1 God's judgments upon Moab,
4 upon Judah,
6 and upon Israel.
9 God complains of their ingratitude.

For three. 4,6 1:3,6,9,11,13 Nu 22:1-25:18 De 23:4,5 Ps 83:4-7 Mic 6:5

of Moab. Isa 11:14 15:1-16:14 25:10 Jer 48:1-47 Eze 25:8,9 Zep 2:8,9

because. 2Ki 3:9,26 Pr 15:3

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

Kirioth. Jer 48:24,41

with tumult. 1:14 Isa 9:5 Jer 48:34

3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Nu 24:17 Jer 48:7,25

4 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

For. De 31:16-18 32:15-27

Judah. 3:2 2Ki 17:19 Jer 9:25,26 Ho 5:12,13 6:11 12:2

because. Le 26:14,15 Jud 2:17-20 2Sa 12:9,10 2Ki 22:11-17 2Ch 36:14-17 Ne 1:7 9:26,29,30 Isa 5:24,25 Jer 8:9 Eze 16:1-63 20:13,16,24 Eze 22:8 23:11-21 Da 9:5-12 1Th 4:8

and their. Isa 9:15,16 28:15 44:20 Jer 16:19,20 23:13-15,25-32 28:15,16 Eze 13:6-16,22 22:28 Hab 2:18 Ro 1:25

after. Jud 2:11-17 10:6 2Ch 30:7 Jer 8:2 9:14 Eze 20:13,16,18,24,30 1Pe 1:18

5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

I will. Jer 17:27 21:10 37:8-10 39:8 52:13 Ho 8:14

6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Thus saith. Amos, says Abp. Newcome, first prophesies against the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, Ammonites, and Moabites, who dwelt in the neighbourhood of the twelve tribes, and had occasionally become their enemies and persecutors. Having thus taught his countrymen that the providence of God extended to other nations, he briefly mentions the idolatrous practices and consequent destruction of Judah, and then passes on to his proper subject, which was to exhort and reprove the kingdom of Israel, and to denounce against it the Divine judgments.

For three. 6:3-7 2Ki 17:7-18 18:12 Eze 23:5-9 Ho 4:1,2,11-14 7:7-10 8:4-6 Ho 13:2,3 Mic 6:10-16

because. 5:11,12 8:4-6 Isa 5:22,23 29:21 Joe 3:3,6 Mic 3:2,3

7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

pant. 4:1 1Ki 21:4 Pr 28:21 Mic 2:2,9 7:2,3 Zep 3:3

and turn. 5:12 Isa 10:2

and a. Le 18:8,15 Eze 22:11 1Co 5:1

maid. or, young woman. to profane. Le 20:3 2Sa 12:14 Eze 36:20 Ro 2:24

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

laid. Ex 22:26,27 De 24:12-17 Eze 18:7,12

by. 6:4 Isa 57:7 Eze 23:41 1Co 8:10 10:7,21

they drink. 6:6 Jud 9:27 Ho 4:8

the condemned. or, such as have fined, or, mulcted.

9 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.

I the. Ge 15:16 Ex 3:8 34:11 Nu 21:24 De 2:24-33 Jos 3:10 24:8-12 Jud 11:21-23 Ne 9:22-24 Ps 135:10-12 136:17-22

whose. Nu 13:28,29,32,33 De 1:28 2:10,11 3:11 9:1-3

I destroyed. Jos 11:21,22 2Sa 23:16-22 Job 18:16 Isa 5:24 Mal 4:1

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

I bought. Ex 12:51 Ne 9:8-12 Ps 105:42,43 136:10,11 Jer 32:20,21 Eze 20:10 Mic 6:4

and led. Nu 14:34 De 2:7 8:2-4 Ne 9:21 Ps 95:10 Ac 7:42 13:18

to possess. Nu 14:31-35 De 1:20,21,39

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

I raised. 1Sa 3:20 19:20 1Ki 17:1 18:4 19:16 20:13,35,41 22:8 2Ki 2:2-5 2Ki 6:1 17:13 2Ch 36:15 2Pe 1:20,21

Nazarites. Nu 6:2 Jud 13:4-7 La 4:7 Lu 1:3-17

Is it. Isa 5:3,4 Jer 2:5,31 Mic 6:3,4

and. 7:12,13 Isa 30:10,11 Jer 11:21 26:11 Mic 2:6 Mt 21:34-38 Ac 4:18 5:28 7:51 1Th 2:15,16

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

ye gave. Ex 32:21-23

wine. Nu 6:3

and commanded. Am 7:12,13 Isa 30:10,11 Jer 11:21 26:11 Mic 2:6 Mt 21:34-38 Ac 4:18 5:28 7:51 1Th 2:15,16

13 Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

Behold. Ps 78:40 Isa 1:14 7:13 43:24 Eze 6:9 16:43 Mal 2:17

I am pressed, etc. or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth.

14 Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

the flight. 9:1-3 Job 11:20*marg. Ec 9:11 Isa 30:16 Jer 9:23

himself. Heb. his soul, or life.

15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

neither. Ps 33:16,17

himself. Heb. his soul, or life.

16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

courageous. Heb. strong of his heart. Jer 48:41

flee. Jud 4:17 2Ki 7:8-20 Mr 14:52