CHARGES AGAINST MOAB, JUDAH, AND LASTLY ISRAEL, THE CHIEF SUBJECT OF AMOS' PROPHECIES. (Amos 2:1-16) burned . . . bones of . . . king of Edom into lime--When Jehoram of Israel, Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Ed…
1Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Moab, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque quemó los huesos del rey de Edom hasta calcinarlos.
2Prenderé fuego en Moab, y consumirá los palacios de Queriot; y morirá Moab con tumulto, con estrépito y sonido de trompeta.
3Y quitaré el juez de en medio de él, y mataré con él a todos sus príncipes, dice Jehová.
4Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Judá, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque menospreciaron la ley de Jehová, y no guardaron sus ordenanzas, y les hicieron errar sus mentiras, en pos de las cuales anduvieron sus padres.
5Prenderé, por tanto, fuego en Judá, el cual consumirá los palacios de Jerusalén.
6Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Israel, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque vendieron por dinero al justo, y al pobre por un par de zapatos.
7Pisotean en el polvo de la tierra las cabezas de los desvalidos, y tuercen el camino de los humildes; y el hijo y su padre se llegan a la misma joven, profanando mi santo nombre.
8Sobre las ropas empeñadas se acuestan junto a cualquier altar; y el vino de los multados beben en la casa de sus dioses.
9Yo destruí delante de ellos al amorreo, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y fuerte como una encina; y destruí su fruto arriba y sus raíces abajo.
10Y a vosotros os hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y os conduje por el desierto cuarenta años, para que entraseis en posesión de la tierra del amorreo.
11Y levanté de vuestros hijos para profetas, y de vuestros jóvenes para que fuesen nazareos. ¿No es esto así, dice Jehová, hijos de Israel?
12Mas vosotros disteis de beber vino a los nazareos, y a los profetas mandasteis diciendo: No profeticéis.
13Pues he aquí, yo os apretaré en vuestro lugar, como se aprieta el carro lleno de gavillas;
14y el ligero no podrá huir, y al fuerte no le ayudará su fuerza, ni el valiente librará su vida.
15El que maneja el arco no resistirá, ni escapará el ligero de pies, ni el que cabalga en caballo salvará su vida.
16El esforzado de entre los valientes huirá desnudo aquel día, dice Jehová.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
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I. Kirioth--the chief city of Moab, called also Kir-Moab (Isa 15:1). The form is plural here, as inc…
Kirioth--the chief city of Moab, called also Kir-Moab (Isa 15:1). The form is plural here, as including both the acropolis and town itself (see Jer 48:24, Jer 48:41, Margin).
die with tumult--that is, amid the tumult of battle (Hos 10:14).
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II. the judge--the chief magistrate, the supreme source of justice. "King" not being used, it seems l…
the judge--the chief magistrate, the supreme source of justice. "King" not being used, it seems likely a change of government had before this time substituted for kings, supreme judges.
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III. From foreign kingdoms he passes to Judah and Israel, lest it should be said, he was strenuous in …
From foreign kingdoms he passes to Judah and Israel, lest it should be said, he was strenuous in denouncing sins abroad, but connived at those of his own nation. Judah's guilt differs from that of all the others, in that it was directly against God, not merely against man. Also because Judah's sin was wilful and wittingly against light and knowledge.
law--the Mosaic code in general.
commandments--or statutes, the ceremonies and civil laws.
their lies--their lying idols (Psa 40:4; Jer 16:19), from which they drew false hopes. The order is to be observed. The Jews first cast off the divine law, then fall into lying errors; God thus visiting them with a righteous retribution (Rom 1:25-26, Rom 1:28; Th2 2:11-12). The pretext of a good intention is hereby refuted: the "lies" that mislead them are "their (own) lies" [CALVIN].
after . . . which their fathers . . . walked--We are not to follow the fathers in error, but must follow the word of God alone. It was an aggravation of the Jews' sin that it was not confined to preceding generations; the sins of the sons rivalled those of their fathers (Mat 23:32; Act 7:51) [CALVIN].
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IV. a fire--Nebuchadnezzar.
a fire--Nebuchadnezzar.
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V. Israel--the ten tribes, the main subject of Amos' prophecies.
Israel--the ten tribes, the main subject of Amos' prophecies.
sold the righteous--Israel's judges for a bribe are induced to condemn in judgment him who has a righteous cause; in violation of Deu 16:19.
the poor for a pair of shoes--literally, "sandals" of wood, secured on the foot by leather straps; less valuable than shoes. Compare the same phrase, for "the most paltry bribe," Amo 8:6; Eze 13:19; Joe 3:3. They were not driven by poverty to such a sin; beginning with suffering themselves to be tempted by a large bribe, they at last are so reckless of all shame as to prostitute justice for the merest trifle. Amos convicts them of injustice, incestuous unchastity, and oppression first, as these were so notorious that they could not deny them, before he proceeds to reprove their contempt of God, which they would have denied on the ground that they worshipped God in the form of the calves.
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VI. pant after . . . dust of . . . earth on . . . head of . . . poor--that is, eagerly thirst for thi…
pant after . . . dust of . . . earth on . . . head of . . . poor--that is, eagerly thirst for this object, by their oppression to prostrate the poor so as to cast the dust on their heads in mourning on the earth (compare Sa2 1:2; Job 2:12; Eze 27:30).
turn aside . . . way of . . . meek--pervert their cause (Amo 5:12; Job 24:4 [GROTIUS]; Isa 10:2).
a man and his father--a crime "not so much as named among the Gentiles" (Co1 5:1). When God's people sin in the face of light, they often fall lower than even those who know not God.
go in unto the same maid--from Amo 2:8 it seems likely "the damsel" meant is one of the prostitutes attached to the idol Astarte's temple: prostitution being part of her filthy worship.
to profane my . . . name--Israel in such abominations, as it were, designedly seeks to insult God.
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VII. lay themselves . . . upon clothes laid to pledge--the outer garment, which Exo 22:25-27 ordered t…
lay themselves . . . upon clothes laid to pledge--the outer garment, which Exo 22:25-27 ordered to be restored to the poor man before sunset, as being his only covering. It aggravated the crime that they lay on these clothes in an idol temple.
by every altar--They partook in a recumbent posture of their idolatrous feasts; the ancients being in the habit of reclining at full length in eating, the upper part of the body resting on the left elbow, not sitting as we do.
drink . . . wine of the condemned--that is, wine bought with the money of those whom they unjustly fined.
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VIII. Yet--My former benefits to you heighten your ingratitude.
Yet--My former benefits to you heighten your ingratitude.
the Amorite--the most powerful of all the Canaanite nations, and therefore put for them all (Gen 15:16; Gen 48:22; Deu 1:20; Jos 7:7).
height . . . like . . . cedars-- (Num 13:32-33).
destroyed his fruit . . . above . . . roots . . . beneath--that is, destroyed him utterly (Job 18:16; Eze 17:9; Mal 4:1).
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IX. brought you up from . . . Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaa…
brought you up from . . . Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaan hilly.
to possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah; but they here, as in Amo 2:9, stand for all the Canaanites. God kept Israel forty years in the wilderness, which tended to discipline them in His statutes, so as to be the better fitted for entering on the possession of Canaan.
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X. Additional obligations under which Israel lay to God; the prophets and Nazarites, appointed by Hi…
Additional obligations under which Israel lay to God; the prophets and Nazarites, appointed by Him, to furnish religious instruction and examples of holy self-restraint.
of your young men--It was a specimen of Israel's highly favored state, that, of the class most addicted to pleasures, God chose those who by a solemn vow bound themselves to abstinence from all produce of the vine, and from all ceremonial and moral defilement. The Nazarite was not to shave (Num 6:2, &c.). God left nothing undone to secure the purity of their worship and their faithfulness to it (Lam 4:7). The same comes from a Hebrew root, nazar, "to set apart." Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist were Nazarites.
Is it not even thus--Will any of you dare to deny it is so?
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XI. Ye so despised these My favors, as to tempt the Nazarite to break his vow; and forbade the prophe…
Ye so despised these My favors, as to tempt the Nazarite to break his vow; and forbade the prophets prophesying (Isa 30:10). So Amaziah forbade Amos (Amo 7:12-14).
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XII. I am pressed under you--so CALVIN (Compare Isa 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will dep…
I am pressed under you--so CALVIN (Compare Isa 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will depress your place," that is, "I will make it narrow," a metaphor for afflicting a people; the opposite of enlarging, that is, relieving (Psa 4:1; Pro 4:12). MAURER translates, "I will press you down" (not as Margin, "your place"; so the Hebrew, Job 40:12; or Amo 2:7 in Hebrew text). Amos, as a shepherd, appropriately draws his similes from rustic scenes.
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XIII. flight shall perish from . . . swift--Even the swift shall not be able to escape.
flight shall perish from . . . swift--Even the swift shall not be able to escape.
strong shall not strengthen his force--that is, shall not be able to use his strength.
himself--literally, "his life."
XIV
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XIV. flee . . . naked--If any escape, it must be with the loss of accoutrements, and all that would im…
flee . . . naked--If any escape, it must be with the loss of accoutrements, and all that would impede rapid flight. They must be content with saving their life alone.
Next: Amos Chapter 3
Antiguo Testamento
Amos — Capítulo 2
CHARGES AGAINST MOAB, JUDAH, AND LASTLY ISRAEL, THE CHIEF SUBJECT OF AMOS' PROPHECIES. (Amos 2:1-16) burned . . . bones of . . . king of Edom into lime--When Jehoram of Israel, Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Ed…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Moab, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque quemó los huesos del rey de Edom hasta calcinarlos.
2Prenderé fuego en Moab, y consumirá los palacios de Queriot; y morirá Moab con tumulto, con estrépito y sonido de trompeta.
3Y quitaré el juez de en medio de él, y mataré con él a todos sus príncipes, dice Jehová.
4Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Judá, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque menospreciaron la ley de Jehová, y no guardaron sus ordenanzas, y les hicieron errar sus mentiras, en pos de las cuales anduvieron sus padres.
5Prenderé, por tanto, fuego en Judá, el cual consumirá los palacios de Jerusalén.
6Así ha dicho Jehová: Por tres pecados de Israel, y por el cuarto, no revocaré su castigo; porque vendieron por dinero al justo, y al pobre por un par de zapatos.
7Pisotean en el polvo de la tierra las cabezas de los desvalidos, y tuercen el camino de los humildes; y el hijo y su padre se llegan a la misma joven, profanando mi santo nombre.
8Sobre las ropas empeñadas se acuestan junto a cualquier altar; y el vino de los multados beben en la casa de sus dioses.
9Yo destruí delante de ellos al amorreo, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y fuerte como una encina; y destruí su fruto arriba y sus raíces abajo.
10Y a vosotros os hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y os conduje por el desierto cuarenta años, para que entraseis en posesión de la tierra del amorreo.
11Y levanté de vuestros hijos para profetas, y de vuestros jóvenes para que fuesen nazareos. ¿No es esto así, dice Jehová, hijos de Israel?
12Mas vosotros disteis de beber vino a los nazareos, y a los profetas mandasteis diciendo: No profeticéis.
13Pues he aquí, yo os apretaré en vuestro lugar, como se aprieta el carro lleno de gavillas;
14y el ligero no podrá huir, y al fuerte no le ayudará su fuerza, ni el valiente librará su vida.
15El que maneja el arco no resistirá, ni escapará el ligero de pies, ni el que cabalga en caballo salvará su vida.
16El esforzado de entre los valientes huirá desnudo aquel día, dice Jehová.
JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY
Versículo 2
I. Kirioth--the chief city of Moab, called also Kir-Moab (Isa 15:1). The form is plural here, as inc…
Versículo 3
II. the judge--the chief magistrate, the supreme source of justice. "King" not being used, it seems l…
Versículo 4
III. From foreign kingdoms he passes to Judah and Israel, lest it should be said, he was strenuous in …
Versículo 5
IV. a fire--Nebuchadnezzar.
Versículo 6
V. Israel--the ten tribes, the main subject of Amos' prophecies.
Versículo 7
VI. pant after . . . dust of . . . earth on . . . head of . . . poor--that is, eagerly thirst for thi…
Versículo 8
VII. lay themselves . . . upon clothes laid to pledge--the outer garment, which Exo 22:25-27 ordered t…
Versículo 9
VIII. Yet--My former benefits to you heighten your ingratitude.
Versículo 10
IX. brought you up from . . . Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaa…
Versículo 11
X. Additional obligations under which Israel lay to God; the prophets and Nazarites, appointed by Hi…
Versículo 12
XI. Ye so despised these My favors, as to tempt the Nazarite to break his vow; and forbade the prophe…
Versículo 13
XII. I am pressed under you--so CALVIN (Compare Isa 1:14). The Margin translates actively, "I will dep…
Versículo 14
XIII. flight shall perish from . . . swift--Even the swift shall not be able to escape.
Versículo 16
XIV. flee . . . naked--If any escape, it must be with the loss of accoutrements, and all that would im…