George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Amos 3:9
Azotus. Septuagint, "Assyrians." --- Follies. Septuagint, "wonders." Let you greatest enemies know what crimes you commit against yourselves (Haydock) and others.
Azotus. Septuagint, "Assyrians." --- Follies. Septuagint, "wonders." Let you greatest enemies know what crimes you commit against yourselves (Haydock) and others.
Verse Amos 3:9. _PUBLISH IN THE PALACES_] The housetops or flat roofs were the places from which public declarations were made. See on Isaiah 21:1, and on Matthew 10:27. See whether in those places t...
PUBLISH - “ye,” they are the words of God, commissioning His prophets IN (ON) THE PALACES OF ASHDOD - , that is, on the flat roofs of their high buidings, from where all can hear AND IN (ON) THE PALA...
II. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES UNCOVERING THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE CHAPTER 3 The First Discourse _ 1. There is cause for judgment (Amos 3:1) _ 2. The coming judgment visitation (Amos 3:9) Amos 3:1...
GUILT AND DOOM OF SAMARIA. The prophet proceeds to apply the lesson. The peoples are summoned to proclaim the fate that has befallen (Amos 3:9 *) the castles of Ashdod and those in the land of Egypt,...
PALACES. See note on Amos 1:4. THE OPPRESSED. oppressive acts. Hebrew. _'ashukim =_ oppressed by violent and forcible exactions. Occurs only here; Job 35:9. and Ecclesiastes 4:1. Reference to Pentateu...
The heathen themselves are invited to bear witness whether the sins of Samaria do not deserve judgement. _Publish_&c. PROCLAIM IT (lit. _make it to be heard_) OVER _the palaces in Ashdod_, &c., i.e. o...
_THE LORD HAS SPOKEN -- AMOS 3:7-11:_ Whatever God intended to do He revealed through His prophet. It was not just talk. It would happen just as He revealed through His messenger. When God's prophets...
PUBLISH, &C.— God calls upon the heathen to be witness of his judgments upon his own people, that they may take warning thereby: particularly he gives notice to the Philistines and Egyptians, the inve...
REASON CALLS FOR REPENTANCE ISRAEL'S SINS ASTONISH EVENTHE HEATHEN TEXT: Amos 3:9-15 9 Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upo...
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppre...
3:9 in (g-2) in (g-8) Or 'upon.'...
THE FIRST ADDRESS 1-8. A call to attention. 9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful. 11-15. The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and their palaces. 1. 'Race' would be...
IN THE PALACES] RM 'upon'; the proclamation is made from the flat roof: cp. Luke 12:3. Those who dwell in palaces are to be judged by their peers. Possibly Amos wrote, 'Asshur and Egypt,' the two grea...
THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD AMOS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 3 GOD WARNS ISRAEL’S PEOPLE V1 People in Israel, listen to this message. The *Lord has spoken against you. This message...
IN THE PALACES. — Rather, _on the palaces, i.e.,_ on their roofs in such conspicuous places that the population, high and low, would hear the summons. MOUNTAINS OF SAMARIA. — In the high ground around...
הַשְׁמִ֨יעוּ֙ עַל ־אַרְמְנֹ֣ות בְּ אַשְׁדֹּ֔וד וְ...
CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT Amos 3:1 - Amos 4:3 WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by the recurren...
THE LORD'S WORD MUST COME TRUE Amos 3:1-15 The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight consequence are ri...
Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "H...
Publish in the palaces at (k) Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the op...
There is somewhat very striking in the Lord's appeal to the nations of the earth for the justification of his conduct concerning his people. It not only is intended to this purpose, for perhaps this i...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. "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...
Amos begins here to set judges over the Israelites; for they would not patiently submit to God’s judgment: and he constitutes and sets over them as judges the Egyptians and Idumeans. This prophecy no...
After having specified each one of the nations that were found on the territory promised to Abraham, God addresses Judah and Israel together-the whole family whom He had brought up from Egypt. These o...
PUBLISH IN THE PALACES AT ASHDOD, AND IN THE PALACES IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... This is spoken to the prophets, to publish and declare in all the courts of the Philistines and Egyptians, and among all...
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppres...
_Publish in the palaces at Ashdod_, &c. God here orders the prophet to invite the Philistines and Egyptians, the inveterate enemies of God's Israel, to come and behold what great wickedness was among...
Publish in the palaces of Ashdod, in the land of the Philistines, AND IN THE PALACES IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, two of the neighboring heathen countries being summoned as witnesses, AND SAY, ASSEMBLE YOURS...
THE LORD DECLARING HIS PURPOSE...
OPPRESSED: Or, oppressions...
9-15 That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day...
PUBLISH; you prophets whom I have sent to threaten the sins of my people Israel, now invite strangers to come and observe what just cause I have to do what I threaten. IN THE PALACES AT ASHDOD; one of...
Amos 3:9 Proclaim H8085 (H8685) palaces H759 Ashdod H795 palaces H759 land H776 Egypt H4714 say H559 ...
AMOS PUTS ISRAEL ON TRIAL BEFORE YHWH IN THE PRESENCE OF WITNESSES (AMOS 3:9). Amos begins by calling his witnesses together in Amos 3:9, giving his grounds for doing so, and then declaring YHWH's own...
THE INEVITABILITY OF JUDGMENT, BOTH BECAUSE OF WHAT YHWH IS, AND BECAUSE HE WILL ACT (AMOS 3:1). Following up on the idea in Amos 2:9 Amos commences this section of his prophecy (introduced by ‘hear t...
CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Amos. CONCLUSION: Judgment begins at the house of God. The nearer men are to God in profession, and the kinder notice God has taken of t...
Amos 3:1. _Against the whole family_ of the twelve tribes, _which I brought up from Egypt._ It was a laborious work to make them hear. The prophets did not confine their labours to local districts. Am...
_They know not to do right._ SAFETY IN RIGHTEOUSNESS 1. The real security of wealth is justice in its acquisition and liberality in its use. Where there is much wealth, unjustly gotten, or unmercifu...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 3:9 Israel’s capital city SAMARIA was a powerful stronghold. It was on a high hill (MOUNTAINS), in a place that was easy to defend. But it was also just off the great highway that co...
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 3:9. PUBLISH] upon (the floor of) the palaces, some; others, _over_ them, to call the princes and inhabitants to hear and see the acts of violence, and testify against Israel. “A...
EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 6:14 Part II. THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT. AMOS 3:1 § 1.
Hear this word [Amos said] that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, and against the whole family (Amos 3:1) So that would include Judah also. which I brought up from the land of...
1 Samuel 5:1; 2 Samuel 1:20; Amos 1:8; Amos 4:1; Amos 6:1;...
Publish — Ye prophets invite strangers to come and observe what cause I have to do what I threaten. Tumults — The seditious counsels, and rebellious conspiracies among them. The oppressed — Multitudes...