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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.
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 pictured a man committing sexual immorality with a temple prostitute — the same girl his son visited the day before — and keeping warm with a garment extorted from the poor, toasting his success with wine bought with money dishonestly gained.
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.
Amos was a shepherd in a region called Tekoa, about six miles south of Bethlehem. Commentaries describe the area as somewhat rugged, rocky, and with sparse grazing fields. Shepherds in that region had to make extensive trips to feed their flocks. In the book of Amos, we find two uses Amos performed: he kept sheep (Amos 1:1),
21 maj 2006 · Amos #2 - page 1 of 12 AMOS - A TEACHER’S GUIDE THE CENTRAL QUESTION: What does this book/story say to us about God? This question may be broken down further as follows: a. Why did God do it/allow it? b. Why did He record it for our study? 1. What picture of God would you have if you had only Amos? What does this book teach us
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).
