Amos 2:4

Amos 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord: "For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have rejected the law of the Lord, and have not kept his statutes, but their lies have led them astray, those after which their fathers walked.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord: “For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment, Because they have despised the law of the Lord, And have not kept His commandments. Their lies lead them astray, Lies which their fathers followed.

Context of Amos 2:4

2So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Moab And it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth; And Moab shall die amid tumult and uproar, With war cries and shouts of alarm and the sound of the trumpet. 3I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord. Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Judah and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they have rejected the law of the Lord [the sum of God’s instruction to His people] And have not kept His commandments; But their lies [and their idols], after which their fathers walked, Caused them to go astray. 5So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction by the Babylonians] upon Judah And it will devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.” 6Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.

Amos 2:4 word by word

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה עַל־שְׁלֹשָׁה֙ פִּשְׁעֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה וְעַל־אַרְבָּעָ֖ה לֹ֣א אֲשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ עַֽל־מָאֳסָ֞ם אֶת־תּוֹרַ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה וְחֻקָּיו֙ לֹ֣א שָׁמָ֔רוּ וַיַּתְעוּם֙ כִּזְבֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־הָלְכ֥וּ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus saithאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• For threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and for fourאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• I will not turn awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• thereof; because they have despisedמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• and have not keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• his commandmentsחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• and their liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• caused them to errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• the which their fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• have walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980

Cross-references for Amos 2:4

• Deuteronomy 31:16The Lord said to Moses, “Behold, you are about to lie down [in death] with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the prostitute (commit apostasy) with the foreign gods [of the people] of the land, where they go to be among them. They will abandon (turn away from) Me and break My covenant which I have made with them.
• Deuteronomy 32:15“But Jeshurun (Israel) became fat and kicked [at God]. You became fat, thick, sleek, and obstinate! Then he abandoned God who had made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• Amos 3:2“I have known [chosen, cared for, and loved] only you of all the families of the earth; Therefore I shall punish you for all your wickedness.”
• 2 Kings 17:19Judah did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God either, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced.
• Jeremiah 9:25“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “when I will punish all who are circumcised [physically] and yet uncircumcised [spiritually]—
• Hosea 5:12Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them].
• Hosea 6:11Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people [who have been slaves to the misery of sin].
• Hosea 12:2The Lord also has a dispute [a legal complaint and an indictment] with Judah, And He will punish Jacob in accordance with his ways; He will repay him in accordance with his deeds.
• Leviticus 26:14‘But if you do not obey Me and do not [obediently] do all these commandments,
• Judges 2:17Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the prostitute after other gods and they bowed down to them. They quickly turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do as their fathers.
• 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
• 2 Kings 22:11Now when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14Also, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful, following all the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
• Nehemiah 1:7We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 9:26“Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who warned them To return to You; And they committed great [and contemptible] blasphemies.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as the tongue of fire consumes the stubble [from straw] And the dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away like fine dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts And despised and discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Commentaries on Amos 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4For three transgressions of Judah - We may take the three and four here to any latitude; for this people lived in continual hostility to their God, from the days of David to the time of Uzziah, under whom Amos prophesied. Their iniquities are summed up under three general heads: They despised, or rejected the law of the Lord. They kept not his statutes. 3. They followed lies, were idolaters, and followed false prophets rather than those sent by Jehovah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For three transgressions of Judah etc. - Rup.: “Here too there is no difference of Jew and Gentile. The word of God, a just judge, spareth no man‘s person. whom sin joins in one, the sentence of the Judge disjoins not in punishment” Romans 2:12. “As many as have sinned without law, shall also perish without law, and as many as have signed in the law, shall be judged by the law.” Jerome: “Those other nations, Damascus and the rest, he upbraids not for…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4reject the Law (Hebrew torah) of the LORD: The pagan nations mentioned earlier committed acts against basic human decency. However, Judah went further; they had God's word but rejected its teachings (see Hosea 4:6; 8:1). God holds people accountable based on the privileges they have received (see Amos 3:2). led astray by the lies: After discarding God's true instruction, Judah turned to a substitute found in pagan syncretism (the mixing of different…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. From foreign kingdoms he passes to Judah and Israel, lest it should be said, he was strenuous in denouncing sins abroad, but connived at those of his own nation. Judah's guilt differs from that of all the others, in that it was directly against God, not merely against man. Also because Judah's sin was wilful and wittingly against light and knowledge. law--the Mosaic code in general. commandments--or statutes, the ceremonies and civil laws. their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Amos 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings