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Amos
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   1 Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of
   Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of
   Egypt, saying,

   2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I
   will punish you for all your iniquities.

   3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

   4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young
   lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?

   5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him?
   shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at
   all?

   6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid?
   shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

   7 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto
   his servants the prophets.

   8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken,
   who can but prophesy?

   9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of
   Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and
   behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the
   midst thereof.

   10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence
   and robbery in their palaces.

   11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even
   round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee,
   and thy palaces shall be spoiled.

   12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the
   lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be
   taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus
   in a couch.

   13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the
   God of hosts,

   14 That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon
   him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar
   shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

   15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the
   houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end,
   saith the LORD.
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   Judgments against Israel. (1-8) The like to other nations. (9-15)1-8
   The distinguishing favours of God to us, if they do not restrain from
   sin, shall not exempt from punishment. They could not expect communion
   with God, unless they first sought peace with him. Where there is not
   friendship, there can be no fellowship. God and man cannot walk
   together, except they are agreed. Unless we seek his glory, we cannot
   walk with him. Let us not presume on outward privileges, without
   special, sanctifying grace. The threatenings of the word and providence
   of God against the sin of man are certain, and certainly show that the
   judgments of God are at hand. Nor will God remove the affliction he has
   sent, till it has done its work. The evil of sin is from ourselves, it
   is our own doing; but the evil of trouble is from God, and is his
   doing, whoever are the instruments. This should engage us patiently to
   bear public troubles, and to study to answer God's meaning in them. The
   whole of the passage shows that natural evil, or troubles, and not
   moral evil, or sin, is here meant. The warning given to a careless
   world will increase its condemnation another day. Oh the amazing
   stupidity of an unbelieving world, that will not be wrought upon by the
   terrors of the Lord, and that despise his mercies!
   9-15 That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly
   be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not
   be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day of
   visitation, and in that day, all they are proud of, and put confidence
   in, shall fail them. God will inquire into the sins of which they have
   been guilty in their houses, the robbery they have stored up, and the
   luxury in which they lived. The pomp and pleasantness of men's houses,
   do not fortify against God's judgments, but make sufferings the more
   grievous and vexatious. Yet a remnant, according to the election of
   grace, will be secured by our great and good Shepherd, as from the jaws
   of destruction, in the worst times.
   Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.

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