Amos 1:1-8
AGAINST DAMASCUS AND GAZA... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST DAMASCUS AND GAZA... [ Continue Reading ]
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen, a man who owned and tended sheep, OF TEKOA, WHICH HE SAW CONCERNING ISRAEL, chiefly with regard to the northern kingdom, IN THE DAYS OF UZZIAH, KING OF JUDAH, AND IN THE DAYS OF JEROBOAM, the second of that name, THE SON OF JOASH, KING OF ISRAEL, TWO YEA... [ Continue Reading ]
And He said, speaking to Amos in a vision, by a special revelation of the Lord, THE LORD WILL ROAR FROM ZION AND UTTER HIS VOICE FROM JERUSALEM, Cf Joel 3:16; AND THE HABITATIONS OF THE SHEPHERDS, the pastures where they fed their flocks, SHALL MOURN, AND THE TOP OF CARMEL, the mountain by the sea,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Damascus, the capital of Syria, with its country, AND FOR FOUR, the number being by no means restricted, I WILL NOT TURN THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, literally, by way of parenthesis, "not will I reverse it," both threat and punishment being irrevocable, B... [ Continue Reading ]
but I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, the cruel king of Syria, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE PALACES OF BENHADAD, the son of Hazael, 2 Kings 13:8, so that both would suffer the Lord's punishment.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will break also the bar of Damascus, shattering the bolt of its gate at the conquest of the city, AND CUT OFF THE INHABITANT FROM THE PLAIN OF AVON, possibly a place near Damascus, or the valley between Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon, AND HIM THAT HOLDETH THE SCEPTER FROM THE HOUSE OF EDEN, in the distr... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Gaza, the leading city-state of Philistia, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, rather. He would not reverse His intention of punishing this city, BECAUSE THEY CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE THE WHOLE CAPTIVITY, all the prisoners who had b... [ Continue Reading ]
but I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof, Gaza being a proud and rich city;... [ Continue Reading ]
and I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, to make the city desolate, AND HIM THAT HOLDETH THE SCEPTER FROM ASHKELON, the ruler of this city-state with his people, AND I WILL TURN MINE HAND AGAINST EKRON, so that four of the five city-states are expressly mentioned, the fifth, which bore the nam... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, the individual announcements coming with a special reference to the inspired nature of their contents, FOR THREE TRANSGRESSIONS OF TYRE, the great metropolis and seaport of Phoenicia, Cf Isaiah 23, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, refusing to change the... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAINST TYRE, EDOM, AND AMMON... [ Continue Reading ]
but I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof, the prophecy being fulfilled during the Babylonian and Grecian conquests.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof, refusing, also in this instance, to give them any consideration after once their doom was decided upon, BECAUSE HE DID PURSUE HIS BROTHER WITH THE SWORD, in the ineradicable hatred which... [ Continue Reading ]
but I will send a fire upon Teman, which was probably a northern province of Idumea, WHICH SHALL DEVOUR THE PALACES OF BOZRAH, the capital of the country, south of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, the ancient enemies of Israel, who lived northeast of the Dead Sea, on the edge of the Arabian Desert, AND FOR FOUR, I WILL NOT TURN AWAY THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF, not reverse His intention of punishing them severely, BECAUSE THEY... [ Continue Reading ]
but I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, the capital of their country, AND IT SHALL DEVOUR THE PALACES THEREOF, WITH SHOUTING IN THE DAY OF BATTLE, as soon as the enemies would enter the city, WITH A TEMPEST IN THE DAY OF THE WHIRLWIND, for, the enemies would come in a tumultuous assault and... [ Continue Reading ]
and their king shall go into captivity, Cf Jeremiah 49:3, HE AND HIS PRINCES TOGETHER, SAITH THE LORD. A nation may indulge in heinous crimes for some time, but when the Lord so decides, its career will come to an abrupt end.... [ Continue Reading ]