Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Verse Amos 2:4. _FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH_] We may take the_three_ and _four_ here to any latitude; for this people lived incontinual hostility to their God, from the days of _David_ to the...
Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH ETC. - Rup.: “Here too there is nodifference of Jew and Gentile. The word of God, a just judge, sparethno man’s person. whom sin joins in one, the sentence of the J...
Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein
CHAPTER 2_ 1. Moab (Amos 2:1) _2. Judah (Amos 2:4)3. Israel (Amos 2:6)Amos 2:1. So fierce was the hatred of Moab that they dishonored the bo
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible
AMOS 2:4 F. JUDAH. The genuineness has been questioned by a number ofscholars. It is urged that the thought and language are characteristicof the late prophetic school. If the passage is genuine, Ju...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
BECAUSE. DESPISED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14;Leviticus 26:43). App-92.COMMANDMENTS. statutes.THEIR LIES. their idols. Compare 2 Kings 17:15.
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
_despised_ R.V. REJECTED, as 1 Samuel 15:23; 1 Samuel 15:26; Isaiah7:15-16 shew, the better rendering of the Hebrew word used (_mâ"as_):comp....
Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
JUDAH. The prophet now comes nearer home; and passes sentence on theSouthern kingdom....
Charles Box Commentaries
_THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH -- AMOS 2:4-5:_ Judah, the people of Godhad despised and rejected His word so they heard the same statement,"For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not...
College Press Bible Study Textbook Series
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND RESPONSIBILITY OF MANPUNISHMENT PROMISED, THE COVENANT NATIONSJUDAHTEXT: Amos 2:4-54Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four,I will not t...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they havedespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments,...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
THE SINS OF ISRAEL'S NEIGHBOURS AND THE PUNISHMENTS WHICH SHOULDFOLLOW1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words ofAmos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.'HERDM...
EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GODAMOS_MARK KIRKPATRICK_CHAPTER 2PUNISHMENT FOR MOAB’S PEOPLEV1 This is what the *Lord says: ‘I will certainly punish the peoplein Moab for their man...
ETCBC data on Hebrew bible
כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל ־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙פִּשְׁעֵ֣י...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIESAmos 1:3 - Amos 2:1LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreignnations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after,but before, his in...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary
JUDAH SHALL BE JUDGED ALSOAmos 1:11-15; Amos 2:1-5_Edom_ was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel;perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more andmore invet...
Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,(b) I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they havedespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandme...
George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary
_Walked. After Solomon, scarcely a good prince appeared, till the daysof Amos. Juda imitated the idolatry of Israel, hoping thus to findassistance. (Calmet) --- His crime was the more grievous, as t...
Hawker's Poor man's commentary
Judah comes now before the Lord's tribunal, and though for a whileseparated from Israel, yet not from Israel's God. We find the Lordhimself speaking of both by the Prophet, under one and the samech...
Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly
Lectures on the Minor Prophets.W. Kelly."The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he sawconcerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the daysof Jeroboam the...
John Calvin's Bible Commentary
Amos turns now his discourse to the tribe of Judah, and to thatkingdom, which still continued in the family of David. He has hithertospoken of heathen and uncircumcised nations: what he said of them...
John Darby's Synopsis
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 AND 2.In the outset Jehovah, proclaiming His own rights from the place ofHis own throne, roars from Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem.Afterwards,...
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
THUS SAITH THE LORD, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF JUDAH,.... With whomBenjamin must be joined; for the two tribes are meant as distinct fromthe ten tribes, under the name of Israel, following. The pr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they havedespised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
_For three transgressions of Judah_, &c. Having denounced judgmentsagainst the heathen nations, he now proceeds to denounce them againstGod's professing people, who were more guilty and inexcusable,...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,the southern kingdom being named here in order to have a full list ofthe countries adjoining Israel, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUN...
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible
AGAINST MOAB AND JUDAH...
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible
1-8 The evil passions of the heart break out in various forms; butthe Lord looks to our motives, as well as our conduct. Those that dealcruelly, shall be cruelly dealt with. Other nations were reck...
Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible
God hath in the former verses threatened the enemies of his people fortheir outrages against his people; now he does threaten his people fortheir obstinacy in reiterated sins: see AMOS 4:3. DESPISED...
Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes
Amos 2:4 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 three H7969 transgressions H6588Judah H3063 four H702 away H7725 ...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible
7). YHWH'S JUDGMENT ON JUDAH (AMOS 2:4).But while ‘YHWH's people' no doubt prided themselves on beingsuperior morally to those round about, they were now to discover totheir horror that they too wo...
Scofield's Bible Commentary
FOR THREEThe judgments on Judah and Israel were fulfilled as to Judah in the 70years' captivity; as to Israel (the northern kingdom) in theworld-wide dispersion which still continues....
Summarized Bible Commentary
CONTENTS: Judgments pronounced upon Judah, Moab and Israel.CHARACTERS: God, Amos.CONCLUSION: To keep not the commandments of God's Word, making noconscience of them, is to despise the wisdom, jus...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Amos 2:2. _Kirioth,_ a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24.Amos 2:6. _For three transgressions of Israel._ This phrase, explainedin Amos 1:3, is repeate
The Biblical Illustrator
_Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four,I will not turn away the punishment thereof._NATIONAL SINS AND NATIONAL PUNISHMENTThe British nation, like the kingdom of Juda...
The Biblical Illustrator
_I will not turn away the punishment thereof._GOD’S DEALING WITH NATIONSI. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment ofthe six heathen nations, as of Judah and Israel, opens...
The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 2:4 Unlike the other nations, JUDAH is not judgedfor inhumanity to others. It is judged according to THE LAW OF THELORD ...
The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary
CRITICAL NOTES.] BONES] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insultto the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliancewith Jehoshaphat and Jehoram (2 Kings 3:9).AMOS 2:2. KIR.] A...
The Pulpit Commentaries
EXPOSITIONAMOS 2:1Judgment on Moab.AMOS 2:1MOAB. The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties ofblood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13). Moab's hostility
Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith
Let's turn now to the book of Amos. In the first verse of Amos heintroduces himself.These are the words of Amos, who was among the herdmen [or a shepherd]at Tekoa (Amos 1:1),Now Tekoa is a little...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1 Peter 1:18; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 30:7; 2 Chronicles36:14;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Lies — Idols. To err — Their idolatry blinded them, partly fromthe natural tendency of this sin, and partly from the just judgment ofGod. After which — Idols. Walked — Successively, one generationa...
