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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Amos 3:14

CHAPTER III.

Bethel. Manahem seems to have sent one of the calves to engage Phul to come to his assistance, Osee x. 5., and 4 Kings xv. 19. Salmanasar had both, Osee viii. 5. Josias afterwards defiled the profane altars, 4 Kings xxiii. 15. --- Horns, made of brass, which the Assyrians carried off. (Calmet) --- The fairest possessions of sinners will at last perish. (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Amos 3:14. _IN THE DAY THAT I SHALL VISIT_] When Josiah made a reformation in the land he destroyed _idolatry_, pulled down the temples and altars that had been consecrated to idol worship, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    IN THE DAY THAT I SHALL VISIT THE TRANSGRESSION OF ISRAEL UPON, HIM, I WILL ALSO VISIT (UPON) THE ALTARS OF BETHEL - Israel then hoped that its false worship of “nature” would avail it. God says, cont...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PROPHETIC MESSAGES UNCOVERING THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE CHAPTER 3 The First Discourse _ 1. There is cause for judgment (Amos 3:1) _ 2. The coming judgment visitation (Amos 3:9) Amos 3:1...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GUILT AND DOOM OF SAMARIA. The prophet proceeds to apply the lesson. The peoples are summoned to proclaim the fate that has befallen (Amos 3:9 *) the castles of Ashdod and those in the land of Egypt,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IN THE DAY THAT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. GROUND. earth. Hebrew. _erez_....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The sentence. _An adversary_ or _Distress_, a rendering which most moderns prefer. there shall be _even round about_ The Hebrew is harsh: a very slight change, supported by Pesh. (יְסֹבֵב for וּסְבִ...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The thought of Amos 3:11 is further developed. The ruin will be complete: the idolatrous altars, and the sumptuous palaces, will alike be involved in it....

  • Charles Box Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. THAT - rather,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֗י בְּ יֹ֛ום פָּקְדִ֥י פִשְׁעֵֽי ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. Ver. 14. _That in...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE LORD DECLARING HIS PURPOSE...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    VISIT THE TRANSGRESSIONS OF ISRAEL: Or, punish Israel for...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    9-15 That power which is an instrument of unrighteousness, will justly be brought down and broken. What is got and kept wrongfully, will not be kept long. Some are at ease, but there will come a day...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jehovah's controversy with Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Amos. CONCLUSION: Judgment begins at the house of God. The nearer men are to God in profession, and the kinder notice God has taken of t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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