, ' <-144 , . The authority of Aram will end here as well. In this section, the divine message concerns Damascus. Throughout that whole beautiful tract, including 2 12 degrees of latitude, Hazael had carried on his war of extermination into every peaceful village and home, sparing neither the living nor the unborn. You shall not wear cloth of wool and linen mixed together., Luke 10:2 And he said to them, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Am I? So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn back from it, for they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. . The identified crime becomes the central ethical condemnation (1:3, 6, 9). As good people, by the grace of God, do, through each act done by aid of that grace, gain an addition to their everlasting reward, so the wicked, by each added sin, add to their damnation. Then, as to those enemies themselves, the order is not of place or time, but of their relation to Gods people. Adam, the first human in the Bible, is also the first farmer. Nor will they say, Look, here it is! or There! for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.. You will be challenged and encouraged to be one who is firmly . The third, having gained the greatest power of all, seeking to repair the defeat of his grandfather, warring against the Jews, wasted what is now callcd Samaritis. They could not brook a defeat, which they had brought upon themselves. Humanity continues to witness these atrocities at the hands of those who rule the nations. And as we are faithful to the Lord our God, He will bless the works of our hands and make them successful. For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits, but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to theLord. What Does the Bible Say About Overcoming? On the words, O terque quaterque, Servius makes this remark, "Hoc est saepias; finitus numerous pro infinito." Thus the Church and members of the community of the Father sotra kinda Dont relate to the Process of the Hardened Hart and the compounded consequences of the deceitfulness of being habitually unfaithful in the little ways which bring about the cruelty of Amoss day. Randall. Grain is threshed with farming instruments, which back then might include a heavy board, studded with sharp metal used to pull over the grain to separate it from the husk. . Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. Are you not of more value than they?Isaiah 28:27 Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.Matthew 13:23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. By Gods help they were twice defeated; the second time, when they directly challenged the power of God 1 Kings 20:22-25, 1 Kings 20:28, so signally that, had not Ahab been flattered by the appeal to his mercy 1 Kings 20:31-32, Syria would no more have been in a condition to oppress Israel. Deeper sins bring deeper damnation at the last. The sense is, that he would not spare them, or have mercy on them, or defer the execution of punishment any longer; he would not forgive their transgressions. This judgment includes the peoples of this region (probably the Biqah Valley) which was likely also a part of the kingdom of Aram. Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. Which words Virgil translates, and puts in the mouth of his hero in similar circumstances, Aen. The difference is that Amos adds a further comment on the transgression: they did not remember the covenant of brotherhood.. He, having carried war against David, king of Judaea, and disputed with him in many battles, and that finally at the Euaphrates where he was defeated, had the character of a most eminent king for prowess and valor. Any crime committed against human beings is ultimately against the LORD because He is the sole creator. The name of his servant Eliezer my God is help, implies that at this time too the servant was a worshiper of the One God. Genesis 1:11 says, Then God said, Let the land produce vegetation:seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. And it was so. Five of these canals are led off from the river at different elevations, before it enters the plain. Here the LORD said He would break the bar to allow Damascuss enemies to enter. The name Damascus probably betokened the strenuous, energetic character of its founder. Amos specifically notes one defining cultural sin. In like way Joshua relates, that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the ha! K All the fields have to be checked. And God saw that it was good., John 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.Hosea 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek theLord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.1 Corinthians 3:6-9 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. From the standpoint of the synergistic point of view of Sanders,Dunn,and Wright. They sent them into captivity (or exile). The other things cannot be satisfied; the fourth, fire, grows fiercer by being fed. For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four. So the Targum. Amos 1 contains a brief historical account on the prophetic ministry of Amos, providing the reader with the date of Amoss ministry and how the LORD has called him to minister to Israel. All is vanity. Gaza represents the alliance of Philistine citiesAshdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron [Gath is not named here]in southwestern Palestine. "Thrice happy Greeks! Every infliction on those like ourselves finds an echo in our own consciences. Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.Isaiah 28:28 Does one crush grain for bread? Lest it should be thought that the words that Amos spoke were his own, and he spake them of himself, this and the following prophecies are prefaced in this manner; and he begins with the nations near to the people of Israel and Judah, who had greatly afflicted them, and for that reason would be punished; which is foretold, to let Israel see that those judgments on them did not come by chance; and lest they should promise themselves impunity from the prosperity of these sinful nations; and to awaken them to a sense of their sin and danger, who might expect the visitation of God for their transgressions; as also to take off all offence at the prophet, who began not with them, but with their enemies: for three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; Damascus was an ancient city; it was in the times of Abraham, Genesis 15:2. Amos condemns raiding communities and capturing those populations in order to sell them in the international slave trade. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord. One cant speed up nature. Here, Damascus represents the entire nation of Aram (or Syria). "They have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron." Gilead was a part of Israel on the eastern side of the Jordan river. 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. Again, give a portion to seven, and also to eight Ecclesiastes 11:2. It had then doubtless, beside the population of its plain, large nomadic hordes dependent upon it. For each oracle, Amos confirmed his prophetic call with the statement Thus says the LORD (Am. 3 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:. As a result of God breaking the gate bar of Damascus, the people of Aram would go exiled to Kir. On some days, the only thing the farmer can do is sit, wait, and hope for the best. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. 2Kings 10:32-33.). Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. In the visitations of others, it was to read its own; and that, the more, the nearer God was to them. Notice that the illustrations that Jesus needed to make His points were literally all around Him. Geocoding Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron - The instrument, Jerome relates here, was a sort of wain, rolling on iron wheels beneath, set with teeth; so that it both threshed out the grain and bruised the straw and cut it in pieces, as food for the cattle, for lack of hay. A similar instrument, called by nearly the same name, is still in use in Syria and Egypt. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. f tribe of Manasseh returned to go into the country of Gilead, to the land of their possessions Joshua 22:9. After he is created by God, he is placed in charge of the Garden of Eden. TheLordblessed him,Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. perhaps more (cf. With a small company of men he defeated a large army of Judah 2 Chronicles 24:23-24. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2023 John Mark Hicks. All these nations fall under the divine judgment because each has committed offenses against the holy God. From Omri also Benhadad I took cities and extorted streets, probably a Damascus quarter, in Samaria itself 1 Kings 20:34. Other Translations of Amos 1:3 King James Version. v., ver. 4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. God was and is seeking usfor He will separate usable grain from the waste straw or chaff. God authorized human government in Genesis, where He said, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood . After this Joash decided to restore the house of theLord. David had had, for some cause unexplained by Holy Scripture, to inflict it on the Ammonites 2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3. Its white buildings, embedded in the deep green of its engirdling orchards, were like diamonds encircled by emeralds. This should not be too surprising because most of Jesus listeners were farmers themselves or, at least, very familiar with farming. The animals have to be cared for. J The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? Holman Old Testament Commentary: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah by Trent Butler. Taught by the face of creation around them, where the course of every tiny rivulet, as it burst from the rocks, was marked by a rich luxuriance, the Damascenes of old availed themselves of the continual supply from the snows of Hermon or the heights of Anti-libanus, with a systematic diligence, of which, in our northern clime, as we have no need, so we have no idea. Damascus was already the chief city, through its relation to which alone Hobah was known. Silence is often more emphatic than words. with threshing sledges of iron. Seldom, said pagan experience, hath punishment with lingering foot parted with the miscreant, advancing before.. , Job 39:10 Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?1 Samuel 6:7 Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. In this case, God Himself is making the judgement. Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? The area has been calculated at 236 square geographical miles. Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. This is what the LORD says: 'The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 1 Kings 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. Q 2 Kings 13:7 for an example). In all that he does, he prospers.Hosea 6:3 Let us know; let us press on to know theLord; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth.Isaiah 5:24 Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of theLordof hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel., Luke 12:18 And he said, I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.Hosea 12:11 If there is iniquity in Gilead, they shall surely come to nothing: in Gilgal they sacrifice bulls; their altars also are like stone heaps on the furrows of the field.2 Corinthians 9:6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land., Ruth 2:15 When she rose to glean, Boaz instructed his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her.Jeremiah 4:11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,Jeremiah 9:22 Speak: Thus declares theLord, The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.Isaiah 30:25 And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall., Job 29:23 They waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.Leviticus 25:1-7 TheLordspoke to Moses on Mount Sinai, saying, Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to theLord. 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As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. Frequently threshing sledges (28:27) made of wood (2 Sam. But it supported a population far beyond what that space would maintain in Europe. because they have threshed m Gilead . The city named Kir was the place where the Arameans originally lived (Amos 9:7), although its precise location is unknown. The expression one who holds the scepter is a figurative way of talking about someone who occupies a royal position.