Amos 2

Amos 2:1

G. Moab (2:1-3)The sixth judgment is against Moab, who deprived the king of Edom of a decent burial (See 2Ki_3:26-27 where “his eldest son” probably refers to the eldest son of the King of Edom, not Moab).

Amos 2:4

H. Judah (2:4, 5)Now the LORD is getting uncomfortably close to home: The next two nations to be judged are Judah and Israel! It is startling that they should be listed along with six Gentile nations. To the Jews of Amos’s time, this would have been most degrading! But God points out in this way that, by their sin, Judah and Israel had forfeited all special recognition by Jehovah. Judah would be punished because they had despised the law of the LORD, they did not keep His commandments, and they followed . . . lies (idols).

Amos 2:6

I. Israel (2:6-16)2:6-8 Up to this point the people of Israel would applaud Amos’s denunciations. But now he turns to them, and their applause will quickly turn to indignation! Israel would be punished because they oppressed the righteous and the poor, they committed terrible forms of immorality, they kept pledged clothes overnight, and they became drunk in the temple with wine purchased with money gained by extortion and bribery. 2:9-12 Next, God recites His past mercies for IsraelHe destroyed the Amorites, who dwelt like cedars and oaks in the land of Canaan. He saved Israel out of the land of Egypt and raised up . . . Nazirites to exhibit to them lives of separation. But they corrupted the Nazirites and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. 2:13-16 As a consequence, God would crush them, prevent their escape, and cause their defeat by the Assyrians. Even the mighty men will not be able to deliver themselves, and flight shall perish from the swift.