Amos 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; ”

Amos 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For three transgressions of Israel, and for four - In Israel, on whom the divine sentence henceforth rests, the prophet numbers four classes of sins, running into one another, as all sins do, sin...
Amos 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of (c) Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of (d) sh...
Amos 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

they sold. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 25:39 ; Deuteronomy 15:12 ). App-92,. Hebrew might sell himself, but not his brother or an insolvent debtor 2 Kings 4:1 ; Nehemiah 5:5 ), the rig...
Amos 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet here assails the Israelites, to whom he had been sent, as we have said at the beginning. He now omits every reference to other nations; for his business was with the Israelites to w...
Amos 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; For...
Amos 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because they sold the righteous— That is to say, they received the money as a bribe, to condemn the just; and for a little paltry gain,—for a pair of sandals, they sacrificed the interests and the...
Amos 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;...
Amos 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

CURSE ON ISRAEL. (6) Transgressions of Israel. — The storm of Divine threatening which had swept over the whole political horizon gathers, at last, over Israel. The sins and ingratitude of the p...
Amos 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Israel ,.... The ten tribes rent from the house of David in the times of Rehoboam, and who departed from the true worship of God, and set up calves a...
Amos 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; V...
Amos 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For three transgressions of Israel Amos, having first prophesied against the Syrians, Philistines, &c., who dwelt in the neighbourhood of the twelve tribes, and who had occasionally become thei...
Amos 2:6 - 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 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For three transgressions : see Amos 1:3 . Israel; the kingdom of the ten tribes, under the government of Jeroboam the Second at this time, against which the prophet was chiefly sent, though he...
Amos 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Examples Of Some Of Israel's Transgressions ( Amos 2:6-8 ). He commenced his condemnation by outlining different ways in which they had broken YHWH's Law (in the same way as Judah had done). They...
Amos 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - 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 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord, now turning at last to the people of the northern kingdom among whom Amos was laboring, For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment the...
Amos 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 17:7-18 ; 2 Kings 18:12 ; Amos 5:11 ; Amos 5:12 ; Amos 6:3-7 ; Amos 8:4-6 ; Ezekiel 23:5-9 ; Hosea 13:2 ; Hosea 13:3 ; Hosea 4:1 ; Hosea 4:11-14 ; Hosea 4:2 ; Hosea 7:7-10 ; Hos...
Amos 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shoes — The smallest bribe, exprest here proverbially.

Amos 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 2:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes