For three sins of Israel, even for four

Amos 2:1-16

 For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent.

 For three sins of Judah, even for four, I will not relent. Because they have rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept his decrees, because they have been led astray by false gods, the gods their ancestors followed.

For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not relent. They sell the innocent for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use the same girl and so profane my holy name.

“Now then, I will crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain. The swift will not escape, the strong will not muster their strength, and the warrior will not save his life. The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life. Even the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day,” declares the Lord.

But Amod does not stop there, Now the prophet is getting uncomfortably close to home.

Even so, nothing can have prepared his hearers for the shocking punch-line, the refrain that this time is for them: 'For crime after crime of Israel I shall grant them no reprieve'. This was the main purpose of Amos's preaching: to warn the Israelites that they too were under the judgment of God.

Hosea makes it plain that Israel's basic sin was in turning away from God to worship idols. But Amos emphasizes the moral and social decline which resulted. They have grown hard and callous in their dealings with others: young and old make use of temple prostitutes: and they have gagged God's spokesman. None will escape God's punishment.

Why?

For three sins of Israel, even for four. These sins are so often and could not count. God is righteous and the world is dirty by these men, so God has to clean this world for God loves us.

Not only Israelite get away from the Lord and worship other gods, but their social activities was also decline resulted in God's wrath.

For crime after crime, so God's word said through Amos to warn his people and that generation.

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責備摩押及猶大：舊約中，焚屍是對於惡人的做法。責備猶大是宗教的罪。責備外邦人是道德上的罪。猶大宗教的罪衍生出道德的罪，所以然宗教的罪更大。

先說外邦人及猶大的責備起，以色列人會拍手叫好。責備別人會高興。主要是導出指責以色列的罪，指出五件事殘害自己的國人。不公不義的社會。窮人一點點的債務也要把人賣掉。踐踏窮人頭上的灰，如何踐踏窮人的罪。行淫亂。神要求不可將人的當頭留過夜，卻將窮人晚上唯一的衣服舖在廟中地上喝酒、行淫。

本來可以逃跑的，此時都失去能力，當神的審判來到，所有軍隊都沒有用。

How?

Be sacrificed and living with Holy life for God is Holy.