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Amos 2:10
10I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.
Amos 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
- New Living Translation (NLT)It was I who rescued you from Egypt and led you through the desert for forty years, so you could possess the land of the Amorites.
Context of Amos 2:10
8They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines. 9“Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below. I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites. 11“I also raised up prophets from among your children and Nazirites from among your youths. Is this not true, people of Israel?” declares the Lord. 12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
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וְאָנֹכִ֛י הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאוֹלֵ֨ךְ אֶתְכֶ֤ם בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לָרֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Also I brought you upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- and ledיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- you fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- through the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
Cross-references for Amos 2:10
- Exodus 12:51And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
- Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.
- Psalms 105:42For he remembered his holy promise given to his servant Abraham.
- Psalms 136:10to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt His love endures forever.
- Jeremiah 32:20You performed signs and wonders in Egypt and have continued them to this day, in Israel and among all mankind, and have gained the renown that is still yours.
- Ezekiel 20:10Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
- Micah 6:4I brought you up out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. I sent Moses to lead you, also Aaron and Miriam.
- Numbers 14:34For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’
- Deuteronomy 2:7The Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.
- Deuteronomy 8:2Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.
- Nehemiah 9:21For forty years you sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out nor did their feet become swollen.
- Psalms 95:10For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.’
- Acts 7:42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets: “ ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
- Acts 13:18for about forty years he endured their conduct in the wilderness;
- Numbers 14:31As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected.
- Deuteronomy 1:20Then I said to you, “You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God is giving us.
Commentaries on Amos 2:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received; which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of their earthly enjoyments, and were therefore more valuable. Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people; but it is God that raises them up to be so. Sinners' own consciences will witness that he has not been wanting to them in the means of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-16Israel: Amos listed the sins of Israel's neighbors, then revealed his main point: The Israelites would face the same consequences (similar to Nathan's use of prophetic speech to prompt self-judgment, 2 Samuel 12:1–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. brought you up from ... Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaan hilly. to possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah; but they here, as in Am 2:9, stand for all the Canaanites. God kept Israel forty years in the wilderness, which tended to discipline them in His statutes, so as to be the better fitted for entering on the…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
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