Amos 2:4

This is what Yahweh says: 1 “For three sins of Judah, 1 even for four, 1 I will not turn away punishment, 1 because they rejected the law of Yahweh 1 and did not keep his statutes. 1 Their lies caused them to go astray, 1 after which their fathers had also walked. 1

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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

3I will destroy the judge in her, 1 and I will kill all the princes with him,” 1 says Yahweh. 1

5I will send fire on Judah, 1 and it will devour the fortresses of Jerusalem.” 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 31:16Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, you will sleep with your fathers; this people will rise up and act like a prostitute going after the strange gods that are among them in the land where they are going. They will forsake me and break my covenant that I have made with them.

Judges 2:11The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh and they served the Baals.

2 Samuel 12:9So why have you despised the commands of Yahweh, so as to do what is evil in his sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your own wife. You killed him with the sword of the army of Ammon.

2 Kings 22:11It came about that when the king had heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes.

2 Chronicles 30:7Do not be like your ancestors or your brothers, who trespassed against Yahweh, the God of their ancestors, so that he made them an object of horror, as you see.

Nehemiah 1:7We have acted very wickedly against you, and we have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules you commanded your servant Moses.

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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