Amos 2:7

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.Job 5:5.Psalms 56:1; Psalms 56:2; Psalms 57:3.Ezekiel 36:3. So here it. crush. See Oxford Gesenius p. 983, vol. 2. Render: "crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth".

the poor. impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11. Not the same word as in Amos 2:6.

turn aside the way. pervert their whole way.

the meek. humble ones, Heb, plural of `ani, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11

a man. Hebrew. 'ish. App-14.

and his father. This was done in the Canaanite idolatry, with the women of' the temples, called Kadeshoth (feminine.) and Kadeshhim (masculine)

maid. a young person (male or female). So called because of youthful vigour.

to profane, &c. This marks the result, not the in tention, and shows the enormity of the sin in Jehovah's sight. Reference to Pentateuch, (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:3). App-92. Compare Isaiah 48:11.Ezekiel 20:9; Ezekiel 20:14; Ezekiel 36:20; Romans 2:24; 1 Corinthians 5:1.

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5.