HEAR... YE. Masculine KINE. heifers: the women. Compare Psalms 22:22 (masculine), Ezekiel 39:18 (masculine) MOUNTAIN = hill country. OPPRESS. Hebrew. _ashak_, as in Amos 3:9 (feminine) Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 19:13.Deuteronomy 24:14; Deuteronomy 24:14). Compare 2 Samuel 12:3;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. See note on Amos 1:7. SWORN BY HIS HOLINESS. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16). LO. Figure of speech _Asferismos._ App-6. HOOKS. In the Assyrian monuments we see the captives with literal "hooks" in their noses. Compare 2 Chronicles 33:11.Job 40:24; Job 41:2.Isaiah 37:29; Ezek... [ Continue Reading ]
COW, i.e. woman. AT THAT WHICH IS BEFORE HER. each woman through the breach [in the wall of Samaria]. BEFORE HER i.e. without turning to the left or right. Compare Joshua 6:5; Joshua 6:20. YE SHALL CAST THEM INTO THE PALACE. Palace, Hebrew. _harmon_ (see note on Amos 1:4). Here it is _haharmonah,_... [ Continue Reading ]
COME TO BETH-EL, &c. Here we have Divine irony, as though it meant "Fill up the measure of your iniquity". Compare Matthew 23:32. TRANSGRESS... TRANSGRESSION. Hebrew pasha'. App-44. BETH-EL... GILGAL. Compare Amos 3:14; Amos 5:5.Hosea 4:15; Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11. AFTER THREE YEARS. The ref is to... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. SACRIFICES. offer as incense. Hebrew katar. App-43. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 7:13; Leviticus 23:17). App-92. Compare Psalms 56:12.Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 33:1.Hebrews 13:15. WITH LEAVEN. Leavened bread might be eaten by the offerer, but _not consumed on the altar_ (Leviticus 2:11;... [ Continue Reading ]
CLEANNESS OF TEETH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for famine. YET HAVE YE NOT. &c. Note the Structure above, showing the Figure fo Speech _Amoeboeon_ (App-6). Compare Isaiah 26:11.Jeremiah 5:3.Haggai 2:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE WITHHOLDEN, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22). PIECE. portion of land. IT. Ginsburg thinks this should be "I".... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SMITTEN, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:22). App-92. Compare Haggai 2:17. THE PALMERWORM. the gnawer. Hebrew. _gazam._ See note on Joel 1:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE SENT, &c. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25.Deuteronomy 28:21; Deuteronomy 28:27; Deuteronomy 28:60). App-92. THE PESTILENCE. a pestilence. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the DEATH RESULTING FROM IT. Septuagint renders it "death". See note on Amos 6:10. AFTER THE... [ Continue Reading ]
AS GOD OVERTHREW, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 19:24; Genesis 19:25.Deuteronomy 29:23; Deuteronomy 29:23). App-92. Compare Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 49:18. God. Hebrew Elobim. App-4. YE WERE AS. FIREBRAND, &c. Compare Zechariah 3:2 _.Jude 1:23_.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREPARE TO MEET, &c. i.e. in judgment. Compare Ezekiel 13:5; Ezekiel 22:30; Amos 4:11 and Amos 4:12 are not "out of place" or an "interpolation", but are required by the Structure, "M", below. Amos 4:1 (F2). THE NORTHERN KINGDOM. (THE KINE OF BASHAN.) _(Extended Alternation.)_ F2. K |1-. call to H... [ Continue Reading ]
CREATETH. Some modern critics allege that this word (Hebrew. _bara, Genesis 1_ Amos 1:1) was not used before the time of Jeremiah; but it is used, besides the Pentateuch, in Psalms 51:10; Psalms 89:12; Psalms 89:47; Psalms 102:18; Psalms 104:30; Psalms 148:5. [ Continue Reading ]