Amos 2:6-16 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

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:10

Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt ,.... Where they were bond slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and unable to help themselves; but the Lord wrought deliverance for them, and brought them out of this house of bondage with a high hand and a mighty arm: and led you forty years through the wilderness : going before them in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; providing them with all things necessary, with food and raiment, and protecting them from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:11

And I raised up of your sons for prophets ,.... Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell things to come, but to teach and instruct the people in the doctrines and duties of religion, and to warn them of their sins, and the danger of them: and of your young men for Nazarites : as Samson, Samuel, and others; whose vow not only obliged them from shaving their hair, but to abstain from drinking wine, and eating grapes, which the youthful age is inclined... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:12

But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ,.... Contrary to their vow and calling, and in contempt of it, and to make them like themselves; they either persuaded them, or forced them to it: and commanded the prophets, saying, prophesy not ; hard and heavy things, judgments and denunciations of vengeance, only smooth things; by this authoritative language it appears that this is said of the rulers and governors of the people, as king, princes, and priests; see Amos 7:12 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:13

Behold, I are pressed under you ,.... With the weight of their sins, with which they had made him to serve, and had wearied him; his patience was quite wore out, he could bear them no longer: as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves ; as a cart in harvest time, in which the sheaves of corn are carried home; when one sheaf is laid upon another, till they can lay no more, and the cart is loaded and overloaded with them, and ready to break, or be pressed into the earth with them:... 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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 2:13

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