Amos 1

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Amos was a shepherd.
Amos 1 Summary
Introduces Amos as a shepherd warning the people of repeated transgression are bringing about an effect. The places mentioned are poetic representations of spiritual vices and virtues(See comments verse 5). The people were returning to the captivity of Edom because they remembered not the brotherly covenant which reduced the fruitfulness of society.[1]
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A herdsmen of Tekoa and appears with a Mem at the beginning as MemTavKufVavAyin מִתְּק֑וֹעַ [2] Tekoa can mean "a stockade" or protected place but also an instrument through which you blow.
Was Amos a shepherd of sheep or of the people who sounded the warning of God through the Holy Spirit and faith?
Carmel[3] is also mentioned by Micah 7:14 which is a reference to being fruitful[4] as we were commanded by God in the beginning. Carmel is associated with practices that reduces the fruitfulness of societies (Nahum 1:4, Joel 1:12,17, Amos 9:3). Even Jesus took the kingdom of God from the Pharisees because they and their system of Corban was not bearing fruit.[5]
The transgressions[6] of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is said to be three even four is likely used as an idiomatic phrase, signifying “multiplied or repeated delinquencies”.
The threshing instruments[7] of iron may simply be a metaphor meaning making the decision to use force and is that choice which brings destruction and captivity. There is welfare that is a snare which David and Paul and even Peter says makes the people merchandise. Polybius warns that an appetite for benefits and the instituting the rule of force degenerates the masses giving rise to tyrants which opens society to the Saul Syndrome and the ways of Sodom.
Is the fire sent a strange fire that brings the consequences for the transgressions? Is the fire also a consequence and the names symbols themselves poeticly telling us deeper meanings?
John the Baptist would not use force to provide social welfare but the Corban of Herod did which made the word of God to none effect.
Vers 5 "I will break[8] also the bar[9] of Damascus[10], and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven[11], and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden[12]: and the people of Syria[13] shall go into captivity[14] unto Kir[15], saith the LORD."
V12 This fire sent on to Teman, which is a place east of Edon[16] devthes the palaces (high places)[17] of Bozrah which the people thought was a fortress.[18]
They "delivered up the whole captivity to Edom[19], and remembered not the brotherly covenant:"[20]
Is "enlarge their border" the same as lengthens the fringe of their garments?
This word for captivity commonly appears in Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Because Joseph was sold into bondage his brothers also went into bondage.
The idea of stripping people of their rights and their property so that "they have nothing" was the goal of the serpent who is the dragon.
God would punish those who do such evil but that is why evil wants us to do it to ourselves, remembering not the brotherly covenant.[21]
Proverbs 14:31 " oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:" - Proverbs 17:5 "Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker" - Galatians 6:10 "As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith."
"Freedom is the Right to Choose, the Right to create for oneself the alternatives of Choice. Without the possibility of Choice, and the exercise of Choice, a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing.” Archibald MacLeish
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Herdsmen of Tekoa

1 ¶ The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.

2 And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

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:

Devouring fire

4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces[17] of Benhadad.

5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD.

6 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[14] the whole captivity,[22] to deliver them up to Edom:

7 But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

8 And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD.

9 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity[22] to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant:

10 But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof.

transgressions of Edom

11 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:

12 But I will send a fire upon Teman,[16] which shall devour the palaces[17] of Bozrah.[18]

13 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border:

14 But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:

15 And their king shall go into captivity[23], he and his princes together, saith the LORD.

Amos
Amos 1 | Amos 2 | Amos 3
Amos 4 | Amos 5 | Amos 6
Amos 7 | Amos 8 | Amos 9

Preceded by: Joel
Followed by: Obadiah

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  1. ↑ Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." This was an indictment of Israel because it failed to abide by Leviticus 25:35 "And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee."
  2. ↑ 08620 תְּקוֹעַ‎ Tëqowa‘ [tek-o’-ah] TavKufVavAyin a form of 08619 a blast-(wind)-instrument, trumpet TavKufVavAyin; from 08628 to blow TavKufAyin; n pr m; [BDB-1075b] [{See TWOT on 2541 @@ "2541b" }] V-Tekoa 6, Tekoah 1; 7
    Tekoa or Tekoah= "a stockade"
    • n pr m
    1) a Judaite, son of Ashur and grandson of Hezron
    • n pr loc
    2) a town in the hill country of Judah near Hebron built by king Rehoboam of Judah; birthplace of Amos
    3) a wilderness area where king Jehoshaphat of Judah defeated the people of Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir
    • In Amos only we see Tekoa as MemTavKufVavAyin מִתְּק֑וֹעַ
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • ת Tav is a Seal of a Higher kingdom or realm through faith. The paradigm keter–malchut “The Crown of Sovereignty” from the Tree of Life spiritually linking worlds or realms through an unseen doorway of faith. The Aleph & Tav are the first and last letters. [door sign cross seal] (Numeric value: 400)
    • ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
  3. ↑ 03760 כַּרְמֶל‎ Karmel [kar-mel’] the same as 03759 a fruitful field; n pr loc; [BDB-502a] [{See TWOT on 1042 }] AV-Carmel 26; 26 Carmel= "garden-land"
    1) a mountain on the Mediterranean coast of northern Israel, just below Haifa
    2) a town in the mountains on the west side of the Dead Sea and south of Hebron
    • God wants us to be fruitful.
  4. ↑ Benson Commentary states says Carmel "is sometimes taken appellatively, and translated a fruitful field. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary Amos 1:18-21 "Christ is this Fountain..." shall make us "abound in fruits of righteousness.
  5. ↑ Matthew 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
  6. ↑ 06588 פֶשַׁע‎ pesha‘ [peh’-shah] PeiShinAyin from the verb פָשַׁע‎ pasha‘ 06586 to rebel; n m; [BDB-833a] [{See TWOT on 1846 @@ "1846a" }] AV-transgression 84, trespass 5, sin 3, rebellion 1; 93
    1) transgression, rebellion
    1a1) transgression (against individuals)
    1a2) transgression (nation against nation)
    1a3) transgression (against God)
    1a3a) in general
    1a3b) as recognised by sinner
    1a3c) as God deals with it
    1a3d) as God forgives
    1a4) guilt of transgression
    1a5) punishment for transgression
    1a6) offering for transgression
    • פ ף Pei Communication: The Oral Torah The mouth, blow, edge. [Mouth speak open word] (Numeric value: 80)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
  7. ↑ 02742 ^ץורח^ charuwts \@khaw-roots’\@ ChetReishVavTzadik or ^ץרח^ charuts \@khaw-roots’\@ pass. participle of 02782 meaning to cut, decide, decree, determine; AV-gold 6, diligent 5, decision 2, threshing instrument 2, sharp 1, sharp things 1, wall 1; 18 adj
    1) sharp-pointed, sharp, diligent
    2) strict decision, decision
    3) trench, moat, ditch
    4) gold (poetical)
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of - cause and effect - give life and live.[fence, thread, hedge, chamber...cycle] (Numeric value: 8)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • צ ץ Tzadik is always related to The Faith of the Righteous One, the foundation of the word "to hunt" or Harvest even eat or desire. [Harvest, pant, desire] (Numeric value: 90)
  8. ↑ וְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ VavShinBeitReishTavYod appears 7 times out of 148 occurrences.
    07665 שָׁבַר‎ ShinBeitReish shabar [shaw-bar’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-990b] [{See TWOT on 2321 }] AV-break 115, destroy 9, break in pieces 8, break down 4, hurt 3, torn 2, give birth 1, crush 1, quench 1, misc 6; 150
    1) to break, break in pieces
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) break, break in or down, rend violently, wreck, crush, quench
    1a2) to break, rupture (fig)
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be broken, be maimed, be crippled, be wrecked
    1b2) to be broken, be crushed (fig)
    1c) (Piel) to shatter, break
    1d) (Hiphil) to cause to break out, bring to the birth
    1e) (Hophal) to be broken, be shattered
    • See 07663, inspect, examine; 07664, hope; 07665, break... torn, give birth 07666,to buy; 07667, breech; 07668 brake out; ShinBeitReish(שָׁבַר)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • ב Beit Purpose: God's Dwelling Place Below - a house or God's house here. [household, in, into] (Numeric value: 2)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
  9. ↑ בְּרִ֣יחַ BeitReishYodHey
    01280 בְּרִיחַ‎ bëriyach [ber-ee’-akh] from 01272 flee; n m; [BDB-138a] [{See TWOT on 284 @@ "284b" }] AV-bar 40, fugitive 1; 41
    1) bar
    1a) of wood
    1b) of city gates
    2) of tribulation, a fortress, of the earth as a prison (fig.)
  10. ↑ DelatMemShinKuf
    01834 דַּמֶּשֶׂק‎ DelatMemShinKuf Dammeseq [dam-meh’-sek] or דומשׂק‎ DelatVavMemShinKuf Duwmeseq [doo-meh’-sek] or דרמשׂק‎ DelatReishMemShinKuf Darmeseq [dar-meh’-sek] of foreign origin, Greek 1154 δαμασκος; n pr loc; [BDB-199b] [{See TWOT on (?) 433 @@ "433" }] AV-Damascus 44, Syriadamascus 1; 45 Damascus= "silent is the sackcloth weaver" 1) an ancient trading city, capital of Syria, located in the plain east of Hermon, 130 (205 km) miles northeast of Jerusalem
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
    • ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200)
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
    • ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
  11. ↑ 0206 אָוֶן‎ ‘Aven [aw’-ven] the same as 0205; n pr loc; [BDB-20a] [{See TWOT on 48 @@ "48a" }] AV-Aven 3; 3
    1) a name used contemptuously for the following places of idolatrous worship
    1a) a city in Egypt, possibly On [{Eze 30:17 }]
    1b) Bethel with its calf worship [{Ho 10:8 }]
    1c) A town or region in Syria [{Am 1:5 }
  12. ↑ 05731 עֵדֶן‎ AyinDaletNun ‘Eden [ay’-den] the same as 05730 delights; n loc m/n pr m; [BDB-726b, BDB-727a] [{See TWOT on 1568 }] AV-Eden 17; 17
    • Eden= "pleasure"
    n loc m
    1) the first habitat of man after the creation; site unknown
    n pr m
    2) a Gershonite Levite, son of Joah in the days of King Hezekiah of JudahBold text
    • ע Ayin also U. Divine Providence "eye" or "fountain" of five states of kindness or severity. AlefYodNun or nothingness as opposed to AlefShin something [eye, watch] (Numeric value: 70)
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
    • נ ן Nun Heir to the Throne, Aramaic fish in the Mem (fish moving in flowing waters) or in the Hebrew the Nun may mean the kingdom with a double Nun suggesting spiritual insight in two realms. [fish moving... Activity life] (Numeric value: 50)
  13. ↑ 0758 אֲרָם‎ ‘Aram [arawm’] from the same as 0759 אַרְמוֹן‎ ‘armown (meaning to be elevated) citadel, palace, fortress; n pr m; [BDB-74a] [{See TWOT on 163 }] AV-Syria 67, Syrians 56, Aram 7, Syriadamascus + 04601 1, Syriamaachah + 04601 1; 132
    • Aram or Arameans= "exalted"
    1) Aram or Syria the nation
    2) the Syrian or Aramean people
    3) fifth son of Shem
    4) a grandson of Nahor
    5) a descendant of Asher
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 01540 גֶּלֶה‎ galah [gaw-law’] GimelLamedHey a primitive root; v; [BDB-162b] [{See TWOT on 350 }] AV-uncover 34, discover 29, captive 28, carry away 22, reveal 16, open 12, captivity 11, shew 9, remove 6, appear 3, misc 18; 188
    1) to uncover, remove
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to uncover
    1a2) to remove, depart
    1a3) to go into exile
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) (reflexive)
    1b1a) to uncover oneself
    1b1b) to discover or show oneself
    1b1c) to reveal himself (of God)
    1b2) (passive)
    1b2a) to be uncovered
    1b2b) to be disclosed, be discovered
    1b2c) to be revealed
    1b3) to be removed
    1c) (Piel)
    1c1) to uncover (nakedness)
    1c1a) nakedness
    1c1b) general
    1c2) to disclose, discover, lay bare
    1c3) to make known, show, reveal
    1d) (Pual) to be uncovered
    1e) (Hiphil) to carry away into exile, take into exile
    1f) (Hophal) to be taken into exile
    1g) (Hithpael)
    1g1) to be uncovered
    1g2) to reveal oneself
    • ג Gimel Reward and Punish, Cause and effect, 'justified repayment'. Do to others as they should do. Written like a Vav with a Yod as a "foot". Camel, [throwstick, pride, to lift up] (Numeric value: 3)
    • ל Lamed means Aspiration of the Heart or to learn or even direct like a shepherd. It has to do with what the Hand produces, [hand is די YodDalet] or directs with staff, whip... like the tongue may direct. (Numeric value: 30)
    • ה Hey Expression--Thought, Speech, Action. Manifest seeds of thought and life. [Emphasize, jubilation, window, fence] (Numeric value: 5)
  15. ↑ KufYodReishHey
    07024 קִיר‎ Qiyr [keer] the same as 07023 wall; n pr loc; [BDB-885a] [{See TWOT on 2022 }] AV-Kir 5; 5
    • Kir= "wall"
    1) a place in Mesopotamia
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 ‭08487 ןמָיתֵּ Teyman tay-mawn’ or ‭ ןמת Teman tay-mawn’ ‭the same as 08486 ןמָיתֵּ teyman the denominative from 03225 ןימִיָ yamiyn right side ; n pr m/n pr loc; [BDB-412b] {See TWOT on 872 @@ "872e"} ‭AV-Teman 11; 11 ‭: Teman= "south" ‭: ‭n pr m ‭: 1) son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, and one of the dukes of Edom ‭: 2) the tribe descended from 1 noted for the wisdom of its people ‭: ‭n pr loc ‭: 3) the region occupied by the descendants of 1, located east of Idumea ‭
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 0759 ןוֹמרְאַ ‘armown ar-mone’ ‭from an unused root (meaning to be elevated); n m; [BDB-74b] {See TWOT on 164 @@ "164a"} ‭AV-palace 31, castle 1; 32 ‭: ‭1) citadel, palace, fortress
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 01224 בָּצְרָה‎ Botsrah [bots-raw’] the same as 01223; n pr loc; [BDB-131a] [{See TWOT on 270 @@ "270b" }] AV-Bozrah 8, non translated variant 1; 9
    • Bozrah= "sheepfold" or "fortress"
    1) a town in Edom
    2) a town in Moab
  19. ↑ 0123 ^םדא^ AlefDaletMem ‘Edom \@ed-ome’\@ or (fully) ^םודא^ AlefDaletVavMem ‘Edowm \@ed-ome’\@ from 0122; Greek 2401 ~Ιδουμαια~; n pr m; {See TWOT on 26 @@ "26e"} AV-Edom 87, Edomites 9, Idumea 4; 100 Edom= "red"
    1) Edom
    2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau
    3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine
    • א Alef Father-Son- begin- The Paradox: God and Man - (ox bull) [strength, leader, first] (Numeric value: 1)
    • ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
    • ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
    • מ ם Mem Fountain of water, a flow, a fountain of the Divine Wisdom [massive, overpower chaos] (Numeric value: 40)
    • According to Obadiah 1 the Edomites were proud, violent, and apathetic to the destruction of Israel and Amos 1 tells of transgressions of Edom which leads to captivity because they remembered not the brotherly covenant.
  20. ↑ Some suggest that the "covenant of brethren " was the league made between Hiram and David, and afterwards between Hiram and Solomon (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 5:12 )but the true brotherly covenant dates back when there was no king in Israel and the people were bound together by the practice of pure religion. Ezekiel 16:49 "Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy." This was an indictment of Israel because it failed to abide by Leviticus 25:35 "And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: [yea, though he be] a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee." when the people turned to the legal charity offered by men who exercise authority like Cain, Nimrod and FDR rather that the freewill offerings provided by the fervent charity of The Way.
  21. ↑ There are referrences to "Phœnicia’s mercantile cupidity, and Tyre was tempted to sell Hebrew captives to Greeks and Idumeans" But men have often been merchants of men and can make our brothers merchandise where we own nothing.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 01546 גָּלוּת‎ galuwth [gaw-looth’] from 01540 to uncover, even nakedness, remove; n f; [BDB-163b] [{See TWOT on 350 @@ "350b" }] AV-captivity 10, captive captives 3, them that are carried away captive 2; 15
    1) exile, exiles
    2) (TWOT) captivity
  23. ↑ 01473 גּוֹלָה‎ gowlah [go-law’] or (shortened) גלה‎ golah [go-law’] active participle of 01540 galah to uncover, even nakedness, remove;; n f; [BDB-163b] [{See TWOT on 350 @@ "350a" }] AV-captivity 26, carry away 7, captive 5, removing 2, remove 1, captivity + 03627 1; 42
    1) exiles, exile, captivity
    1a) exiles (coll)
    1b) exile, captivity (abstract)
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