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Amos 2:3 KJV
Amos · chapter 2 · verse 3
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 · King James Version
Amos 2:3 in context
1Thus 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:
2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
4Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- princessara head personH8269 →
- judgeshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- midstqerebproperly, the nearest partH7130 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- slayhâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
- offkârathto cutH3772 →
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Here is, I. The judgment of Moab, another of the nations that bordered upon Israel. They are reckoned with and shall be punished for three transgressions and for four, as those before. Now, 1. Moab's fourth transgression, as theirs who were before set to the bar, was cruelty.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8