TITLE. THE WORDS OF AMOS. But the words of Jehovah by Amos. See Amos 1:3. AMOS. Burden. HERDMEN. shepherds. Hebrew. _nokdim_. so called from. peculiar breed of stunted sheep (with fine wool). Mesha was called. _noked_, rendered "sheepmaster"(2 Kings 3:4). See App-54. Occurs only in these two places... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAID. Thus writing the words down. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. This title is not the usual one in this book. ROAR. roar as a. lion, or thunder. It is always, when predicated of the Lord, connected with the end of Gentile dominion. Compare Jeremiah 25:30; Joel 3:16. UTTER. give out. HA... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD. Jehovah's words: not the words of Amos.. The prophetic formula. See App-82. See the twelve with Jehovah, in verses: Amos 3:6; Amos 3:9; Amos 3:11; Amos 3:13; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:12; Amos 5:4;... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SEND. FIRE. Compare Amos 1:7; Amos 1:10; Amos 1:12; Amos 2:2; Amos 2:5. Refer to Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 49:27; Jeremiah 50:32.Hosea 8:14. HAZAEL. Compare... [ Continue Reading ]
THE BAR. Note the Figure of speech _Metalepsis_ (App-6), by which "bar" is put by Figure of speech _Metalepsis_, App-6, for the gates, and then the gates put for defence of the city. Compare Deuteronomy 3:5; 1 Kings 4:13.Jeremiah 51:30; Lamentations 2:9. THE INHABITANT: or, him that is seated: i.e.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAZA. Now Ghuzzeh, in- Philistia. THE WHOLE CAPTIVITY. a wholesale captivity. CAPTIVITY. captives. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for. whole body of captives. See Jeremiah 13:19. Compare Jeremiah 47:1. 2Ch 21:16, 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 28:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
WALL. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), App-6, for the whole city.... [ Continue Reading ]
ASHDOD. Afterward called by the Greeks, "Azotus". Now Esclud, in the plain of Philistia, thirty-five miles north of Gaza. ASHKELON. Now 'Askalan, on the coast of Philistia. EKRON. Afterward, Greek, "Accaron" (1 Macc. 10.89), Now 'Akir, six miles west of Gezer. For "Gezer "see note on 1 Kings 9:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
TYRUS. Now _es Sur_. See notes on Isaiah 23.Jeremiah 25:22; Jeremiah 47:4. Also Eze 26-28. Joel 3:4; Joel 3:5. THE BROTHERLY COVENANT. a covenant of brethren. Compare 2 Samuel 5:11; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 9:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
EDOM. Compare Isaiah 21:11. Amo 34:5.Jeremiah 49:8, &c. Ezekiel 25:12; Ezekiel 35:2.Joel 3:19; Obadiah 1:1.Malachi 1:4. BECAUSE, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 27:41. Compare Deuteronomy 23:7) [ Continue Reading ]
TEMAN. Compare Jeremiah 49:7; Obadiah 1:9. I-lab. Amos 3:3. Elipbaz was. Ternanite (Job 2:11, &c.) BOZRAH. Now _el Buseirah_, south-east of the Dead Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. AMMON. Compare 1 Samuel 11:1. RIPPED UP, &c. Foretold in Hosea 13:16. 2Ki 8:12. 2 Kings 8:15; 2 Kings 8:16. THAT THEY MIGHT, &c. Compare Jeremiah 49:1 :14 RABBAH. Now 'Amman (on the highlands of Gilead), "the city of waters", twenty-five miles north of the Dead Sea. Compare 2 Samue... [ Continue Reading ]
HE. Ginsburg thinks it. his priests, with Septuagint.... [ Continue Reading ]