THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4. CHILDREN. sons. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Aram, and Septuagint, read "house". Either reading shows that these Chapter s relate to the twelve-tribed nation (see p. 1206). I BROUGHT UP, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:51, &c.) YOU only... [ Continue Reading ]
CAN TWO... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (in negative affirmation). App-6. This is the first of five parables. The answer to each is self-evident, BE AGREED. have met together by appointment [of time and (place].... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_. App-6. FOREST = thicket.... [ Continue Reading ]
SNARE. net. Hebrew. _phah_. GIN. a snare, or trap. Gin is short for the Old French engin, which is from Latin. _ingeninm;_ hence, something _ingenious._... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL... ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. trumpet. Hebrew. _shophar._ NOT BE AFRAID. not run together. EVIL. calamity; as in Amos 5:13.Psalms 141:5. Feb. _ra'a'._ App-44. = evil: not moral evil, but evil inflicted in judgment, as in Amos 5:13.Isaiah 45:7; Jeremiah 18:11.Lamentations 3:38. AND... [ Continue Reading ]
SURELY. [No:] for. Compare Job 31:18; Micah 6:4. The reason follows and is explained. THE LORD GOD. See note on Amos 1:7. WILL DO. doeth. Hebrew. _'asah =_ work, execute (Exodus 12:12.Numbers 5:30; Numbers 33:4.Deuteronomy 10:18; Deuteronomy 33:21, &c.) REVEALETH. [ Continue Reading ]
THE LION BATH ROARED. Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ App-6. the Lord GOD hath spoken. Figure of speech _Hermeneia._ App-6. Explaining the Figure of speech _Hypocatastasis._ in the preceding line. WHO CAN BUT PROPHESY. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Some modern critics alter the Feb. to "be... [ Continue Reading ]
PALACES. See note on Amos 1:4. THE OPPRESSED. oppressive acts. Hebrew. _'ashukim =_ oppressed by violent and forcible exactions. Occurs only here; Job 35:9. and Ecclesiastes 4:1. Reference to Pentateuch Leviticus 19:13.Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:14).... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY KNOW NOT. Marking the Structure. RIGHT. straight forward. Hebrew. _nakah_. A rare word. Occurs only in 2 Samuel 15:3.Proverbs 8:9 ("plain"); Amo 24:26. Isaiah 26:10 ("uprightness"); Amo 30:10 ("right things"); Amo 57:2 ("uprightness"); Amo 59:14 ("equity"). SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's orac... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD. The first of three occurrences of this formula in Amos. See note on Amos 1:3. AN ADVERSARY. An adversary [shall] come. Figure of speech _Ellipsis_. App-6. Compare 2 Kings 17:3 2 Kings 17:6. 2 Kings 18:9; 2 Kings 18:10; 2 Kings 18:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH THE LORD. See note on Amos 1:3. AS. Just as. according as. TAKETH. rescueth, like. brand plucked from the burning. A PIECE. the tip. IN. COUCH. [in the corner of]. couch: i.e. luxuriously. Compare Amos 6:1. Ellipsis (of Repetition). App-6... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOUSE OF JACOB: i.e. the whole of the natural seed. See note on Amos 3:1. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. SAITH THE LORD GOD, THE GOD OF HOSTS. [is] the oracle of Adonai, the Elohim of Zebaioth.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE DAY THAT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34). App-92. GROUND. earth. Hebrew. _erez_.... [ Continue Reading ]
WINTER HOUSE. Compare Jeremiah 36:22. SUMMER HOUSE. Compare Judges 3:20. HOUSES OF IVORY. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Whole), App-6, for the parts inlaid, paneled, or overlaid with ivory. Compare 1 Kings 22:39; Psalms 45:8. THE GREAT. many.... [ Continue Reading ]