CRITICAL NOTES.] The visions continued from ch. Amos 7:9 AMOS 8:2. SUMMER] Late fruit, fully ripe (2 Samuel 16:1; Micah 7:1); a symbol of a people ripe for judgment AMOS 8:3. HOWL.] Songs of joy (ch. Amos 6:5; 2 Samuel 19:36) would be turned into lamentation on account of the dead. SILENCE] Lit. si... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 8:4. HEAR] The nobles hated reproof. SWALLOW] Heb. gape after, earnestly desire (Job 7:2); pant after goods as wild beasts for prey. They sought to rid the land of all the poor. 5 and 6 describe the method of doing this. NEW MOON] Festivals were impatiently kept; they begrudged... [ Continue Reading ]
_HOMILETICS_ CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 8:11. FAMINE] The light and comfort of God’s word shall fail; they despise now what they shall look for in vain then. AMOS 8:12. WANDER] Lit. reel, like drunken men. SEEK] under pressure of calamity. AMOS 8:13.] Hunger and thirst so great that the strongest giv... [ Continue Reading ]