The critics, however, intent on affirming just such a proposition, like to make it out that Amos considered Judah and Israel as a single family! By no stretch of the imagination is it true that this prophecy is the "harbinger of the social gospel!"
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"[14] Thus, Judah is not judged for the wild excesses of the heathen, but for their rejection of the Lord's word.
Thus the reference here in Amos is not to that fact, but to the revenge which probably the king of Moab took on the king of Edom, when the forces of Israel and Judah had retired after their successful campaign against Moab, leaving Edom without allies. Judgments against Moab and Judah. "But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem ..." The military judgments here prophesied with reference to Judah and Jerusalem were fulfilled by Nebuchadnezzar, and finally a second time in the destruction by Vespasian and Titus in A.D. 70. Judah despised the law of the Lord; and he justly gave them up to strong delusion; nor … 10. brought you up from . . We believe that there is an eternal message in this eight-fold warning.
Compare the same phrase, for "the most paltry bribe," Amos 8:6 , Ezekiel 13:19 , Joel 3:3 . The worst abominations and most grievous oppressions have been committed by some of the professed worshippers of the Lord. The same comes from a Hebrew root, nazar, "to set apart." . swift--Even the swift shall not be able to escape.
name--Israel in such abominations, as it were, designedly seeks to insult God. .
Yet--My former benefits to you heighten your ingratitude. Ye so despised these My favors, as to tempt the Nazarite to break his vow; and forbade the prophets prophesying ( Isaiah 30:10 ). . "For three transgressions, yea, for four ..." This first great strophe is couched in exactly the same language as all the others, being part of a single address, delivered upon a definite occasion, and later written down by the prophet himself. Israel--the ten tribes, the main subject of Amos' prophecies.
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head of . to possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah; but they here, as in Amos 2:9, stand for all the Canaanites. It is a pleasure to mention here one of the truly great scholars, Hammershaimb, who has well defended "the genuineness of this passage."[21]. "The righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ..." This expression simply means that, "For mere trifles, they had given debtors over to their creditors as slaves. "From the many allusions in this section, we see how familiar Amos and his hearers were with the history and the law of the Pentateuch."[40]. [1] These violations are specifically related to the portion of the Mosaic law which is applicable in each case. The three and four pattern holds good for the whole world of Adam's race. Rather than being, as Mays thought, "an idiom for the legal transfer of land,"[24] it is far more probably a statement that the judges in Israel "could be influenced for paltry bribes. In fact some have hailed him as the "father of the social gospel!" roots . . "Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. Amos convicts them of injustice, incestuous unchastity, and oppression first, as these were so notorious that they could not deny them, before he proceeds to reprove their contempt of God, which they would have denied on the ground that they worshipped God in the form of the calves.
by every altar--They partook in a recumbent posture of their idolatrous feasts; the ancients being in the habit of reclining at full length in eating, the upper part of the body resting on the left elbow, not sitting as we do.
"From then on, a succession of world conquerors subdued, and in the process, annihilated Moab as a nation"[7] Moab is identified with the high plateau, some 3,000 feet high, that lies south of Arnon, north of Edom, and between the Dead Sea on the west and the desert on the east. . The New English Bible translation of this place, while being no translation whatever, nevertheless gives the true sense of this passage thus: (See the note at the end of Amos 2. Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people; but it is God that raises them up to be so. "Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime. Amos 2:1-16 . "Clothes taken in pledge ..." Jamieson has this: Keil strongly disagreed with the position of Jamieson that these perversions took place in idol temples, affirming that they were being committed in the house of the true God. Judgment on Moab and Judah.
1. All rights reserved. . Also because Judah's sin was wilful and wittingly against light and knowledge. In this chapter, Amos continued the prophecy against Israel's pagan kinsmen, Moab, and then very properly, and of necessity, included the prophetic denunciation of his own nation, Judah, including a specific revelation that Jerusalem too would be destroyed for their sins. . Amosprobably had several jobs.
. To be sure, this pronouncement against Judah categorically refutes such prejudices. The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving ( Psalms 4:1 , Proverbs 4:12 ). the poor for a pair of shoes--literally, "sandals" of wood, secured on the foot by leather straps; less valuable than shoes. The Prophetic Messages Uncovering the Condition of the People. Such conduct leads many to unbelief and vile idolatry.
Further attention to this will be given in the notes on those verses; but let it be said here that the "redactor" of critical fancy is an imaginary person created subjectively by Biblical enemies, having no genuine reality whatever. The Nazarites were a class of spiritual leaders who used neither wine nor strong drink and never allowed the use of a razor. "They drink the wine of such as have been fined ..." Drinking liquor, however procured, and lying down on clothes taken in pledge (in order to commit fornication) in connection with worship are sufficient clues to determine who was being worshipped by such actions; and we do not think it was the God of heaven. He belongs to all races, all centuries, all religions, and all conditions of society. This pronouncement prophesied the overthrow of Moab by military conquest, a forecast actually fulfilled by the Assyrian monarchs Shalmanezer and Sargon.
Amos 3:9-15 The Coming Judgment Visitation.
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