Amos 1:3 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Amos 1:3, NIV: This is what the LORD says: 'For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent.Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, Amos 1:3, ESV: Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges . The waters of the Fijeh were carried by a great aqueduct tunnelled through the side of the perpendicular cliff. So, He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee Job 5:19. Rather, they were guilty of a huge quantity of sins, which the prophet described as three transgressions even four.. which leads to the comprise of and ingratiation of the Nations being the primary benefactor of the poor and the marginalized of our capitalistic morality. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. It had then doubtless, beside the population of its plain, large nomadic hordes dependent upon it. Here the LORD said He would break the bar to allow Damascuss enemies to enter. The death here spoken of, although more ghastly, was probably not more severe than many others; not nearly so severe as some which have been used by Christian Judicatures. I will not turn away the punishment thereof. Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? This entry was posted on Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. 10:3233). Seldom, said pagan experience, hath punishment with lingering foot parted with the miscreant, advancing before.. They enslaved their inhabitants and sold them to Edom. of Get our Question of the Week delivered right to your inbox! And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. In ancient Israel, gates and doors were usually locked with a bar made of wood or metal that slid into openings in the posts. Vv. However, at some point, Tyrelike Philistia in the southbetrayed this treaty relationship and enslaved whole Israelite communities. Tyre is condemned for the same sin as Gazathe deportation and sale of whole communities (cf. Why Jesus Talked So Much About Agriculture | BEST OF CHRISTIANITY Their commercial interests included the slave trade, even selling Judeans to Greeks far from their homeland (Joel 3:6). For their brutality, Syria is promised judgment. The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. It was no part of the territory assigned to Israel, nor was it molested by them. God commissioned Amos of Tekoa to proclaim His words to the Arameans to let them know that He took note of their transgressions, their offenses, and would judge accordingly. Rezon renewed, throughout the later part of Solomons reign, the aggression of Hadad. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. And he told them many things in parables, saying: A sower went out to sow. This was apparently a common practice in that region (cf. Salem Media Group. I really like this study. On some days, the only thing the farmer can do is sit, wait, and hope for the best. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely., Isaiah 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?Deuteronomy 22:9-10 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. And he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you., Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. This should not be too surprising because most of Jesus listeners were farmers themselves or, at least, very familiar with farming. The work has to be done. For there was no other enemy, from whom Syria had to be delivered. Subsequently to that retreat from Samaria, he even lost Ramoth 2 Kings 9:14-15 to Jehoram after a battle before it 2 Kings 8:29, in which Jehoram was wounded. Amos 1:3 - KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE , John 4:35 Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest? It is likely that the formula was used as a rhetorical device to emphasize the fact that the cities or nations committed crime after crime, thus deserving Gods judgment. And since they had no root, they withered away. The flail, a pair of connected sticks used to beat the grain, evolved from the early method of using a single stick.It, with the earlier methods, was described by Pliny the Elder in his first-century CE Natural History: "The cereals are threshed in some places with the threshing board on the threshing floor; in others they are trampled by a train of horses, and in others they are beaten with . Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley.Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. Both instruments are alluded to in the O.T. The two on the northern side water Salahiyeh at the foot of the hills about a mile from the city, and then irrigate the higher portions of the plain to the distance of nearly twenty miles. Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. Turn away . It was not tempted to set itself against believing them. Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. 2. The advantage of its site doubtless occastoned its early choice. : The waters of the river were spread over the surface of the soil in the fields and gardens; underneath, other canals were tunnelled to collect the superfluous water which percolates the soil, or from little fountains and springs below. at least and that is a COMPARED TO WHAT So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. Weeds grow everywhere and all of the time. Benhadad at once broke his league with Baasha at the request of Asa in his later mistrustful days 1 Chronicles 16:2-7, and turned against Baasha (1 Chronicles 16:2-7 and 1 Kings 15:20). .--This form of transgression, which occurs eight times in the prologue, is not an arithmetical, but a strongly idiomatic phrase, signifying "multiplied or repeated delinquencies" (Henderson). 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2:1, 4, and 6). Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I make of you a threshing sledge, new, sharp, and having teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff;Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.Genesis 1:11-12 And God said, Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth. And it was so. Are you seeking him? because they have threshed Gilead. (LogOut/ 12:19; 2 Kgs. And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to theLord. The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four - These expressions of three and four, so often repeated in this chapter, mean repetition, abundance, and any thing that goes towards excess. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. In this second volume on the Minor Prophets, Dr. Bailey discusses the books of Joel to Zephaniah. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away; , 1 Samuel 13:21 And the charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads.2 Kings 19:29 And this shall be the sign for you: this year eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs of the same. Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release. <-144 , . 3 Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, Hebrew I will not . I 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? Amos 1:1-15 ESV - The words of Amos, who was | Biblia "O thrice and four times happy were the men. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. vii., c. 6: ; "Those men shall be thrice and four times happy.". On the schism of the ten tribes, the hostility of Damascus was concentrated against Israel who lay next to them. Other Translations of Amos 1:3 King James Version. And God separated the light from the darkness. 3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. 4 tn Heb "they threshed [or "trampled down"] Gilead with sharp iron implements" (NASB similar). Likewise, patience is a needed virtue for life. Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. 70413 lego Top 5 Produkte unter der Lupe! 1. (LogOut/ Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, This is what the LORD says: 'For three offenses of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke its. So Paul speaks of those who treasure up to themselves wrath against the Day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God Romans 2:5. Which words Virgil translates, and puts in the mouth of his hero in similar circumstances, Aen. The stream thus collected is led off to a lower level, where it comes to the surface. Amos 1:3-5 NASB95 - Thus says the LORD, | Biblia And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. . Here in Amos, we see that the people of Damascus rebelled against the LORD because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron. Amos 1:3 Commentaries: Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of The LORD pronounces judgment on the inhabitants of Damascus because they slaughtered the people of Gilead. Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? His mothers name was Zibiah of Beersheba. Again, There be three things which go well; yea, four are comely in going Proverbs 30:29-31. The order of Gods threatenings seems to have been addressed to gain the hearing of the people. Amos 1 | NRSV Bible | YouVersion Of old it was said, the Chrysorrhoas (the Barada) is nearly expended in artificial channels.: Damascus is fertile through drinking up the Chrysorrhoas by irrigation. Fourteen names of its canals are still given; and while it has been common to select 7 or 8 chief canals, the whole have been counted up even to 70. Tagged: Amos, Amos 1:3-5, Amos 1:6-8, Amos 1:9-10, Ethics, Nations, Violence. , ' <-144 , . Lastly and nearest of all, it falls on Judah, who had the true worship of the true God among them, but despised it. They enslaved local populationsprobably those located in the lowlands or Shephelah of Judah among others. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. Then, as to those enemies themselves, the order is not of place or time, but of their relation to Gods people. Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: Amos 1:6,9,11,13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: , Amos 2:1,4,6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: . You are Gods field, Gods building., Deuteronomy 25:4 You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.Judges 3:31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.Leviticus 19:9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil., Matthew 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Psalm 65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.Deuteronomy 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. Jehoash recovered from Benhadad III the cities this side Jordan 2 Kings 13:25; Jeroboam II, all their lost territories and even Damascus and Hamath 2 Kings 14:28. The inclusion of the valley of Aven as well as Beth-Eden together with Damascus might indicate the entire kingdom of Aram. , Proverbs 12:11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.Isaiah 65:22-24 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. The white wool Ezekiel 27:18, in which it traded with Tyre, implies the possession of a large outlying tract in the desert, where the sheep yield the whitest wool. This handy resource allows the reader to quickly summarize or review all the pertinent details about any Old Testament book. because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, , Psalm 104:14 You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earthLeviticus 19:19 You shall keep my statutes. The consequences, however, are essentially the samefire will burn destroy the cities/citadels (1:7, 10, 12). Deeper sins bring deeper damnation at the last. But although the fourth drew down His judgment, God, at the last, punishes not the last sin only, but all which went before. Theme: Contempt by Vault9. You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am theLord. The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. It is possible that Syrians ran over peoplemen, women, and childrenwith these boards. L Only one sin is identified even though many others are presumed (three, even four). Of the three on the south side, one is led to the populous village Daraya, five miles distant; the other two supply the city, its suburbs, and gardens., The like use was made of every fountain in every larger or lesser plain. They cover an area at last 25 (or 30) miles in circuit, and make the environs an earthly Paradise. Whence the Arabs said, If there is a garden of Eden on earth, it is Damascus; and if in heaven, Damascus is like it on earth. But this its beauty was also its strength. Proverbs 12:11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.Proverbs 28:19 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.Deuteronomy 28:12 The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. 3 Thus says Yahweh, "For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke the punishment, because they threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron! If God is for us, who can be against us? He wept because he knew the evil that [Hazael] will do to the people of Israel. In particular, Hazael will set their fortresses on firekill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women (2 Kings 8:12). The river, says William of Tyre, having abundant water, supplies orchards on both banks, thick-set with fruit-trees, and flows eastward by the city wall. All is vanity. Israel and Tyre had cooperated with each other from the time of David and Solomon, and that cooperation or treaty-relationship probably continued throughout the existence of the northern kingdom. B The name Damascus probably betokened the strenuous, energetic character of its founder. , Job 24:10 They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves;Psalm 35:5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of theLorddriving them away!Job 21:18 That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?1 Chronicles 21:23 Then Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him.
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