Amos 2:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. ”

Amos 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will cut off the judge - The title “judge” (shophet) is nowhere used absolutely of a king. Holy Scripture speaks in several places of “all the judges of the earth” Job 9:24 ; Psalms 2:10...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

judge . sceptre-holder ( Numbers 24:17 ). the midst thereof . her midst. Feminine. to agree with 'erez (understood). the midst of her [land].
Amos 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He finally adds, And I will cut off the judge from the midst of her, and will slay her princes, saith Jehovah. God here declares, that the kingdom of the Moabites and the people shall be no...
Amos 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. I will cut off the judge - It shall be so destroyed, that it shall never more have...
Amos 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will cut off the judge— "I will so destroy this nation, that there shall not be in it king, governor, or chief." For the name of judge is here used for all in authority. Compare this prediction...
Amos 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. And I will cut off the judge - the chief magistrate (Shophet: answering to...
Amos 2:3 - 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.'...
Amos 2:3 - 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 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof ,.... Either from the midst of Moab, the country in general; or from Kerioth in particular, so Kimchi; meaning their principal governor, their kin...
Amos 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. Ver. 3. And I will cut off the judge ] i.e. the king, who sometimes sits hims...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will cut off, by the sword of the enemy, the judge; the governor, i. e. every one of them; the singular being put for the plural, to intimate the destruction of all of them. From the midst there...
Amos 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - 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:...
Amos 2:3 - 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 2:3 - 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...
Amos 2:3 - 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 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Moab and Judah
Amos 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 48:25 ; Jeremiah 48:7 ; Numbers 24:17
Amos 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The judge — The governor that is, every one of them.

Amos 2:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 2:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 2:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 2:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 2:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 2:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 2:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 2:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 2:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 2:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 2:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 2:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes