CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS] Different from the father of Isaiah, _Amots_. TEK.] 2 Chronicles 20:20 EARTH.] 2 Chronicles 26:16. A premonitory sign in nature of revolutions in guilty kingdoms (Matthew 24:7). AMOS 1:2. ROAR] Cf. Joel 3:16; Jeremiah 25:30. God will spread terror like beasts of prey (Psalms 1... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:3. Three] The numbers serve to denote the multiplicity of sins, “ungodliness in its worst form” [_Luther_]. TURN] Reverse, to make a thing go back, to withdraw it (Numbers 23:20; Isaiah 43:13). AMOS 1:4. A FIRE] Material, as cities burned in war (Psalms 78:63); or an emble... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:6. Whole captivity] _i.e._ left none, but sold them to Edomites, the most deadly enemies to Israel: hence the greatness of the sin. AMOS 1:7. FIRE ON THE WALL] An enemy shall destroy it. Fulfilled by Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:8), Sennacherib (Isaiah 47:1), and by Alexander the... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:9. Tyrus] The crime here is sale of prisoners, like the preceding, to Edom; a violation of the covenant of David and Solomon with the king of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 9:11). THE JUDGMENT ON TYRE.—_Amos 1:9_ The third people spoken against are the inhabita... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:11. Edom] No particular crime, but implacable hatred charged, which broke out into acts of cruelty. THE JUDGMENT OF EDOM.—_Amos 1:11_ Edom and the two following nations were related to Israel by lineal descent. But they set aside the ties of blood, and perpetrated abomina... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 1:13. Ammon] Ammonites joined the Chaldeans to invade and plunder Judea. Hazael perpetrated the cruelty predicted (2 Kings 8:12). RIPPED UP] A cruel act, done to leave Israel without heir, so as to secure the inheritance. The punishment is by foreign invasion, swift, sudden, a... [ Continue Reading ]