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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 2:1-8

Here is, I. The judgment of Moab, another of the nations that bordered upon Israel. They are reckoned with and shall be punished for three transgressions and for four, as those before. Now, 1. Moab's fourth transgression, as theirs who were before set to the bar, was cruelty. The instance given refers not to the people of God, but to a heathen like themselves: The king of Moab burnt the bones of the king of Edom into lime. We find there was war between the Edomites and the Moabites, in which... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 2:9-16

Here, I. God puts his people Israel in mind of the great things he has done for them, in putting them into possession of the land of Canaan, the greatest part of which these ten tribes now enjoyed, Amos 2:9, 10. Note, We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received, which are the heaviest aggravations of the sins we have committed. God gives liberally, and upbraids us not with our meanness and unworthiness, and the disproportion between his gifts and our merits; but he justly... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Israel ,.... The ten tribes rent from the house of David in the times of Rehoboam, and who departed from the true worship of God, and set up calves at Dan and Bethel: and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; the following part of this prophecy is taken up in pointing at the sins and punishment of Israel; now the prophet is come to the main business he was sent to do: because they sold the righteous for silver ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:7

That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor ,.... Either were greedy after money, the dust of the earth, and even that small portion of it the poor were possessed of; they could not be easy that they should enjoy that little of it they did, but were desirous to get it out of their hands by oppression and injustice: or they were eagerly desirous of throwing the poor upon the earth, and trampling upon them, and dragging them through the dust of it, thereby filling their heads... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:8

And they laid themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar ,.... That is, the clothes they took in pledge of poor people, which they should have restored before sun setting, Exodus 22:26 ; these they spread by every altar, of which they had many erected to their idols, and on these as on carpets they slept by them, as was usual with the Gentiles; who not only in common used to lie and sleep on garments, or carpets, or skins spread on the floor F19 Vid. Gloss in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:9

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them ,.... Here the Lord by the prophet reckons up the many favours and blessings he had bestowed upon Israel, which was an aggravation of their sins, and showed them to be guilty of great ingratitude, and a justification of him in his punishment of them he drove out the seven nations of Canaanites from before them, to make way for them, and destroyed them, of which the Amorite was a principal, and is here put for all the rest: whose height was like... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:6-8

For three transgressions of Israel, etc. - To be satisfied of the exceeding delinquency of this people, we have only to open the historical and prophetic books in any part; for the whole history of the Israelites is one tissue of transgression against God. Their crimes are enumerated under the following heads: - Their judges were mercenary and corrupt. They took bribes to condemn the righteous; and even for articles of clothing, such as a pair of shoes, they condemned the poor man, and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:9

Yet destroyed I the Amorite - Here follow general heads of God's mercies to them, and the great things he had done for them. Bringing them out of Egypt. Miraculously sustaining them in the wilderness forty years. Driving out the Canaanites before them, and giving them possession of the promised land. Raising up prophets among them to declare the Divine will. 5. And forming the holy institution of the Nazarites among them, to show the spiritual nature of his holy religion, Amos... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:6

Verse 6 The Prophet here assails the Israelites, to whom he had been sent, as we have said at the beginning. He now omits every reference to other nations; for his business was with the Israelites to whom he was especially appointed a teacher. But he wished to set before them, as in various mirrors, the judgment of God, which awaited them, that he might the more effectually awaken them: and he wished also to exhibit in the Jews themselves an example of the extreme vengeance of God, though there... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:7

Verse 7 Here Amos charges them first with insatiable avarice; they panted for the heads of the poor on the dust of the earth. This place is in my judgment not well understood. שאף, shaph, means to pant and to breathe, and is taken often metaphorically as signifying to desire: hence some render the words, “They desire the heads of the poor to be in the dust of the earth;” that is, they are anxious to see the innocent cast down and prostrate on the ground. But there is no need of many words to... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 2:1-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 2:9-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:6-8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:7

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