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Amos 3:1 and Amos 3:2 contain the introduction and the leading thought of the whole of the prophetic proclamation. Amos 3:1. "Hear this word which Jehovah speaketh concerning you, O sons of Israel, concerning the whole family which I have brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: Amos 3:2. You only have I acknowledge of all the families of ...
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The similes in Amos 3:5 do not affirm the same as those in...
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Amos 3:3. Can two walk together except they be agreed?] Unless they meet together, and appoint time and place, when and where they shall set out, what road they will take, and whither they will go; without such consultation and agreement, it cannot be thought they should walk together; and not amicably, unless united in friendship, and are of the same affection to each other, and of the same ...
Amos 3:3-8 meaning. Amos uses a series of rhetorical questions to announce judgment on the disobedient Israelites. Having reminded the Israelites of their special covenant relationship with the LORD (vv. 1-2), Amos used a series of rhetorical questions to announce judgment on the people who failed to obey the covenantal principles.
The similes in Amos 3:5 do not affirm the same as those in Amos 3:4, but contain the new thought, that Israel has deserved the destruction which threatens it. Pach, a snare, and mōqēsh, a trap, are frequently used synonymously; but here they are distinguished, pach denoting a bird-net, and mōqēsh a springe, a snare which holds the bird fast.
Amos 3:2. You only have I known of all the families of the earth. All the families or nations of the earth, and all the inhabitants of it, are known by the Lord, as he is the omniscient God; but none had been known by him as a family, or a nation, with that love and affection as this family had been, or distinguished by his favours and ...
Amos 3:1-2 meaning. Amos reminds the Israelites of their special covenant relationship with the LORD, the violation of which requires special punishment. Amos 2:1-3 meaning. The LORD pronounces judgment on the inhabitants of Moab because they burned the bones of the king of Edom to ash. Amos 3:3-8 meaning.
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1. (11-12) Israel will be conquered and exiled. Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “An adversary shall be all around the land; He shall sap your strength from you, And your palaces shall be plundered.”. Thus says the LORD: “As a shepherd takes from the mouth of a lion. Two legs or a piece of an ear,
