Damascus (Syria, also called Aram) "threshed" Gilead. 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 like way Joshua relates, that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the ha! "They have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron." Gilead was a part of Israel on the eastern side of the Jordan river. Here, Damascus represents the entire nation of Aram (or Syria). 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 name of his servant Eliezer my God is help, implies that at this time too the servant was a worshiper of the One God. For there was no other enemy, from whom Syria had to be delivered. Subsequently to that retreat from Samaria, he even lost Ramoth 2 Kings 9:14-15 to Jehoram after a battle before it 2 Kings 8:29, in which Jehoram was wounded. Tyre was an important commercial center in the Ancient Near East (cf. He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. Amos 1:3 in Other Translations - Bible Study Tools As such, it attracted the Arameans who were one of the most frequent enemies of Israel. It is worth noting that each of the oracles begins with the formula For three transgressions of [name of city or state], even for four, though Amos only listed one transgression for each nation, except for Israel which received all four of them (Amos 2:616). Such atrocities would not be unknown in the ancient world. Which words Virgil translates, and puts in the mouth of his hero in similar circumstances, Aen. Amos does not express it. Amos 1:3 - LIT - So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. God authorized human government in Genesis, where He said, "Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood . The covenant of brothers probably refers to a treaty between nations whether imposed (as upon a vassal) or negotiated. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. 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. You are Gods field, Gods building., Mark 4:26 And he said, The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground.Mark 4:31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown on the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth,Jeremiah 29:5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce.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. On a daily basis, relationships have to be enhanced. Of old it was said, the Chrysorrhoas (the Barada) is nearly expended in artificial channels.: Damascus is fertile through drinking up the Chrysorrhoas by irrigation. Fourteen names of its canals are still given; and while it has been common to select 7 or 8 chief canals, the whole have been counted up even to 70. 3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent. 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. These quotations are sufficient to show that this form of speech is neither unfrequent nor inelegant, being employed by the most correct writers of antiquity. For this they will be judged by God. The area has been calculated at 236 square geographical miles. Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest.Job 1:14 And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,1 Corinthians 15:38-39 But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil.". 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. This historical account is followed by a description of Gods pronouncement of judgment on five pagan nationsSyria, Philistia, Phoenicia, Edom, and Ammon. So Seneca in Hippolyt., Act. The Arameans have crushed [the people of] Gilead with iron-spiked threshing sledges. In similar fashion, Damascus had threshed Gilead with their instruments of war. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). Randall. Nature takes its own time. Chapter 34: Amos: Prepare to Meet Your God - Nelson's Old Testament Then, as to those enemies themselves, the order is not of place or time, but of their relation to Gods people. The moral majesty of a king is obviously greater than the rest. Corn takes anywhere from 90 to 100 days to be ready to be harvested. 1 Kings 9:13the brotherhood between Hiram of Tyre and Solomon of Israel). Joel 3:4-8). The other things cannot be satisfied; the fourth, fire, grows fiercer by being fed. Thanks John Mark. God commissioned Amos of Tekoa to proclaim His words to the Arameans to let them know that He took note of their transgressions, their offenses, and would judge accordingly. Such an attraction caused the Arameans to thresh the Israelites of Gilead with implements of sharp iron. Israel, having lost the help of Judah, became the easier prey. The river, says William of Tyre, having abundant water, supplies orchards on both banks, thick-set with fruit-trees, and flows eastward by the city wall. Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother your hand shall release. Theodoret supposes the horrible aggravation, that it was thus that the women with child were destroyed with their children, casting the aforesaid women, as into a sort of threshing-floor, they savagely threshed them out like ears of grain with saw-armed wheels.. Why Did God Use Adams Rib to Create Eve? 41:15).The NKJV Study Bible. D I will break the gate-bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from . 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. God stated that He would also break the gate bar of Damascus. v., ver. In the visitations of others, it was to read its own; and that, the more, the nearer God was to them. Both instruments are alluded to in the O.T. Consistently with this, the first mention of the kingdom of Damascus in Scripture is the dynasty of Rezon son of Eliadas, a fugitive servant of Hadadezer, who formed a marauding band, then settled and reigned in Damascus 1 Kings 11:23-24. No, he does not thresh it forever; when he drives his cart wheel over it with his horses, he does not crush it.Matthew 13:3-8 And he told them many things in parables, saying: A sower went out to sow. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. , Leviticus 19:19 You shall keep my statutes. And he gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you act quickly. But the Levites did not act quickly. They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges. Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away. The threshing sledge is also an allegory. 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. The work has to be done. This handy resource allows the reader to quickly summarize or review all the pertinent details about any Old Testament book. Vv. 14-15) 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. 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. Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of " You shall thresh the mountains and crush them, and you shall make the hills like chaff. Does a young lion cry out from his den, if he has taken nothing? 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. - Iron teeth (1:3): "Iron teeth" were part of a threshing sledge, a farming implement drawn over grain to thresh it and cut the stalks. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely., Isaiah 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?Deuteronomy 22:9-10 You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited, the crop that you have sown and the yield of the vineyard. Job 5:19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. A threshing sledge was made of wooden boards embedded with sharp stones or iron teeth. Threshing-sledges with iron (or basalt) are large boards (73 feet usually) pulled by oxen to separate the grain from the chaff. , ' <-144 , . "For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. 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:. .--Rather, will not turn it back--i.e., the sore judgment I have purposed. , Proverbs 12:11 Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits lacks sense.Isaiah 65:22-24 They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. 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. Their commercial interests included the slave trade, even selling Judeans to Greeks far from their homeland (Joel 3:6). You will be challenged and encouraged to be one who is firmly . Q Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. After he is created by God, he is placed in charge of the Garden of Eden. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and be full., Genesis 2:15 TheLordGod took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.Exodus 23:10-11 For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. Success in life requires hard work. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. The reign of this lineage would be destroyed for their wrongdoings. This space rather became the center of its dominions, than measured their extent. Soul-murder is worse than physical murder, and requires more devilish art. 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. Here the LORD said He would break the bar to allow Damascuss enemies to enter. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. Amos 1:6,9-2:16 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: . 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. "because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron" (1:3) "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) 1. Kings who entered treaties with each other typically thought of themselves as brothers (cf. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. Of the situation of this place, and the delightfulness of it; see Gill on Jeremiah 49:25; and of its founder, and the signification of its name; see Gill on Acts 9:2; to which may be added, that though Justin says it had its name from Damascus, a king of it before Abraham and Israel, whom he also makes kings of it; and Josephus would have Uz the son of Aram the founder of it, to which Bochart agrees; yet the Arabic writers ascribe the building of it to others; for the Arabs have a tradition, as Schultens says, that there were Canaanites anciently in Syria; for they talk of Dimashc the son of Canaan, who built the famous city of Damascus, and so it should seem to be called after his name; and Abulpharagius says, that Murkus or Murphus, as others call him, king of Palestine, built the city of Damascus twenty years before the birth of Abraham: from this place many things have their names, which continue with us to this day, as the "damask" rose, and the "damascene" plum, transplanted from the gardens that were about it, for which it was famous; and very probably the invention of the silk and linen called "damasks" owes its rise from hence. , Deuteronomy 11:1-32 You shall therefore love theLordyour God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always. Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet? Sie suchen nach einem 70413 lego, das Ihren Ansprchen gerecht wird? Chapter 28: Syria (1:3-5) - Minor Prophets 2 nothing big cus i Still hate to write. 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. 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?
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