CRITICAL NOTES.] HEAR] Cf. beginning of chaps. 5 & 6, indicating this chap. to be one whole address. WHOLE] Though the ten tribes threatened, yet all Israel are concerned and warned. AMOS 3:2. KNOWN] Not only love and care, but gracious fellowship and treatment (Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 4:20); “inc... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 3:3. TWO] The prophet and the Spirit of God. Israel did not believe that _God_ threatened such denunciations by the prophets (ch. Amos 6:1; Amos 1:7). Amos spoke because God commanded him. AMOS 3:4. LION] roars when the prey is before it, before it actually seizes it, and ther... [ Continue Reading ]
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. “ASHDOD, one of the Philistian capitals, is mentioned by way of example, as a chief city of the uncir... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 3:13. HEAR] Addressed to heathen who have now to witness the punishment upon Israel. AMOS 3:14. ALTARS] Vengeance upon the centre from which spread the evils (1 Kings 12:32). HORNS] destroyed in utter contempt and desolation (Exodus 27:2). AMOS 3:15. HOUSES] Eastern monarchs... [ Continue Reading ]