These quotations are sufficient to show that this form of speech is neither unfrequent nor inelegant, being employed by the most correct writers of antiquity.
Amos 1 NRSVCE;KJV - The words of Amos, who was among the - Bible Gateway E Genesis 2:15 says, The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it., Agriculture is highly encouraged throughout the Scriptures. 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. The community or people to which Amos refers is Judah. 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. All rights reserved. Benhadad and Hazael encouraged only marauding expeditions against Israel during the 14 years of Ahaziah and Jehoram. Rezon renewed, throughout the later part of Solomons reign, the aggression of Hadad. Of old it was said, the Chrysorrhoas (the Barada) is nearly expended in artificial channels.: Damascus is fertile through drinking up the Chrysorrhoas by irrigation. Fourteen names of its canals are still given; and while it has been common to select 7 or 8 chief canals, the whole have been counted up even to 70. But it supported a population far beyond what that space would maintain in Europe. So Seneca in Hippolyt., Act. 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 city of Damascus was called under judgment because that nation "threshed Gilead with implements of iron" (Amos 1:3) or behaved with unnecessary cruelty against a conquered . 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. The language about Tyre is almost exactly the same as how Amos describes Gaza. For their brutality, Syria is promised judgment. Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release. Extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra: Ingemit; et, duplicis tendens ad sidera palmas, Talia voce refert: O terque quaterque beatif, Queis ante ora patrum Trojae sub moenibus altis, "Struck with unusual fright, the Trojan chief. 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. His mothers name was Zibiah of Beersheba. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. This was done by Hazael king of Syria, who is said to destroy the people, and make them "like the dust by threshing", 2 Kings 10:32. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from . 3 Thus says the Lord,For three transgressions of Damascus and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.4So I will send fire upon the house of HazaelAnd it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.5 I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir,Says the LORD. Other Translations of Amos 1:3 King James Version. Will the sun really be turned to darkness and the moon to blood (Joel 2:31). It is possible that Syrians ran over peoplemen, women, and childrenwith these boards. On the schism of the ten tribes, the hostility of Damascus was concentrated against Israel who lay next to them. In like way Joshua relates, that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the ha! Elisha had foretold to Hazael his cruelty to Israel; Their strong holds thou wilt 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 2 Kings 8:12. 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 you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. God was and is seeking usfor He will separate usable grain from the waste straw or chaff. 3 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. Hazael probably became the instrument of God in chastening Israel, while he was avenging Jehus submission to a power whom he dreaded and from whom he had suffered. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely., Isaiah 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?Deuteronomy 22:9-10 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. Hazael, like others gradually steeped in sin, thought it impossible, but did it. Why Did God Use Adams Rib to Create Eve?
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So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away. : The whole plain is filled with these singular aqueducts, some of them running for 2 or 3 miles underground. The cities will be razed to the ground by an invading force. 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? Here are the oxen for the burnt offering and the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. The stream thus collected is led off to a lower level, where it comes to the surface. The Awaj (the crooked) (perhaps the old Amana, the never-failing, in contrast with the streams which are exhausted in irrigation) runs near the old south boundary of Damascus, separating it probably from the northern possessions of Israel beyond Jordan, Bashan (in its widest sense), and Jetur or Ituraea. Gaza represents the alliance of Philistine citiesAshdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron [Gath is not named here]in southwestern Palestine. They enslaved their inhabitants and sold them to Edom. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. For the prophet had no mission to them; he only declares to Israel the ground of the visitation which was to come upon them. Z. I can do all things through him who strengthens me. I 2 Kings 13:7 for an example). Then follow Edom, Ammon, Moab, who burst the bonds of blood also. This is what the LORD says: 'For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. These are the men of Recah. 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.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Chapter Parallel. Stated differently, the cities/nations would not be judged merely because of one transgression or even two. And thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their threshing Gilead with sharp-pointed irons, - Youngs Literal Bible For thus saith the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, yea, for four, I will not reverse it: because they have threshed Gilead with sledges of iron. What was the significance of the horns of the altar (Amos 3:14)? Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. I will not turn away the punishment thereof - Literally, I will not turn it back. What was this, which God would not turn back? S Amoss prophecy concerning Damascus was probably fulfilled in 732 BC when the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III captured the city, weakening it for the rest of the Old Testament period (2 Kgs. 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; Amos 1:3 - 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." Leviticus 19:9-10 - " When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the . You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. {ime fie fie tke the fhe ike fhe hours with the bible; or, the scriptures in the light of modern discovery and knowledge. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.Leviticus 23:22 And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, nor shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 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. Any crime committed against human beings is ultimately against the LORD because He is the sole creator. So does the wisest of us in living. So in other places, where the like form of words occurs, the added number is one beyond, and mostly relates to something greater than all the rest. 2 Kings 10:32,33 In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; . In ancient Israel, gates and doors were usually locked with a bar made of wood or metal that slid into openings in the posts. Philistia removed Judeans who lived in the lush farmland of the Judean foothills to the desert regions of Edom (cf. Of the situation of this place, and the delightfulness of it; see Gill on Jeremiah 49:25; and of its founder, and the signification of its name; see Gill on Acts 9:2; to which may be added, that though Justin says it had its name from Damascus, a king of it before Abraham and Israel, whom he also makes kings of it; and Josephus would have Uz the son of Aram the founder of it, to which Bochart agrees; yet the Arabic writers ascribe the building of it to others; for the Arabs have a tradition, as Schultens says, that there were Canaanites anciently in Syria; for they talk of Dimashc the son of Canaan, who built the famous city of Damascus, and so it should seem to be called after his name; and Abulpharagius says, that Murkus or Murphus, as others call him, king of Palestine, built the city of Damascus twenty years before the birth of Abraham: from this place many things have their names, which continue with us to this day, as the "damask" rose, and the "damascene" plum, transplanted from the gardens that were about it, for which it was famous; and very probably the invention of the silk and linen called "damasks" owes its rise from hence. These things - Job says, worketh God twice and thrice with man, to bring back his soul from the pit Job 33:29. Luke 9:23 says, Then he said to them all: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. As Christians, we have to be loving, faithful, prayerful, diligent, patient, forgiving, and merciful at all times. Isaiah 17:1 The burden of Damascus. 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. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. I will not turn away the punishment thereof. On the words, O terque quaterque, Servius makes this remark, "Hoc est saepias; finitus numerous pro infinito." M In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good., Isaiah 32:20 Happy are you who sow beside all waters, who let the feet of the ox and the donkey range free.Matthew 6:26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.