The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. THE WORDS OF AMOS - i:e., Amos' oracular communications. A heading found only i... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. THE LORD WILL ROAR FROM ZION - as a lion (derived from Joel 3:16). By opening his prophecy with this quotation, Amos gives inspired... [ Continue Reading ]
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: THUS SAITH THE LORD. Here begins a series of threatenings of vengeance against six other states, followed by... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-ha'dad. But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. A black marble obelisk found in the central palace of Nimroud, and now in the British Museum, is inscribed w... [ Continue Reading ]
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. I WILL BREAK ALSO THE BAR OF DAMASCUS - i:e., the bar of its gates (cf. Jer... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF GAZA - the southernmost of the five capitals of the five divisions of P... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE ON THE WALL OF GAZA - i:e., the flame of war (; , "The fire of thine enemies shall devour them"). For "but" translate and: so Gaza had done: and so accordingly will the Lord reward her. ON... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. I WILL CUT OFF THE INHABITANT FROM ASHDOD ... ASHKELON ... EKRON. Gath alone is not mentioned... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF TYRUS, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMEN... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE ON THE WALL OF TYRUS - (cf. ; ; notes, Isaiah 23:1, "the burden of Tyre," etc., etc.) The Phoenicians had aided the Syrian Ben-hadad in his unsuccessful rebellion against Shalmanubar. But a... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF EDOM ... B... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. BUT I WILL SEND A FIRE UPON TEMAN - a city of Edom, called from a grandson of Esau (; ; Obadiah 1:8). Situated five miles from Petra; south of the present Wady Musa. Its people were famed for "wisdom," (, "Is wisdom no mor... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ... AMMON. The Ammonites under Nahash a... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: BUT I WILL KINDLE A FIRE IN THE WALL OF RABBAH - the capital of Ammon: meaning 'the Great.' Distinct from Rabbah of Moab. Calle... [ Continue Reading ]
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. THEIR KING SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY, HE AND HIS PRINCES - or else, 'their Moloch (the idol of Ammon) and his priests,' (Grotius and the Septuagint) - "the princes (holy princes, margin) of the sanctuary" - so uses... [ Continue Reading ]