Amos 2:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Amos 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets - Amos turns from outward mercies to inward, front past to present, from miracles of power to miracles of grace. God’s past mercies live on in those of t...
Amos 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of (i) your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. (i) You condemned my benefits, and abused my grace...
Amos 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sin and Doom of Israel. Suddenly the prophet turns and confronts Israel. The benighted heathen nations have sinned and must be punished. What of Israel, God's chosen people? Why, just because t...
Amos 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I raised up , &c . Not till the priests had failed in their duty to teach the law. See Leviticus 10:8 ; Leviticus 10:11 . Deuteronomy 33:8 ; Deuteronomy 33:10 . Prophets were not provided o...
Amos 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now subjoins, I have raised from your sons Prophets, and Nazarites from your young or strong men, (for בחרים, becharim, as we have elsewhere said, are called by the Hebrews chosen men;...
Amos 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Amos 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of...
Amos 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Sins and Ingratitude 6-8. Israel is now threatened in the same form as the rest, but Amos 2:6-16 were not spoken by Amos at Bethel; they form the conclusion of the preface which he wrot...
Amos 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God added to the mercies of His providence, the transcendent blessings of special revelation. The prophets of Israel were numerous, and renowned, and exposed to frequent persecution, e.g., the case...
Amos 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but bef...
Amos 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

neither Shall Israel Escape Amos 2:6-16 First the prophet enumerates Israel's sins. They were unjust to the poor, carrying their extortions to such lengths as to goad the poor to desperation. T...
Amos 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the word of God concerning the surrounding nations, thereby revealing the fact of His government over all, the prophet turned to Judah, and declared that she also was to share the...
Amos 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord having reckoned with all the neighboring nations, Israel's sworn foes, and having also begun with Judah, now takes in hand her sister Israel. And a solemn account it is. Chiefly beginning in...
Amos 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets ,.... Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell things to come, but to teach and instruct the people in the doctrines...
Amos 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 11. And I raised up your sons for prophets ] Th...
Amos 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I raised up your sons for prophets Such were Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and many others; and of your young men for Nazarites Who, by devoting themselves to my service in a peculiar manner, and by obs...
Amos 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Remonstrance with Israel. B. C. 790. 9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,...
Amos 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I raised up; gave prophetic endowments, stirred up their minds, commissioned them to prophesy, and carried them through by an undaunted courage given to them, that they, should not fear to set upon...
Amos 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Judgment on Israel ( Amos 2:6-16 ). While this judgment on Israel certainly initially follows the previous sevenfold pattern it is distinctive in that it manifestly then goes on to break it...
Amos 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 2:6 . Israel] The ten tribes the main object of the prophecy. First, prevalent crimes of injustice and oppression, shameless immorality, and daring contempt of God....
Amos 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:2 . Kirioth, a city of Moab, having palaces. Jeremiah 48:24 . Amos 2:6 . For three transgressions of Israel. This phrase, explained in Amos 1:3 , is repeated against five nations, mar...
Amos 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks. Sin as ingratitude These verses form a graphic resume of the great benefi...
Amos 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 2:1-30 Judgment on Moab. Amos 2:1 Moab . The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with Israel (see on Amos 1:13 ). Moab's hostility had...
Amos 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Israel
Amos 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:4 ; 1 Kings 19:16 ; 1 Kings 20:13 ; 1 Kings 20:35 ; 1 Kings 20:41 ; 1 Kings 22:8 ; 1 Samuel 19:20 ; 1 Samuel 3:20 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ;...
Amos 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nazarites — Persons who bound themselves to a very sober and holy life; either for some certain time, or for their whole life.

Amos 2:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 2:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 2:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 2:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 2:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 2:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 2:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 2:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 2:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 2:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 2:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 2:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 2:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 2:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes