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Amos 2:4 KJV
Amos · chapter 2 · verse 4
Thus 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:Amos 2:4 · King James Version
Amos 2:4 in context
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.
6Thus 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;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- transgressionspeshaʻa revoltH6588 →
- despisedmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- saithʼâmarto sayH559 →
- threeshâlôwshthreeH7969 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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