The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. Ver. 1. _The words of Amos_] Not of that Amos who was father to Isaiah (as some an... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Ver. 2. _And he said, The Lord will roar_] This is spoken for the terror of the wicked, as the like was, Joel 3:16, for the comfort of... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: Ver. 3. _For three transgressions of Damascus and for four_] For their seven, that is, several sins, not a fe... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. Ver. 4. _But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael_] Sin doth as naturally draw judgments to it as the lodestone doth iron or turpentine fire; and heinous sins, heaviest judgments, devouring plagues.... [ Continue Reading ]
I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. Ver. 5. _I will break also the bar of Damascus_] _i.e._ their power and might,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver [them] up to Edom: Ver. 6. _For three transgressions_] _See Trapp on "_ Amo 1:3 _"_ Of Gaza] One of the five chief c... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: Ver. 7. _But I will send a fire_] _i.e._ an enemy, saith Drusius, which, as a fire, shall consume all. This was fulfilled by Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:6, whence it was afterward called "Gaza, which is desert," Acts 8:... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 8. _And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod_] These other four Satrapies of the Phi... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: Ver. 9. _For three transgressions of Tyrus_] That crown of the sea, Isaiah 23:8, _me... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. Ver. 10. _Therefore I will send a fire upon the walls of Tyrus_] This was fulfilled shortly after in the war that Shalmaneser waged against the Tyrians, whereof see Joseph. lib. ix. chap. 14. Or in Nebuchadnezzar's... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: Ver. 11. _For three transgressions of... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. Ver. 12. _But I will send a fire_] A fierce enemy, _ut supra._ The inhabitants of Teman and Bozra, together with other the posterity of Esau, were famous for power and policy, Obadiah 1:8,9 Jer 49:7 Isaiah 34:6. But there... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: Ver. 13. _I will not turn away the punishment thereof_] Or I will no... [ Continue Reading ]
But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: Ver. 14. _But I will kindle a fire, &c._] With mine own hands (not only send a fire, as before, Amos 1:10; Amo 1:12); as Charles V... [ Continue Reading ]
And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. Ver. 15. _And their king shall go into captivity_] Where he may find as little favour as Zedekiah did with Nebuchadnezzar, Valerian with Sapores the Persian, Bajazet with Tamerlane the Scythian; and not so much as... [ Continue Reading ]