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Amos 2 is a profound chapter in the Old Testament of the Bible that foretells God's judgment on Moab, Judah, and Israel due to their continuous disobedience and sinful acts. The chapter underscores the themes of divine judgment, social injustice, sin, and punishment, while also emphasizing the need for repentance.
For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment: It is remarkable to see the same judgment formula applied against Judah — the people of God — as was applied against the previous six Gentile nations. It shows that Judah piled sin upon sin upon sin in the same manner as the other nations. i.
David Guzik commentary on Amos 2 describes the word of the Lord going out to Moab, Judah, and Israel, declaring judgment on those nations.
Amos 2. In this chapter, I. God, by the prophet, proceeds in a like controversy with Moab as before with other nations, ver 1-3. II. He shows what quarrel he had with Judah, ver 4, 5. III. He at length begins his charge against Israel, to which all that goes before is but an introduction. Observe, 1.
The prophecies against eight nations reach their climax in this chapter where the judgments are pronounced against Moab (Amos 2:1-3), against Judah (Amos 2:4-5), and against Israel (Amos 1:6-15), in which the principal thrust of Amos' great prophecy reaches its primary object.
Judah. - Amos 2:4. "Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I shall not reverse it, because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept His ordinances, and their lies led them astray, after which their fathers walked, Amos 2:5. I send fire into Judah, and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
I. God, by the prophet, proceeds in a like controversy with Moab as before with other nations (v. 1-3). II. He shows what quarrel he had with Judah (v. 4, 5). III. He at length begins his charge against Israel, to which all that goes before is but an introduction. Observe, 1. The sins they are charged with-injustice, oppression, whoredom (v. 6-8).
