Amos 2:1 NIV

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:1

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Moab ,.... Or the Moabites, who descended from the eldest son of Lot, by one of his daughters; and, though related, were great enemies to the Israelites; they sent for Balaam to curse them when on their borders, and greatly oppressed them in the times of the judges: and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; See Gill on Amos 1:3 . Idolatry, as well as the sin next charged, must be one of these four transgressions: the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:1

For three transgressions of Moab and for four - See an explanation of this form Amos 1:2 . The land of the Moabites lay to the east of the Dead Sea. For the origin of this people, see Genesis 19:37 . He burned the bones on the king of Edom into lime - Possibly referring to some brutality; such as opening the grave of one of the Idumean kings, and calcining his bones. It is supposed by some to refer to the fact mentioned 2 Kings 3:26 , when the kings of Judah, Israel, and Idumea,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:1

Verse 1 Now Amos prophesies here against the Moabites, and proclaims respecting them what we have noticed respecting the other nations, — that the Moabites were wholly perverse, that no repentance would be hoped for, as they had added crimes to crimes, and reached the highest pitch of wickedness; for, as we have said, the number, seven, imports this. The Prophet then charges the Moabites here with perverseness: and hence we learn that God’s vengeance did not come hastily upon them, for their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1

Moab . The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13 ). Moab's hostility had been shown in the hiring of Balsam to curse the Israelites, and in seducing them to idolatry (Nu 22-25:3). He was their oppressor in the time of the Judges ( 3:12 ); and David had to take most stringent measures against him ( 2 Samuel 8:2 ). The Moabites joined in a league against Jehoshaphat ( 2 Chronicles 20:22 ), and later against Jehoiakim ( 2 Kings... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

Judgment on Moab. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

The woe against Moab. Much that has been said of Ammon applies equally to Moab. The two nations had close relations and affinities, and in Scripture are generally mentioned together. Both were mildly treated by Israel ( Deuteronomy 2:9 , Deuteronomy 2:19 ) as long as such treatment was possible. Yet were they at one in an implacable hatred of her, and a national policy of outrage towards her. A spring raid into Hebrew territory seems to have been an established Moabitish institution ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

Moab's brutality avenged. It is natural for the mind to lay hold upon and to retain in memory some one out of many characteristics of a nation, some one out of many incidents of a war. The one thing that is remembered is representative of many things that are forgotten. So is it with Amos's treatment of the sins of the surrounding nations. Several of these are characterized by some special quality. In the case before us in this passage an incident of malignant brutality is mentioned, not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:1

Moab - The relation of Moab to Israel is only accidentally different from that of Ammon. One spirit actuated both, venting itself in one and the same way, as occasion served, and mostly together (see the note at Amos 1:13). Beside those more formal invasions, the history of Elisha mentions one probably of many in-roads of “bands of the Moabites.” It seems as though, when “the year entered in,” and with it the harvest, “the bands of the Moabites entered in” too, like “the Midianites and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:1-3

Amos 2:1-3. For three transgressions of Moab Moab and Ammon being nearly related, (see Genesis 19:37,) and bordering upon each other, they are usually joined together in the threatenings of the prophets. Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime To plaster the walls of his house with it, as the Chaldee paraphrase explains the text, which was most ungenerously and cruelly insulting over the dead. A like story is told by Sir Paul Rycaut ( Present State of the Greek Church, ... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:1-3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:1-3

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