American Standard Version Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron. So the Targum. TheLordblessed him,Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. For their brutality, Syria is promised judgment. The Arameans have crushed [the people of] Gilead with iron-spiked threshing sledges. 13:3, 2225). Z. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. OpenBible.info And the whole crowd stood on the beach. Here in Amos, we see that the people of Damascus rebelled against the LORD because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron. Restore our fortunes, OLord, like streams in the Negeb! Jehoiada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters. Not until God gave Israel a saviour, could they dwell in their tents as beforetime 2 Kings 13:5. De Dieu refers it to the earthquake before mentioned, that God would not turn away that, but cause it to come, as he had foretold, for the transgressions of these, and other nations after spoken of; but rather it refers to Damascus; and so some render it, "I will not turn", or "convert it"; to repentance, and so to my mercy; but leave it in its sins, and to my just judgments. 16:9). The waters of the Fijeh were carried by a great aqueduct tunnelled through the side of the perpendicular cliff. K For three transgressions and for four - These words express, not four transgressions added to the three, but an additional transgression beyond the former, the last sin, whereby the measure of sin, which before was full, overflows, and Gods wrath comes. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. And he will bless you in the land that theLordyour God is giving you.Deuteronomy 15:1-10 At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. , Job 39:10 Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?1 Samuel 6:7 Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Sie suchen nach einem 70413 lego, das Ihren Ansprchen gerecht wird? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when it has taken nothing? And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. After this Joash decided to restore the house of theLord. (3) Three transgressions . : The whole plain is filled with these singular aqueducts, some of them running for 2 or 3 miles underground. It was rich in pasture (Numbers 32:1) and famous for its balm (Jeremiah 8:22). Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.Isaiah 28:28 Does one crush grain for bread? What Does the Bible Say About Depression and Hopelessness? So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. It begins with their most oppressive enemy, Syria; then Philistia, the old and ceaseless, although less powerful, enemy; then Tyre, not an oppressor, as these, yet violating a relation which they had not, the bonds of a former friendship and covenant; malicious also and hardhearted through covetousness. The name Damascus probably betokened the strenuous, energetic character of its founder. We are encouraged to Work Hard and keep ourselves busy. In ancient Israel, gates and doors were usually locked with a bar made of wood or metal that slid into openings in the posts. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. Deeper sins bring deeper damnation at the last. God was and is seeking usfor He will separate usable grain from the waste straw or chaff. "O thrice and four times, that is, very often, a finite number for an infinite." Today, more and more people are moving away from rural areas where farming is highly practiced and into cities characterized by industrialization. Lest it should be thought that the words that Amos spoke were his own, and he spake them of himself, this and the following prophecies are prefaced in this manner; and he begins with the nations near to the people of Israel and Judah, who had greatly afflicted them, and for that reason would be punished; which is foretold, to let Israel see that those judgments on them did not come by chance; and lest they should promise themselves impunity from the prosperity of these sinful nations; and to awaken them to a sense of their sin and danger, who might expect the visitation of God for their transgressions; as also to take off all offence at the prophet, who began not with them, but with their enemies: for three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; Damascus was an ancient city; it was in the times of Abraham, Genesis 15:2. and four times who were slain, In Atreus' cause, upon the Trojan plain.". Other poets use the same form of expression. Only one sin is identified even though many others are presumed (three, even four). V For the prophet had no mission to them; he only declares to Israel the ground of the visitation which was to come upon them. Taught by the face of creation around them, where the course of every tiny rivulet, as it burst from the rocks, was marked by a rich luxuriance, the Damascenes of old availed themselves of the continual supply from the snows of Hermon or the heights of Anti-libanus, with a systematic diligence, of which, in our northern clime, as we have no need, so we have no idea. 1 Kings 9:13the brotherhood between Hiram of Tyre and Solomon of Israel). Any crime committed against human beings is ultimately against the LORD because He is the sole creator. However, at some point, Tyrelike Philistia in the southbetrayed this treaty relationship and enslaved whole Israelite communities. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. 5 I will break down the gate of Damascus; I will destroy the king who is in the Valley of Avenand the . Gaza represents the alliance of Philistine citiesAshdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron [Gath is not named here]in southwestern Palestine. Not naming it, he leaves it the rather to be conceived of by the mind, as something which had been of old coming upon them to overwhelm them, which God had long stayed back, but which, since He would now stay it no longer, would burst in, with the more terrific and overwhelming might, because it had been restrained before. Certainly Hadadezer stands cut conspicuously; the Damascenes are mentioned only subordinately. Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha. Sin and punishment are by a great law of God bound together. Why does Amos keep repeating for three sins . Again, There be three things which go well; yea, four are comely in going Proverbs 30:29-31. Nature takes its own time. The fact that his chief and confidential servant whom he entrusted to seek a wife for Isaac, and who was, at one time, his heir, was a Damascene Genesis 15:2-3, implies some intimate connection of Abraham with Damascus. U Hebrew Names Version. They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges. Tyre was an important commercial center in the Ancient Near East (cf. Isaiah 8:4 For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular, Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural construct, Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 1:3 Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions (Amo. If they who sinned without law, perished without law Romans 2:12, how much more should they who have sinned in the law, be judged by the law. Gods judgments rolled round like a thunder-cloud, passing from land to land, giving warning of their approach, at last to gather and center on Israel itself, except it repent. If Amoss preaching bears witness to his insistence that nations need to acknowledge their sin, should not our preaching do the same? These are the men of Recah. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-. S 4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. Matthew 13:18 Hear then the parable of the sower:Ruth 2:17 So she gleaned in the field until evening. , ' <-144 , . See the passionate exclamation of Ulysses, in the storm, Odyss., lib. Amos 1:3 . 2. Literally, the text says they shut up the whole into captivity. The Philistines assaulted surrounding communities. Damascus (Syria, also called Aram) "threshed" Gilead. These orchards are a most exceeding defense; for from the density of the trees and the narrowness of the ways, it seemed difficult and almost impossible to approach the city on that side. Even to this day it is said, The true defense of Damascus consists in its gardens, which, forming a forest of fruit-trees and a labyrinth of hedges, walls and ditches, for more than 7 leagues in circumference, would present no small impediment to a Mussulman enemy.. The house of Hazael referred to any of the descendants of Hazael, including Ben-hadad. He condemns violent aggression (perhaps even torture and wanton killing), enslavement of populations, and the slave trade. The area has been calculated at 236 square geographical miles. From Omri also Benhadad I took cities and extorted streets, probably a Damascus quarter, in Samaria itself 1 Kings 20:34. 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. You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Although God delegated authority to human governments to execute justice (Romans 13:4), He is still the ultimate judge. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake., For three transgressions of Damascus and for four, I will not revoke it; Because they have threshed Gilead with . 1 Kings 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 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. For a long time, these stories worked without much thought or explanation. Here in Amos, we see that the people of Damascus rebelled against the LORD because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron. Many factors can control the time it takes for the crop to ripen. Are you seeking him? 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. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. 1:1). And thrice, and four times happy those, he cried, That under Ilion's walls before their parents died.". Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 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. Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. because they have threshed m Gilead . This was usually done by spreading the stalks of grain several inches deep on a smooth flat area that was on a high piece of ground open to the wind. Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. Every infliction on those like ourselves finds an echo in our own consciences. The advantage of its site doubtless occastoned its early choice. 3 Thus saith 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:. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? Without the Barada, says Porter, the city could not exist, and the plain would be a parched desert; but now aqueducts intersect every quarter, and fountains sparkle in almost every dwelling, while innumerable canals extend their ramifications over the vast plain, clothing it with verdure and beauty. 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. I will not turn away the punishment thereof - Literally, I will not turn it back. What was this, which God would not turn back? You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. The covenant of brothers probably refers to a treaty between nations whether imposed (as upon a vassal) or negotiated. Genesis 8:22 While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.Isaiah 9:3 You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.Deuteronomy 11:14 He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil.Zechariah 10:1 Ask rain from theLordin the season of the spring rain, from theLordwho makes the storm clouds, and he will give them showers of rain, to everyone the vegetation in the field.2 Samuel 24:22 Then Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. 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, Genesis 1:12 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. And you shall not strip your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear., 2 Chronicles 24:1-26:23 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 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. Specially shod animals walked around on the stalks until the grain separated from the hulls. 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. The stream thus collected is led off to a lower level, where it comes to the surface. Of Damascus - Damascus was one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the links of its contact. 14-15) Proverbs 20:4 says, The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives; So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap]. Likewise, Proverbs 21:5 says, The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Furthermore, Ecclesiastes 11:6 says, Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. The Bible talks against laziness. 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. Notice that the illustrations that Jesus needed to make His points were literally all around Him. 4 So I will send fire against Hazael's house and it will consume the citadel fortresses of Ben-Hadad. Its wealth, as a great emporium of transit-commerce, (as it is now) furnished it with sinews for war. The order of Gods threatenings seems to have been addressed to gain the hearing of the people. Fewer and fewer of us grew up on farms, and thus, we miss a lot of subtle points Jesus is making in some of His stories. Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. The expression one who holds the scepter is a figurative way of talking about someone who occupies a royal position. Are you not of more value than they?Isaiah 28:27 Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.Matthew 13:23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. Benhadad and Hazael encouraged only marauding expeditions against Israel during the 14 years of Ahaziah and Jehoram. because they have threshed Gilead. : A native, Adad, having gained great power, became king of Damascus and the rest of Syria, except Phoenicia. From the standpoint of the synergistic point of view of Sanders,Dunn,and Wright. Joel 3:4-8). Threshing-sledges with iron (or basalt) are large boards (73 feet usually) pulled by oxen to separate the grain from the chaff. At the time of our era, the name of Abraham was still held in honor in the country of Damascus; a village was named from him Abrahams dwelling; and a native historian Nicolas said, that he reigned in Damascus on his way from the country beyond Babylon to Canaan. David had had, for some cause unexplained by Holy Scripture, to inflict it on the Ammonites 2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3. If God is for us, who can be against us? , 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. vii., c. 6: ; "Those men shall be thrice and four times happy.". 1 Samuel 27:8-12). At this time, Damascus was probably, like ourselves, a rich, commercial, as well as warlike, but not as yet a manufacturing (see the note at Amos 3:12) nation. What Does the Bible Say About Overcoming? In this case, God Himself is making the judgement. One cant speed up nature. Seldom, said pagan experience, hath punishment with lingering foot parted with the miscreant, advancing before.. Adam, the first human in the Bible, is also the first farmer. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The bar would secure the gate or the door to prevent outsiders from entering to hurt the residents of the city. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Then follow Edom, Ammon, Moab, who burst the bonds of blood also. . Stated differently, the cities/nations would not be judged merely because of one transgression or even two. Turn away . Joel 2:24 speaks of that abundance as a sign of God's blessing if the people repent: "The threshing floors will be filled with grain. Yet this was as nothing. Home / Commentary / Amos / Amos Chapter 1 / Amos 1:35. Sin in full bloom. The smart farmer knows when the moment is ready. 1. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. of Hesed, Cows, like people, reproduce in about nine (9) months. For each oracle, Amos confirmed his prophetic call with the statement Thus says the LORD (Am. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. I didnt know that thrashing tools might have been used in torturing people. Five of these canals are led off from the river at different elevations, before it enters the plain. . Corn takes anywhere from 90 to 100 days to be ready to be harvested. Israel is placed the last, because on it the destruction was to fall to the uttermost, and rest there. Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. The reign of this lineage would be destroyed for their wrongdoings. There Elisha announces the coming death of Ben-hadad but weeps over the future that Hazael will bring to Israel. Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. Will the sun really be turned to darkness and the moon to blood (Joel 2:31). You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.Genesis 1:1-31 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Frequently threshing sledges (28:27) made of wood (2 Sam. After his death, his descendants reigned for ten generations, each receiving from his father the name (Hadad) together with the kingdom, like the Ptolemies of Egypt. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. The day-to-day chores, tasks, and attention required to the smallest details made agriculture an unforgettably rich metaphor for Jesus and His teachings. Throughout that whole beautiful tract, including 2 12 degrees of latitude, Hazael had carried on his war of extermination into every peaceful village and home, sparing neither the living nor the unborn. These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks., Deuteronomy 8:1-20 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that theLordswore to give to your fathers. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away. The inclusion of the valley of Aven as well as Beth-Eden together with Damascus might indicate the entire kingdom of Aram. And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of theLordyour God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land, and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how theLordhas destroyed them to this day, and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place, , 1 Chronicles 4:38-41 These mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers houses increased greatly. God authorized human government in Genesis, where He said, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood . 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). Salem Media Group. Kings who entered treaties with each other typically thought of themselves as brothers (cf. J Let the nations who have ears to hear, hear what the Spirit through Amos says to the nations. The language about Tyre is almost exactly the same as how Amos describes Gaza. As good people, by the grace of God, do, through each act done by aid of that grace, gain an addition to their everlasting reward, so the wicked, by each added sin, add to their damnation. Such a pronouncement of judgment continues throughout the second chapter, which begins with Moab and culminates with Gods chosen people, namely, Judah and Israel. Because of the Arameans war crimes, the LORD said He would send fire upon the house of Hazael and it would consume the citadels ofBen-hadad. 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: . Amos specifically notes one defining cultural sin. 3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. C T Through studying this beautiful exposition on each of these eight books, you will gain understanding of the historical events and the countless precious spiritual applications and prophetic utterances that apply to the church today. It had then doubtless, beside the population of its plain, large nomadic hordes dependent upon it. Which words Virgil translates, and puts in the mouth of his hero in similar circumstances, Aen. It is a probable conjecture that Jehu, by his political submission to Assyria, drew on himself the calamities which Elisha foretold. Animals have to be fed, crops have to be watered and fertilized, and it doesnt matter how the farmer feels on that particular day. They reach nearly to Anti-libanus westward, and extend on both sides of the Barada some miles eastward. The farmer has something to do every day. Chedorlaomer and the four kings with him, doubtless, came that way, since the first whom they smote were at Ashteroth Karnaim Genesis 14:5-6 in Jaulan or Gaulonitis, and thence they swept on southward, along the west side of Jordan, smiting, as they went, first the Zuzim, (probably the same as the Zamzummim Deuteronomy 2:2 O) in Ammonitis; then the Emim in the plain of Kiriathaim in Moab Genesis 14:15. So the handmaid which displaceth her mistress Proverbs 30:21-23 is more intolerable and overbearing than the others. It lay in the midst of its plain, a high table-land of rich cultivation, whose breadth, from Anti-libanus eastward, was about half a degree. 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