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Amos 2

Amo 2:1-3—(Judgments on surrounding peoples, continued.)

Amo 2:1 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

For three transgressions of Moab

Eze 25:8, 9.


Amo 2:4-16—Part II. Judgments on Judah and Israel.

Amo 2:4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

For three transgressions of Judah

The judgments on Judah and Israel were fulfilled as to Judah in the 70 years' captivity; as to Israel (the northern kingdom) in the world-wide dispersion which still continues.

Amo 3:2; 2Ki 17:19; Hos 12:2.

Amo 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

For three transgressions of Israel

Cf. Jdg 2:17-20; 2Ki 22:11-17.

Amo 2:11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Nazarites

Num 6:1-8.

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