THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Amos 1:3. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. THREE. FOUR. See note on Amos 1:3. TRANSGRESSIONS. See note on Amos 1:3 MOAB. Compare Isaiah 1. and Isaiah 16; Jeremiah 48; Ezekiel 25:8; Zephaniah 2:8. I WILL NOT, &C. See note on... [ Continue Reading ]
PALACES. See note on Amos 1:4. KIRIOTH: or, his cities. Now _el Kureiyat,_ or Kiraiathaim, between Dibon and Medeba. Mentioned by Mesha on the Moabite Stone. See App-54. SHOUTING. war-cry. Cy. Amos 1:14 TRUMPET. Heb, _shophar._... [ Continue Reading ]
JUDGE. sceptre-holder (Numbers 24:17). THE MIDST THEREOF. her midst. Feminine. to agree with _'erez_ (understood). the midst of her [land].... [ Continue Reading ]
BECAUSE. DESPISED, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:14; Leviticus 26:43). App-92. COMMANDMENTS. statutes. THEIR LIES. their idols. Compare 2 Kings 17:15.Psalms 40:4.Isaiah 28:15.Jeremiah 16:17... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SOLD. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 25:39; Deuteronomy 15:12). App-92,. Hebrew might sell himself, but not his brother or an insolvent debtor 2 Kings 4:1; Nehemiah 5:5), THE RIGHTEOUS. the righteous one. THE POOR. a needy one. _Hebrew ebyon._ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11. A PAIR... [ Continue Reading ]
PANT. crush. Hebrew. _shaaph_, _A Homonymyn,_ meaning (1) to gasp or long for (Job 7:2; Job 36:20; Psalms 119:131.Ecclesiastes 1:5.Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 2:24); (2) to crush (like _shuph_. n. Genesis 3:15 Rendered "swallow up" in Amos 8:4. [ Continue Reading ]
LAY THEMSELVES DOWN, _&c._ Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:26; Deuteronomy 24:12), App-92. every altar. The sin lay in the fact that the law of the one altar had been known as an ancient commandment as well as the law concerning the restoration of pledged garments. WINE, Hebrew. _Yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
YET. Former blessings now cited to heighten the crime of their fivefold rebellion. THE AMORITE. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 21:24.Deuteronomy 2:32; Deuteronomy 2:32). App-92. Compare Joshua 24:8. These being the descendants of the _Nephilim_ were all to have been destroyed, with the other Cana... [ Continue Reading ]
I BROUGHT, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:51.Deuteronomy 4:47 (Sihon)). App-92 and led you &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 2:7; Deuteronomy 8:2). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
I RAISED UP, &C. Not till the priests had failed in their duty to teach the law. See Leviticus 10:8; Leviticus 10:11.Deuteronomy 33:8; Deuteronomy 33:10. Prophets were not provided originally. for Nazarites. Ref to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:2). App-92. IT IS NOT... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6... [ Continue Reading ]
YE GAVE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS. CART. according as[a full] cart.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIMSELF. his soul. Hebrew nephesh. App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
COURAGEOUS. stout in heart. App-92. NAKED: or, armourless.... [ Continue Reading ]