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2. (4-5) The word of the LORD against Judah. Thus says the LORD: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the LORD, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed.
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.
The sins they are charged with—injustice, oppression, whoredom, ver 6-8. 2. The aggravations of those sins—the temporal and spiritual mercies God had bestowed upon them, for which they had made him such ungrateful returns, ver 9-12. 3. God's complaint of them for their sins (ver 13) and his threatenings of their ruin, and their utter ...
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 ...
Verse Amos 2:3. I will cut off the judge — It shall be so destroyed, that it shall never more have any form of government. The judge here, שופטים shophet, may signify the chief magistrate. The chief magistrates of the Carthaginians were called suffetes; probably taken from the Hebrew JUDGES, shophetim.
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.
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1. The sins they are charged with-injustice, oppression, whoredom (v. 6-8). 2. The aggravations of those sins-the temporal and spiritual mercies God had bestowed upon them, for which they had made him such ungrateful returns (v. 9-12). 3. God's complaint of them for their sins (v.
