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Amos 2 is a profound chapter in the Old Testament of the Bible that foretells God's judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel due to their continuous disobedience and sinful acts. The chapter underscores the themes of divine judgment, social injustice, sin, and punishment, while also emphasizing the need for repentance. Themes. Divine Judgment.
- (6-8) The Sins of Israel.
- (9-12) The Goodness of God to Israel and How They Despised it.
- (13-16) Judgment to Come Upon Israel.
Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for silver, And the poor for a pair of sandals. They pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor, And pervert the way of the humble. A man and his father go in to the same girl, To defile ...
“Yet it was Iwho destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath. Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite. I raised up some of ...
“Behold, I am weighed down by you, As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down. Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, The strong shall not strengthen his power, Nor shall the mighty deliver himself; He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself. The most courageous m...
Amos pictured a man committing sexual immorality with a temple prostitute — the same girl his son visited the day before — and keeping warm with a garment extorted from the poor, toasting his success with wine bought with money dishonestly gained. 2. (Amos 2:9-12) The goodness of God to Israel and how they despised it.
- Oracles Against the Nations. Amos begins by delivering God’s judgment on the surrounding nations of Israel, including Damascus, Gaza, and Edom.
- Judgment on Judah and Israel. Continuing from the first chapter, Amos pronounces judgment on Moab and then moves closer to home by addressing Judah and Israel.
- Israel’s Punishment Declared. Amos addresses Israel directly, stating that their special relationship with God makes them more accountable. He employs rhetorical questions and illustrations to emphasize the gravity of their sins.
- Israel’s Sins and Impending Judgment. This chapter chronicles God’s past attempts to bring Israel to repentance through various calamities. However, in spite of famine, drought, and plagues, Israel has not returned to God.
The prophecies against eight nations reach their climax in this chapter where the judgments are pronounced against Moab (Amos 2:1-3), against Judah (Amos 2:4-5), and against Israel (Amos 1:6-15), in which the principal thrust of Amos' great prophecy reaches its primary object. It will appear in this chapter that Amos' words were directed ...
Chapter 2. In this chapter, I. God, by the prophet, proceeds in a like controversy with Moab as before with other nations (v. 1-3). II. He shows what quarrel he had with Judah (v. 4, 5). III. He at length begins his charge against Israel, to which all that goes before is but an introduction.
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Amos 2. In this chapter, I. God, by the prophet, proceeds in a like controversy with Moab as before with other nations, ver 1-3. II. He shows what quarrel he had with Judah, ver 4, 5. III. He at length begins his charge against Israel, to which all that goes before is but an introduction. Observe, 1. The sins they are charged with—injustice ...
