T Tyre was an important commercial center in the Ancient Near East (cf. G 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. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, , Psalm 104:14 You cause the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food from the earthLeviticus 19:19 You shall keep my statutes. Its native historian admits that the Damascenes were, in the time of David, and continued to be, the aggressors, while he veils over their repeated defeats, and represents their kings, as having reigned successively from father to son, for ten generations, a thing unknown probably in any monarchy. Salem Media Group. Lastly and nearest of all, it falls on Judah, who had the true worship of the true God among them, but despised it. The name Damascus probably betokened the strenuous, energetic character of its founder. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy! Very, very exceedingly; and so it was used among the ancient Greek and Latin poets. "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. C Joel 2:24 speaks of that abundance as a sign of God's blessing if the people repent: "The threshing floors will be filled with grain. And Joash did what was right in the eyes of theLordall the days of Jehoiada the priest. 4 So I will send a fire on the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. Theme: Contempt by Vault9. At the time of our era, the name of Abraham was still held in honor in the country of Damascus; a village was named from him Abrahams dwelling; and a native historian Nicolas said, that he reigned in Damascus on his way from the country beyond Babylon to Canaan. Amos 1 | NRSV Bible | YouVersion 2. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. E Amos 1:3 Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Damascus and , 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. It lay on the best route from the interior of Asia to the Mediterranean, to Tyre, and even to Egypt. 4 tn Heb "they threshed [or "trampled down"] Gilead with sharp iron implements" (NASB similar). The city named Kir was the place where the Arameans originally lived (Amos 9:7), although its precise location is unknown. Whom hate devoured, and fraud, hard pressing on, And so the ancient oracle quoted by Pausanias Achaic., lib. And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. Amos condemns raiding communities and capturing those populations in order to sell them in the international slave trade. Publisher: OpenBible.info. 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. Its whole plain was intersected with canals, and tunneled below. as the Targum; this country lay beyond Jordan, and was inhabited by the Reubenites and Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh; who were used in a very cruel manner, by Hazael king of Syria, as was foretold by Elisha, 2 Kings 7:12; not literally, as in 2 Samuel 12:31; but by him they were beat, oppressed, and crushed, as the grain of the threshingfloor; which used to be threshed out by means of a wooden instrument stuck with iron teeth, the top of which was filled with stones to press it down, and so drawn to and fro over the sheaves of corn, by which means it was beaten out, to which the allusion is here; See Gill on 1 Corinthians 9:9. And God saw that the light was good. He condemns forcibly removing populations from their homeland. Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. 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. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. 4 So I will send fire against Hazael's house and it will consume the citadel fortresses of Ben-Hadad. instead of the traditional point of view because of our westernization of the good news. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. Humanity continues to witness these atrocities at the hands of those who rule the nations. Tagged: Amos, Amos 1:3-5, Amos 1:6-8, Amos 1:9-10, Ethics, Nations, Violence. "O thrice and four times happy were the men. Damascus was already the chief city, through its relation to which alone Hobah was known. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-. The death here spoken of, although more ghastly, was probably not more severe than many others; not nearly so severe as some which have been used by Christian Judicatures. A man . Soul-murder is worse than physical murder, and requires more devilish art. Many things in life take time just as farming takes time. We are encouraged to Work Hard and keep ourselves busy. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.Leviticus 11:1-47 And theLordspoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, Speak to the people of Israel, saying, These are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the earth. Where the water of one is diffusing life and verdure over the surface, another branch is collecting a new supply. In former days these extended over the whole plain to the lakes, thus irrigating the fields and gardens in every part of it., Damascus then was, of old, famed for its beauty. Amos 1:3 NRSVUE - Thus says the LORD: For three - Bible Gateway Amoss prophecy concerning Damascus was probably fulfilled in 732 BC when the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III captured the city, weakening it for the rest of the Old Testament period (2 Kgs. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard.Leviticus 19:23-25 When you come into the land and plant any kind of tree for food, then you shall regard its fruit as forbidden. Amos 1:3 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: : Strong's LIT Online Bible Project And the whole crowd stood on the beach. The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from . And consider today (since I am not speaking to your children who have not known or seen it), consider the discipline of theLordyour God, his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm, his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land, and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued after you, and how theLordhas destroyed them to this day, and what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place, , 1 Chronicles 4:38-41 These mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers houses increased greatly. The city of Damascus was called under judgment because that nation threshed Gilead with implements of iron (Amos 1:3) or behaved with unnecessary cruelty against a conquered people. Threshing-sledges with iron (or basalt) are large boards (73 feet usually) pulled by oxen to separate the grain from the chaff. 1:93. The art and concealment of man in approaching a maiden is of a subtler kind than things in nature which leave no trace of themselves, the eagle in the air, the serpent on the rock, the ship in its pathway through the waves Proverbs 30:18-19. For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four. When theLordrestored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. And the whole crowd stood on the beach. 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. john mark The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. The covenant of brothers probably refers to a treaty between nations whether imposed (as upon a vassal) or negotiated. 3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. Amos 1:3 - NIV - This is what the - Christianity Likewise, patience is a needed virtue for life. Neglect a relationship and just like a field left unplowed, weeds will overrun everything and whatever was planted will die. Thanks John Mark. and four times who were slain, In Atreus' cause, upon the Trojan plain.". Randall. Why Did Jesus Talk So Much About Agriculture? Other poets use the same form of expression. If this promise was fulfilled, Ramoth-Gilead must have been lost to Syria at an earlier period, since, three years afterward, Ahab perished in an attempt, by aid of Jehoshaphat, against the counsels of God, to recover it 2 Kings 7:6. Damascus (Syria, also called Aram) threshed Gilead. vii., c. 6: ; "Those men shall be thrice and four times happy.". , Job 24:10 They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves;Psalm 35:5 Let them be like chaff before the wind, with the angel of theLorddriving them away!Job 21:18 That they are like straw before the wind, and like chaff that the storm carries away?1 Chronicles 21:23 Then Ornan said to David, Take it, and let my lord the king do what seems good to him. The place called Beth-Eden refers to an Aramean state located on the Euphrates River south of Carchemish. Its white buildings, embedded in the deep green of its engirdling orchards, were like diamonds encircled by emeralds. The amount of rain, the cool of the nights, the warmth of the days, soil conditions, insects, and many others. because they have threshed m Gilead . Chapter 34: Amos: Prepare to Meet Your God - Nelson's Old Testament Home / Commentary / Amos / Amos Chapter 1 / Amos 1:35. If Amoss preaching bears witness to his insistence that nations need to acknowledge their sin, should not our preaching do the same? The names Hazael and Ben-hadad, two kings of Aram, are also known from 2 Kings 8. And thrice, and four times happy those, he cried, That under Ilion's walls before their parents died.". The waters of the Fijeh were carried by a great aqueduct tunnelled through the side of the perpendicular cliff. Then in the third year sow and reap and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.Matthew 13:1-58 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. 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. epcsermon: Amos - For Three Sins of Damascus 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. , Matthew 13:1-10 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea. Philistia removed Judeans who lived in the lush farmland of the Judean foothills to the desert regions of Edom (cf. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. P To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, for three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron, I will not turn away the punishment thereof -, Because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron -, For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four -, , . Not only would the kingdom of Aram fall, and its rulers have their authority crushed, its people would be conquered and taken into exile by its conquerors. You cant speed that up. Hazael was the king of Damascus in the second half of the ninth century BC, while Ben-hadad was his son and successor (2 Kgs. Its wealth, as a great emporium of transit-commerce, (as it is now) furnished it with sinews for war. The threshing sledge is also an allegory. f tribe of Manasseh returned to go into the country of Gilead, to the land of their possessions Joshua 22:9. Animals have to be fed, crops have to be watered and fertilized, and it doesnt matter how the farmer feels on that particular day. You are Gods field, Gods building., Deuteronomy 25:4 You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.Judges 3:31 After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.Leviticus 19:9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest.2 Chronicles 26:10 And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil., Matthew 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Psalm 65:10 You water its furrows abundantly, settling its ridges, softening it with showers, and blessing its growth.Deuteronomy 24:19 When you reap your harvest in your field and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it. What is the meaning of the symbolism in Amos? The two on the northern side water Salahiyeh at the foot of the hills about a mile from the city, and then irrigate the higher portions of the plain to the distance of nearly twenty miles. The last grace of God, whether sealing up the former graces of those who use them, or vouchsafed to those who have wasted them, is the crowning act of His love or forbearance. 3 Thus says the Lord,For three transgressions of Damascus and for fourI will not revoke its punishment,Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.4So I will send fire upon the house of HazaelAnd it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.5 I will also break the gate bar of Damascus,And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven,And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden;So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir,Says the LORD. Literally, the text says they shut up the whole into captivity. The Philistines assaulted surrounding communities. 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 . J God stated that He would also break the gate bar of Damascus. The moral majesty of a king is obviously greater than the rest. 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. 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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. For the prophet had no mission to them; he only declares to Israel the ground of the visitation which was to come upon them. And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. This judgment includes the peoples of this region (probably the Biqah Valley) which was likely also a part of the kingdom of Aram. Why does Amos keep repeating for three sins . Every infliction on those like ourselves finds an echo in our own consciences. These are the men of Recah. 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. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus and I will cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven and the one who takes . It is possible that Syrians ran over peoplemen, women, and childrenwith these boards. . The language about Tyre is almost exactly the same as how Amos describes Gaza. This handy resource allows the reader to quickly summarize or review all the pertinent details about any Old Testament book. And in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to theLord. Deuteronomy 4:24 says that God is a consuming fire. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like The words of Amos, who was among the sheep breeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake., For three transgressions of Damascus and for four, I will not revoke it; Because they have threshed Gilead with . Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, 4 I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. Elisha had foretold to Hazael his cruelty to Israel; Their strong holds thou wilt set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child 2 Kings 8:12. The city named Damascus was the capital of the nation of Aram during the 10th through 8th centuries BC. For each oracle, Amos confirmed his prophetic call with the statement Thus says the LORD (Am. And as such, it was easier and more effective, to point to a farmer in the field, the numerous plants growing around them, or the shepherds tending nearby flocks and reference the heart of God or another gospel truth about Gods kingdom. Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of - BibleApps.com Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. . Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.Ecclesiastes 1:1-18 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. a aq as _ \\ \ \ \ ss ce ake i arthur s. phelps his booke god give him grace. If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Hazael, like others gradually steeped in sin, thought it impossible, but did it. For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four. oremus Bible Browser : Amos 1:1-2:3 13:3, 2225). More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! v., ver. From Omri also Benhadad I took cities and extorted streets, probably a Damascus quarter, in Samaria itself 1 Kings 20:34. 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. They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges. What was the significance of the horns of the altar (Amos 3:14)? The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. The community or people to which Amos refers is Judah. For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.Jeremiah 5:24 They do not say in their hearts, Let us fear theLordour God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest., Ezekiel 27:17 Judah and the land of Israel traded with you; they exchanged for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, meal, honey, oil, and balm.Matthew 9:37 Then he said to his disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;Isaiah 30:24 And the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.Isaiah 28:24 Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? On the schism of the ten tribes, the hostility of Damascus was concentrated against Israel who lay next to them. 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. Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil, Genesis 1:12 The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind. Joel 3:4-8). Like the other names connected with Aram in the Old Testament, it is, in conformity with the common descent from Aram, Aramaic. The Awaj (the crooked) (perhaps the old Amana, the never-failing, in contrast with the streams which are exhausted in irrigation) runs near the old south boundary of Damascus, separating it probably from the northern possessions of Israel beyond Jordan, Bashan (in its widest sense), and Jetur or Ituraea. 16:9). The LORD says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. Jehoash recovered from Benhadad III the cities this side Jordan 2 Kings 13:25; Jeroboam II, all their lost territories and even Damascus and Hamath 2 Kings 14:28. Assyrian chronicles relate only Assyrian victories. What Does the Bible Say About Husbands and Wives? 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. The city of Gilead was an Israelite region located on the eastern side of the Jordan River, just south of Damascus. Hazael extended his conquests to Gath 2 Kings 12:17, intending probably to open a connecting line with Egypt. And God saw that it was good. 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. From the standpoint of the synergistic point of view of Sanders,Dunn,and Wright. R 24:22) with stone or metal teeth embedded in the bottom side were dragged over the grain by these animals. 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. 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.