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Amos 2:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots "
Amos 2:9
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That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots
Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.
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The apostle goes on to give more instructions about Christian duty. He urges believers to be united in mind and humble, and he supports this appeal with the example of Christ (Philippians 2:1-11). He then calls them to be diligent and earnest in their Christian life, reminding them that God is at work in them (Philippians 2:12-13). After that, he tells them to make their Christian profession beautiful through fitting graces and conduct (Philippians 2:14-18).
He finishes the chapter with special mention and praise of two faithful ministers, Timothy and Epaphroditus, whom he plans to send to them (Philippians 2:19-30).
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Amos 2:1
"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:"
Amos 2:2
"But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:"
Amos 2:3
"And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD."
Amos 2:4
"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:"
Amos 2:5
"But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem."
Amos 2:6
"Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;"
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