threshed - - | Reverso Context After he is created by God, he is placed in charge of the Garden of Eden. 14-15) Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear., 2 Chronicles 24:1-26:23 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. The brief notice, that through Naaman the Lord gave deliverance to Syria 2 Kings 5:1, probably refers to some signal check which Assyria received through him. So the handmaid which displaceth her mistress Proverbs 30:21-23 is more intolerable and overbearing than the others. The Lord says: I will not relent from punishing Damascus for three crimes, even four, because they threshed Gilead with iron sledges. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. I would like to bring this forward in how we hear Amos,as individuals in the kingdom of THE FATHERS NEW COVENANT RELATIONSHIP. Here the LORD said He would break the bar to allow Damascuss enemies to enter. Does he continually open and harrow his ground?Ecclesiastes 5:9 But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields., 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.Micah 4:1-4 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of theLordshall be established as the highest of the mountains, and it shall be lifted up above the hills; and peoples shall flow to it, and many nations shall come, and say: Come, let us go up to the mountain of theLord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of theLordfrom Jerusalem. You shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. Proverbs 20:4 says, The lazy man does not plow when the winter [planting] season arrives; So he begs at the [next] harvest and has nothing [to reap]. Likewise, Proverbs 21:5 says, The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. Furthermore, Ecclesiastes 11:6 says, Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let your hands not be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well. The Bible talks against laziness. Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, and the one who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) for Ams 1:3, La Biblia de las Amricas (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Holman Christian Standard Bible for Amos 1:3, Giovanni Diodati 1649 (Italian) for Amos 1:3, Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, King James Version w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, New International Reader's Version for Amos 1:3, New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, La Biblia Reina-Valera (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Espaol) for Ams 1:3, Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha for Amos 1:3, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL And God separated the light from the darkness. As a result of God breaking the gate bar of Damascus, the people of Aram would go exiled to Kir. 2. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. , ' <-144 , . It is here put for the whole country of Syria, and the inhabitants of it, for whose numerous transgressions, signified by "three" and "four", the Lord would not turn away his fury from them, justly raised by their sins; or the decree which he had passed in his own mind, and now made a declaration of, he would not revoke; or not inflict the punishment they had deserved, and he had threatened. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. 2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? Agriculture is the broad term for everything that goes into growing crops and raising animals, to provide food and materials that people can use and enjoy. , Ruth 2:7 She said, Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the reapers. So she came, and she has continued from early morning until now, except for a short rest.1 Chronicles 4:10-41 Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain! And God granted what he asked. ABUNDANCE OR JUDGMENT. 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. Thanks John Mark. Amos 1:3 NRSVUE - Thus says the LORD: For three - Bible Gateway You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. Probably not the punishment in itself alone, but the attempt so to extirpate the people of God brought down this judgment on Damascus. The expression one who holds the scepter is a figurative way of talking about someone who occupies a royal position. And its never done for us. Gilead is here doubtless to be taken in its widest sense, including all the possessions of Israel, east of Jordan, as, in the account of Hazaels conquests, all the land of Gilead 2 Kings 10:32-33 is explained to mean, all which was ever given to the two tribes and a half, and to include Gilead proper, as distinct from Basan. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. Amos used the imagery of threshing to convey the damage wrought by Damascus upon the inhabitants of Gilead. Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson. The city of Damascus was called under judgment because that nation "threshed Gilead with implements of iron" (Amos 1:3) or behaved with unnecessary cruelty against a conquered . The inclusion of the valley of Aven as well as Beth-Eden together with Damascus might indicate the entire kingdom of Aram. Humanity continues to witness these atrocities at the hands of those who rule the nations. 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. And thrice, and four times happy those, he cried, That under Ilion's walls before their parents died.". Amos 1:3 - LIT - So says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Damascus What is the meaning of the symbolism in Amos? Farming takes time. "Thrice happy Greeks! which leads to the comprise of and ingratiation of the Nations being the primary benefactor of the poor and the marginalized of our capitalistic morality. Holman Old Testament Commentary: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah by Trent Butler. This handy resource allows the reader to quickly summarize or review all the pertinent details about any Old Testament book. They reach nearly to Anti-libanus westward, and extend on both sides of the Barada some miles eastward. C And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.Deuteronomy 28:8 The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. L 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. Again, Sowing discord among brethren Proverbs 6:16-19, has a special hatefulness, as not only being sin, but causing widewasting sin, and destroying in others the chief grace, love. Because she threshed Gilead with sledges having iron teeth, 4 I will send fire on the house of Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad. They beat down my people in Gilead as grain is threshed with iron sledges. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. God would cause the one holding the scepter to be cut off from Beth-Eden. Please support us by disabling these ads blocker. S because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. 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. And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is unclean to you. Notice that the illustrations that Jesus needed to make His points were literally all around Him. Cows, like people, reproduce in about nine (9) months. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. The unexamined field soon becomes unusable. And God saw that it was good. The bar would secure the gate or the door to prevent outsiders from entering to hurt the residents of the city. So I will send a fire upon the house of Hazael, and it shall devour the strongholds of Ben-hadad. Mail (will not be published) __('(required)'). "O thrice and four times, that is, very often, a finite number for an infinite." This was apparently a common practice in that region (cf. Of Damascus - Damascus was one of the oldest cities in the world, and one of the links of its contact. Does a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? Am I? TheLordblessed him,Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. 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. More insights from your Bible study - Get Started with Logos Bible Software for Free! At this time, Damascus was probably, like ourselves, a rich, commercial, as well as warlike, but not as yet a manufacturing (see the note at Amos 3:12) nation. 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:. And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. Seldom, said pagan experience, hath punishment with lingering foot parted with the miscreant, advancing before.. Chapter 34: Amos: Prepare to Meet Your God - Nelson's Old Testament because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron. The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. 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. 3. But although the fourth drew down His judgment, God, at the last, punishes not the last sin only, but all which went before. 70413 lego Top 5 Produkte unter der Lupe! The power and strength of Damascus would be broken. as the Targum; this country lay beyond Jordan, and was inhabited by the Reubenites and Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh; who were used in a very cruel manner, by Hazael king of Syria, as was foretold by Elisha, 2 Kings 7:12; not literally, as in 2 Samuel 12:31; but by him they were beat, oppressed, and crushed, as the grain of the threshingfloor; which used to be threshed out by means of a wooden instrument stuck with iron teeth, the top of which was filled with stones to press it down, and so drawn to and fro over the sheaves of corn, by which means it was beaten out, to which the allusion is here; See Gill on 1 Corinthians 9:9. Which words Virgil translates, and puts in the mouth of his hero in similar circumstances, Aen. Hazael probably became the instrument of God in chastening Israel, while he was avenging Jehus submission to a power whom he dreaded and from whom he had suffered. Extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra: Ingemit; et, duplicis tendens ad sidera palmas, Talia voce refert: O terque quaterque beatif, Queis ante ora patrum Trojae sub moenibus altis, "Struck with unusual fright, the Trojan chief. The region known as Gilead, the Transjordan area of Israel, was claimed by Damascus as well as Ammon. And behold, your sheaves gathered around it and bowed down to my sheaf.1 Kings 5:11 While Solomon gave Hiram 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, and 20,000 cors of beaten oil. Home / Commentary / Amos / Amos Chapter 1 / Amos 1:35. You shall not let your cattle breed with a different kind. What Does the Bible Say About Depression and Hopelessness? At the time of our era, the name of Abraham was still held in honor in the country of Damascus; a village was named from him Abrahams dwelling; and a native historian Nicolas said, that he reigned in Damascus on his way from the country beyond Babylon to Canaan. U Proverbs 12:11 says, Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.Proverbs 28:19 says, He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vainpersonsshall have poverty enough. Deuteronomy 28:12 says, The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. 1:93. 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. 41:15).The NKJV Study Bible. Of the three on the south side, one is led to the populous village Daraya, five miles distant; the other two supply the city, its suburbs, and gardens., The like use was made of every fountain in every larger or lesser plain. If this promise was fulfilled, Ramoth-Gilead must have been lost to Syria at an earlier period, since, three years afterward, Ahab perished in an attempt, by aid of Jehoshaphat, against the counsels of God, to recover it 2 Kings 7:6. Solomon gave this to Hiram year by year.1 Corinthians 3:6-9 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 4 tn Heb "they threshed [or "trampled down"] Gilead with sharp iron implements" (NASB similar). Genesis 2:15 says, The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it., Agriculture is highly encouraged throughout the Scriptures. Joash, king of Judah, bought him off, when advancing against Jerusalem, with everything of gold, consecrated or civil, in the temple or in his own treasures 2 Kings 12:18. Visit the Bible online to search for words if you dont know the specific passage yourre looking for. Hebrew Names Version. The reign of this lineage would be destroyed for their wrongdoings. Although God delegated authority to human governments to execute justice (Romans 13:4), He is still the ultimate judge. Amos 1:3 . G Not only would the kingdom of Aram fall, and its rulers have their authority crushed, its people would be conquered and taken into exile by its conquerors. Again, give a portion to seven, and also to eight Ecclesiastes 11:2. The LORD pronounces judgment on the inhabitants of Damascus because they slaughtered the people of Gilead. The identified crime becomes the central ethical condemnation (1:3, 6, 9). As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. The order of Gods threatenings seems to have been addressed to gain the hearing of the people. 5 I will break the gate bars of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitants from the Valley of Aven, "They have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron." Gilead was a part of Israel on the eastern side of the Jordan river. Randall. How then could it refuse to believe of itself, what it believed of others like itself? Every day, just like the farmer, we must show up and do the work. because they have threshed Gilead. Literally, the text says they shut up the whole into captivity. The Philistines assaulted surrounding communities. Isaiah 7:8 For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. They enslaved local populationsprobably those located in the lowlands or Shephelah of Judah among others. What Does the Bible Say About Spending Money Wisely? - OpenBible.info It begins with their most oppressive enemy, Syria; then Philistia, the old and ceaseless, although less powerful, enemy; then Tyre, not an oppressor, as these, yet violating a relation which they had not, the bonds of a former friendship and covenant; malicious also and hardhearted through covetousness. . Yet after this, it was to recover its power under Rezin, to become formidable to Judah, and, through its aggressions on Judah, to bring destruction on itself. Amos 1:3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of - BibleApps.com The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil.". Labs 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. The city named Damascus was the capital of the nation of Aram during the 10th through 8th centuries BC. Gaza sent whole communities into exile to Edom. 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. Proud member NETBible: Amos 1:3 E Yet this was as nothing. For their brutality, Syria is promised judgment. What Does the Bible Say About Overcoming? 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.. Amos 1 NRSVCE;KJV - The words of Amos, who was among the - Bible Gateway On some days, the only thing the farmer can do is sit, wait, and hope for the best. For three transgressions and for four - These words express, not four transgressions added to the three, but an additional transgression beyond the former, the last sin, whereby the measure of sin, which before was full, overflows, and Gods wrath comes. If you go into your neighbors standing grain, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbors standing grain., Micah 4:12 But they do not know the thoughts of theLord; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor.Amos 1:3 Thus says theLord: For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they have threshed Gilead with threshing sledges of iron.Leviticus 19:9-10 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. Joel 2:24 speaks of that abundance as a sign of God's blessing if the people repent: "The threshing floors will be filled with grain. And God said, Let there be light, and there was light. Rezon renewed, throughout the later part of Solomons reign, the aggression of Hadad. Amos specifically notes one defining cultural sin. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). .--Rather, will not turn it back--i.e., the sore judgment I have purposed. "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.