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

“ But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: ”

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

  It shall devour the palaces of Kerioth - Literally, “the cities,” that is, a collection of cities. It may have received a plural form upon some enlargement, as Jerusalem received a dual form, as...

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

  Moab. With Moab the prophet concludes his list of Israel's foes. When Israel arrived on the E. of the Jordan, the Moabites inhabited the high tableland E. of the Dead Sea, whither they had been dri...

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• Amos 2:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  palaces. See note on Amos 1:4 . Kirioth: or, his cities. Now el Kureiyat, or Kiraiathaim, between Dibon and Medeba. Mentioned by Mesha on the Moabite Stone. See App-54. shouting . war-cry....

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

  He therefore adds a threatening, I will send a fire on Moab, which shall devour the palaces of קריות , Koriut We have stated that what the Prophet means by these modes of speaking is that...

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

  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: The palaces of Kirioth - This was one...

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

  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: But I will send a fire ... and...

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

  The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.'...

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

  Kirioth. — This properly signifies a group of towns, but here refers to a single large town in Moab, the modern Kureiât. (Comp. Jeremiah 48:24 .) CURSE ON JUDAH. Great privileges have met wi...

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• Amos 2:2 - 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...

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• Amos 2:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Judah Shall Be Judged also Amos 1:11-15 ; Amos 2:1-5 Edom was Esau; that is, the people were closely akin to Israel; perhaps for that very reason the hatred on either side became more and m...

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

  The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations...

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

  We have some account of Moab's cruelty, for which the Lord is here bringing him to accounts 2 Kings 3:26-27 . It is worthy observation, and I take occasion to remark it in this place, in the Lord's...

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

  But I will send a fire upon Moab ,.... Either on the whole country, or on some particular city so called, as in all the other prophecies; and there was a city called Moab, now Areopolis, Jeremiah...

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• Amos 2:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet: Ver. 2. But I will send a fire ] S...

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

  For three transgressions of Moab Moab and Ammon being nearly related, (see Genesis 19:37 ,) and bordering upon each other, they are usually joined together in the threatenings of the prophets. Be...

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

  The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. B. C. 790.       1 Thus saith the L...

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

  I will send a fire: see Amos 1:4 . Moab; some think, but I know not on what ground, that there was a city of this name, and meant here, but on better reason we conclude it to be the whole coun...

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

  6). YHWH's Judgment On Moab ( Amos 2:1-3 ). Unlike the remainder Moab are not condemned for any action against God's people. Rather they are condemned for their deliberate desecration of the bones...

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• Amos 2:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES . ] Bones ] An act of cruelty revenged; others, an insult to the remains of a dead king, probably the king joined in alliance with Jehoshaphat and Jehoram ( 2 Kings 3:9 ). Amos 2:...

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• Amos 2:2 - 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...

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• Amos 2:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I will not turn away the punishment thereof. God’s dealing with nations I. The opportunity for repentance which all possess. The punishment of the six heathen nations, as of Judah and Israel, o...

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• Amos 2:2 - 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...

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

  Against Moab and Judah

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• Amos 2:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Amos 1:14 ; Isaiah 9:5 ; Jeremiah 48:24 ; Jeremiah 48:34 ; Jeremiah 48:41

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• Amos 2:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Kirioth — A principal city of this country. Moab — The Moabites. Shall die — Be destroyed. With tumult — Such as soldiers in fight or assaults make, when they carry all by force.

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