All these nations fall under the divine judgment because each has committed offenses against the holy God. Chapter 28: Syria (1:3-5) - Minor Prophets 2 A threshing sledge was made of wooden boards embedded with sharp stones or iron teeth. The oracles against the nations are intricately structured. Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. [5] I will break the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and him that holds the scepter from Beth-eden; He condemns forcibly removing populations from their homeland. Kimchi thinks that this respects four particular seasons, in which Damascus, or the Syrians, evilly treated and distressed the people of Israel; first in the times of Baasha; then in the times of Ahab; a third time in the days of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu; and the fourth in the times of Ahaz; and then they were punished for them all: because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron; that is. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. . When the Jews killed the Son, there, came on them all the righteous bloodshed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias Matthew 23:35-36; Luke 11:50-51. 2. Frequently threshing sledges (28:27) made of wood (2 Sam. The place called Beth-Eden refers to an Aramean state located on the Euphrates River south of Carchemish. Vv. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 2Kings 10:32-33.). All the fields have to be checked. 1:93. Joel 3:4-8; Ezekiel 27:13). Thus said 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: Amos 1:6,9,11,13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: , Amos 2:1,4,6 Thus 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: . And he said: The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers. Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. The white wool Ezekiel 27:18, in which it traded with Tyre, implies the possession of a large outlying tract in the desert, where the sheep yield the whitest wool. It lay on the best route from the interior of Asia to the Mediterranean, to Tyre, and even to Egypt. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. Labs Both instruments are alluded to in the O.T. This is what the LORD says: 'The people of Damascus have sinned again and again, and I will not let them go unpunished! As such, it attracted the Arameans who were one of the most frequent enemies of Israel. 14-15) Hebrew Names Version. This is what the LORD says: 'For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. 2:694. Others believe the threshing is a metaphor for Israels defeat at the hands of Syria (cf. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from . E And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of theLordyour God. Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, TheLordhas done great things for them. TheLordhas done great things for us; we are glad. Today, more and more people are moving away from rural areas where farming is highly practiced and into cities characterized by industrialization. God also said He will cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. Change). As a result of God breaking the gate bar of Damascus, the people of Aram would go exiled to Kir. U ABUNDANCE OR JUDGMENT. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. And God separated the light from the darkness. The region known as Gilead, the Transjordan area of Israel, was claimed by Damascus as well as Ammon. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; The word transgression refers to acts of rebellion committed against someone in authority, such as when Israel rebelled against the house of David (1 Kgs. They are carried along the precipitous banks of the ravine, being in some places tunnelled in the solid rock. Proud member The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. God stated that He would also break the gate bar of Damascus. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. So Paul speaks of those who treasure up to themselves wrath against the Day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God Romans 2:5. And he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you., Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. 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. Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. See, I give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for a grain offering; I give it all., Isaiah 3:15 What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor? declares the LordGodof hosts.Proverbs 21:1 The kings heart is a stream of water in the hand of theLord; he turns it wherever he will.Isaiah 17:13 The nations roar like the roaring of many waters, but he will rebuke them, and they will flee far away, chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind and whirling dust before the storm.Psalm 126:1-6 A Song of Ascents. Publication date: Jun 3, 2010. You shall leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am theLordyour God., Genesis 26:12 And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. It is likely that the formula was used as a rhetorical device to emphasize the fact that the cities or nations committed crime after crime, thus deserving Gods judgment. . N 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. Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, This is what the LORD says: 'For three offenses of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke its. In that the prophet says, not, for the fourth, but for three transgressions and for four, he expresses at once, that God did not punish until the last sin, by which the iniquity of the sinful nation became full Genesis 15:16, and that, then, He punished for all, for the whole mass of sin described by the three, and for the fourth also. Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them. Isaiah 23:8). Although God delegated authority to human governments to execute justice (Romans 13:4), He is still the ultimate judge. A good tree doesnt produce bad fruitsconsider a grain of wheata sower went out to sowin story after story, Jesus Christ made use of scenes from everyday farm life to explicitly illustrate His points about the gospel and the kingdom of God. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. It was the "metropolis" of Syria, Isaiah 7:8; and so Pliny calls it, "Damascus of Syria". "Thrice happy Greeks! H Soul-murder is worse than physical murder, and requires more devilish art. The reign of this lineage would be destroyed for their wrongdoings. LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel, Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular, Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular, Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular, Gilead -- a region in Palestine, also the name of several Israelites, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural construct, Incised, incisive, a trench, gold, a threshing-sledge, determination, eager, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, OT Prophets: Amos 1:3 Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions (Amo. The authority of Aram will end here as well. Gilead is here doubtless to be taken in its widest sense, including all the possessions of Israel, east of Jordan, as, in the account of Hazaels conquests, all the land of Gilead 2 Kings 10:32-33 is explained to mean, all which was ever given to the two tribes and a half, and to include Gilead proper, as distinct from Basan. Its wealth, as a great emporium of transit-commerce, (as it is now) furnished it with sinews for war. The Syrians apparently used tools that were intended for harvesting crops and ran over people with them. And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to theLord. Israel is placed the last, because on it the destruction was to fall to the uttermost, and rest there. They enslaved local populationsprobably those located in the lowlands or Shephelah of Judah among others. Amos 1:3 in Other Translations - Bible Study Tools We need only look at the history of nations, including the United States, to know that these kinds of atrocities have happened over and over. "O thrice and four times happy were the men. Without the Barada, says Porter, the city could not exist, and the plain would be a parched desert; but now aqueducts intersect every quarter, and fountains sparkle in almost every dwelling, while innumerable canals extend their ramifications over the vast plain, clothing it with verdure and beauty. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away. f tribe of Manasseh returned to go into the country of Gilead, to the land of their possessions Joshua 22:9. The name Damascus probably betokened the strenuous, energetic character of its founder. because they have threshed m Gilead . I will not turn away the punishment thereof. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! . And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to theLord. A Disciple Seeking to Follow Jesus into the World for the Sake of the World to the Glory of God, because they carried into exile a whole people to deliver them up to Edom (1:6), because they delivered up a whole people to Edom and did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. (1:9), Amos 1:3-10 Amos Addresses Damascus, Gaza and Tyre, Theological Hermeneutics IV Exploring the Story, Thomas Flemings Disease in the Public Mind, Jesus Suffers: Garden, Via Dolorosa, and Cross, Jesus Serves: Temple, Template, and Table, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron (1:3). [4] So I will send a fire upon the house of Haz'ael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-ha'dad. The covenant of brothers probably refers to a treaty between nations whether imposed (as upon a vassal) or negotiated. After his death, his descendants reigned for ten generations, each receiving from his father the name (Hadad) together with the kingdom, like the Ptolemies of Egypt. 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. Amos 1:3 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] Amos 1:3, NIV: This is what the LORD says: 'For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent.Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, Amos 1:3, ESV: Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges . Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty., Genesis 37:7 Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright. He wept because he knew the evil that [Hazael] will do to the people of Israel. In particular, Hazael will set their fortresses on firekill their young men with the sword, dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their pregnant women (2 Kings 8:12). Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. Israel heard and readily believed Gods judgments upon others. 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. What Does the Bible Say About Overcoming? 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. even for four in chapters 12? Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) for Ams 1:3, La Biblia de las Amricas (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Holman Christian Standard Bible for Amos 1:3, Giovanni Diodati 1649 (Italian) for Amos 1:3, Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, King James Version w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, New International Reader's Version for Amos 1:3, New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, La Biblia Reina-Valera (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). (3) Three transgressions . We are encouraged to Work Hard and keep ourselves busy. Literally, the text says they shut up the whole into captivity. The Philistines assaulted surrounding communities. Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. sn Like threshing sledges with iron teeth. 5 I will p break the gate-bar of l Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of q Aven, 4. and him who holds the scepter from r Beth-eden; The amount of rain, the cool of the nights, the warmth of the days, soil conditions, insects, and many others. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. , Deuteronomy 11:1-32 You shall therefore love theLordyour God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. 10:3233). Does he continually open and harrow his ground?Ecclesiastes 5:9 But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields., 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.Micah 4:1-4 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of theLordshall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, and many nations shall come, and say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of theLord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of theLordfrom Jerusalem. Geocoding , Ruth 2:7 She said, Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.1 Chronicles 4:10-41 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain! And God granted what he asked. But it supported a population far beyond what that space would maintain in Europe. . Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of - BibleApps.com Not naming it, he leaves it the rather to be conceived of by the mind, as something which had been of old coming upon them to overwhelm them, which God had long stayed back, but which, since He would now stay it no longer, would burst in, with the more terrific and overwhelming might, because it had been restrained before. Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. 3 Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, [] because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. With lifted hands and eyes invokes relief. They each follow the same rhetorical pattern. 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. In this section, the divine message concerns Damascus. , John 4:35 Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest? All time was measured by seven. So Seneca in Hippolyt., Act. Philistia removed Judeans who lived in the lush farmland of the Judean foothills to the desert regions of Edom (cf. Deeper sins bring deeper damnation at the last. The farmer has something to do every day. The stream thus collected is led off to a lower level, where it comes to the surface. Deuteronomy 4:24 says that God is a consuming fire. Then, as to those enemies themselves, the order is not of place or time, but of their relation to Gods people. 1 Kings 9:13the brotherhood between Hiram of Tyre and Solomon of Israel). The bar would secure the gate or the door to prevent outsiders from entering to hurt the residents of the city. They shall not labor in vain or bear children for calamity, for they shall be the offspring of the blessed of theLord, and their descendants with them. And he told them many things in parables, saying: A sower went out to sow. Why Did Jesus Talk So Much About Agriculture? You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor shall you wear a garment of cloth made of two kinds of material.Isaiah 17:10-11 For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and have not remembered the Rock of your refuge; therefore, though you plant pleasant plants and sow the vine-branch of a stranger, though you make them grow on the day that you plant them, and make them blossom in the morning that you sow, yet the harvest will flee away in a day of grief and incurable pain., 2 Timothy 2:6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops.James 5:7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. 4 tn Heb "they threshed [or "trampled down"] Gilead with sharp iron implements" (NASB similar). Signs & Symbols of The Bible (Threshing Floor) - Jesus Way 4 You , Deuteronomy 28:8 TheLordwill command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. Amos 1:1-15 ESV - The words of Amos, who was | Biblia Proverbs 20:4 says, The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives; So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap]. Likewise, Proverbs 21:5 says, The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Furthermore, Ecclesiastes 11:6 says, Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. The Bible talks against laziness. Here the LORD said He would break the bar to allow Damascuss enemies to enter. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. So, He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee Job 5:19. C Seldom, said pagan experience, hath punishment with lingering foot parted with the miscreant, advancing before.. Assyrian chronicles relate only Assyrian victories. The work has to be done. 1:1). T 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.

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