Amos 2:9 NIV

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 2:9

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 2:9

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 2:9

Verse 9 God expostulates here with the Israelites for their ingratitude. He records the benefits he had before conferred on that people; and then shows how unworthily and disgracefully they had conducted themselves; for they forgot their many blessings and proudly despised God, and acted as if they were like other nations, and not bound to God for the singular benefit of adoption. The sum then is that God here complains that he had ill bestowed his blessings; and he reproves the people for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

3. Summons and general denunciation of Israel for injustice, cruelty, incest, luxury, and idolatry. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9

God complains of Israel's ingratitude for the favour which he had shown them. And yet I. The personal pronoun has a prominent position, and is continually repeated, to contrast God's faithfulness and the people's unthankfulness. The Amorite ( Joshua 24:8 , Joshua 24:18 ). The representative of the seven nations of Canaan who were dispossessed by the Israelites ( Genesis 15:16 ; Exodus 23:27 ; Exodus 34:11 ). The hyperbolical description of this people is taken from Numbers 13:32... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-11

The manifold mercies of the covenant people. In striking contrast to Israel's treatment of God stands out his treatment of them. Mercy rises above mercy, tier on tier, in a mighty pyramid of blessing. Of these there was— I. NATIONAL ADOPTION . This is not mentioned, but it is implied, as underlying all the other favours. God's first step was to make them his people. He loved and chose them ( Deuteronomy 10:15 ; Deuteronomy 7:7 , Deuteronomy 7:8 ). He separated them from the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-11

A nation's privileges. The transgressions of Israel were all the more reprehensible because of the peculiar favour which had been shown, to the people who were descendants of the father of the faithful and the friend of God. Upon these special privileges the prophet here dwells and expatiates, with a view to bring home to the offenders the magnitude of their sin. I. A NATION SHOULD TRACE THE HAND OF GOD IN THE DELIVERANCES WROUGHT ON ITS BEHALF . Israel was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-13

God and nations. "Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath," etc. These verses suggest a few remarks in relation to God and nations. I. He reminds nations of the GREATNESS OF HIS KINDNESS TOWARDS THEM . In these verses he reminds Israel of two great merciful interpositions of his on their behalf. 1 . He often sacrifices one... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:9

Yet - (and I) I (Emphatic) destroyed Such were “their” doings; such their worship of “their God.” And what had “God” done? what was it, which they thus requited?The Amorite - These, as one of the mightiest of the Canaanite tribes, stand in Moses for all. Moses, in rehearsing to them the goodness of God and their backsliding, reminds them, how he had said, “Ye have come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the Lord your God giveth you” Deuteronomy 1:20; and that they, using this same word,... read more

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

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

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:9

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