Amos 2:4

Thus saith Hashem: 1 For shloshah peysha'im of Yehudah, 1 even for arba'ah, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; 1 because they have despised the torat Hashem, 1 and have not been shomer over His chukkim, 1 and their lies caused them to err, 1 after the halakhah of their avot; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

3And I will cut off the shofet (judge) from the midst thereof, 1 and will slay all the sarim (princes) thereof with him, 1 saith Hashem. 1

5But I will send an eish upon Yehudah, 1 and it shall devour the fortresses of Yerushalayim. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:16And Hashem said unto Moshe, Behold, thou shalt sleep with Avoteicha; and this people will rise up, and play the harlot going after the elohei nekhar ha'aretz (g-ds of the foreigners of the land), whither they go to be among them, and will forsake Me, and break My Brit which I have cut them.

Judges 2:11And the Bnei Yisroel did harah in the sight of Hashem, and served Ba'alim;

2 Samuel 12:9Why hast thou despised the Davar Hashem, to do the rah in His eyes? Thou hast killed Uriyah the Chitti with the cherev, and hast taken his isha to be thy isha, and hast slain him with the cherev of the Bnei Ammon.

2 Kings 22:11And it came to pass, when HaMelech had heard the Divrei Sefer HaTorah, that he tore his garments.

2 Chronicles 30:7And be not ye like Avoteichem, and like your achim, which were unfaithful against Hashem Elohei Avoteihem, Who therefore gave them up to a desolation, as ye see.

Nehemiah 1:7We have dealt very corruptly against Thee, and have not been shomer mitzvot, neither over the chukkim, nor the mishpatim, which Thou commandedst Moshe Thy eved.

Matthew Henry on Amos 2:2-9

The Judgment of Moab and of Judah; The Judgment of Israel. ( b. c. 790.) 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: 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: 3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith… Read the whole commentary →

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