I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. Ver.... [ Continue Reading ]
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: Ver. 2. _Though they dig into hell, &c._] No starting hole shall secure them from the wrath of God and rage of the creature, set at work by him. "Hell and destruction are befo... [ Continue Reading ]
And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: Ver. 3. _And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel_] _In densis silvis,... [ Continue Reading ]
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Ver. 4. _And though they go into captivity, &c._] And so may hope the worst is over ("Surely the bitterness of death is pas... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt. Ver. 5. _And the Lord God of hosts is he, &c_] Here the prophet proveth what he had said i... [ Continue Reading ]
Amos 9:6 [It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name. Ver. 6. It is he that buildeth his stories (or spheres) in the heaven] _Surgit hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Amos 9:7 [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? Ver. 7. _Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me_] The emphasis lieth in thi... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. Ver. 8. _Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom_] Be it Ethiopia, Palestina, Syria,... [ Continue Reading ]
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. Ver. 9. _For lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel_] It is not without God's command and good leave that evil spi... [ Continue Reading ]
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. Ver. 10. _All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword_] The flagitious, presumptuous persons, that bless themselves when I curse them, saying, We shall have peace, though we walk ever... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: Ver. 11. _In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David_] A most sweet conclusion of the prophecy by sundry evangeli... [ Continue Reading ]
That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. Ver. 12. _That they may possess the remnant of Edom_] "That they" which are called by my name, which are called Christians, viz. the apostles and their successors to the e... [ Continue Reading ]
_Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt._ Ver. 13. _Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman_] The gospel of peace brings... [ Continue Reading ]
_And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them._ Ver. 14. _And I will bring again the captivity of my people_... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. Ver. 15. _And I will plant them upon their land_] As "trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified," Isaiah 61:3; Isaiah 61:1... [ Continue Reading ]