Amos 2

November 9, 2022

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Reading along with us in Amos? Here’s today’s reading:

Amos 2 (NIV)

1 This is what the Lord says:
“For three sins of Moab,
even for four, I will not relent.
Because he burned to ashes
the bones of Edom’s king,
2 I will send fire on Moab
that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth.2:2 Or of her cities
Moab will go down in great tumult
amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet.
3 I will destroy her ruler
and kill all her officials with him,”
says the Lord.........Continue Reading

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  1. Judgment shifts to Judah and Israel but its funny that while he uses the same wording of “for three sins even four” just clarifying the multitude of sins they were guilty of like these other nations, however, their sins are described so differently as their sins were more personal like they should have known better. They had been protected by and provided for by God so many times and yet they had turned away from Him. Their sin was prideful and selfish despite the kindness they had seen from God they still had given in to their own desires and forgot God.

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  2. Moab showed no respect for the the king of Edom. Judah rejected the law of the Lord and has been “led astray by false gods. Israel is just plain evil. Despite the fact that God showed compassion on them by defeating the Amorites, delivering them from Egypt and provided prophets as warning, Israel “tramples on the heads of the poor”, “sell the innocent for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals” and deny justice to the oppressed. Judgement will be harsh.

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  7. God certainly could judge these nations for various sins but He uses a poetical expression to add emphasis on the three or four worst ones. Poor treatment of anyone upsets God and causes Him to deal negatively towards us, but particularly the poor treatment of the vulnerable, those that it is easier to take advantage of. Rather than taking advantage, we are called to protect and provide for them. Certainly Judah and Israel’s greatest sin was to worship false God’s and reject the God who had taken care of them so well. And yet to see the result that then follows in their treatment of people is sad. Trampling on the poor and denying justice, making those who are seeking to do right to do wrong and silencing those who would give God’s message are all concrete expressions of how hard their hearts had become.

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  8. Even though Judah and Israel are God’s chosen people who were rescued from their enemies, they do not escape punishment for their wicked ways. The Lord disciplines those he loves.

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