Amos 2
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Thus 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:
2But 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:
3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
4Thus 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:
5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6Thus 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;
7That 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:
8And 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.
9Yet 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 from beneath.
10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11And 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.
12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- עַלʻalH592112× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- לֹאlôʼH380810× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- אֵתʼêthH8537× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5595× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19803× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- כֹּהkôhH35413× in this chapter
properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
- מוֹאָבMôwʼâbH41243× in this chapter
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
- מָלַטmâlaṭH44223× in this chapter
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
- אָנֹכִיʼânôkîyH5953× in this chapter
I
- פֶּשַׁעpeshaʻH65883× in this chapter
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
- אַרְבַּעʼarbaʻH7023× in this chapter
four
- שׁוּבshûwbH77253× in this chapter
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7763× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwshH79693× in this chapter
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- אָבʼâbH12× in this chapter
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- גֹּבַהּgôbahhH13632× in this chapter
elation, grandeur, arrogance
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13682× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- הוּאhûwʼH19312× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30632× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- יַיִןyayinH31962× in this chapter
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- אָכַלʼâkalH3982× in this chapter
to eat (literally or figuratively)
- נְאֻםnᵉʼumH50022× in this chapter
an oracle
- נָבִיאnâbîyʼH50302× in this chapter
a prophet or (generally) inspired man
- נָזִירnâzîyrH51392× in this chapter
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
- נָטָהnâṭâhH51862× in this chapter
to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53152× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- אֱמֹרִיʼĔmôrîyH5672× in this chapter
an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes
- עוּקʻûwqH57812× in this chapter
to pack
- קַלqalH70312× in this chapter
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
- אַרְמוֹןʼarmôwnH7592× in this chapter
a citadel (from its height)
- אֵשׁʼêshH7842× in this chapter
fire (literally or figuratively)
- שָׁלַחshâlachH79712× in this chapter
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- שָׁמַדshâmadH80452× in this chapter
to desolate
- תַּחַתtachathH84782× in this chapter
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)