Amos 5:1
TAKE UP. lift up as. burden. LAMENTATION. dirge. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Amos 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE UP. lift up as. burden. LAMENTATION. dirge. HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Amos 8:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
VIRGIN. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the house of Israel,. young girl who is beloved, as in Hosea. Compare Isaiah 37:22; Isaiah 47:1.Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 46:11, &c. SHE. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Syriac and Vulgate, read "and shall not": i.e. c... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. App-4. WENT OUT. goeth out [to war]. BY. THOUSAND. a thousand strong. Ref to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:30). App-92. BY AN HUNDRED. a hundred strong. TO. [belonging] to.... [ Continue Reading ]
THUS SAITH. Note the prophetic formula (see App-82), introducing the exhortation, and emphasising it. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SEEK YE ME, &c. Note this word "seek" in the several exhortations. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 12:5). App-92. As in Psalms 9:10; Isaiah 9:13.Jeremiah... [ Continue Reading ]
BETHEL. GILGAL. BEER-SHEBA. Compare Hosea 4:15; Hosea 10:8. These were the seats of Israel's idolatrous worship. PASS NOT. pass not through; which was necessary in order to get from the north to Beer-sheba in the south. Compare Amos 4:4; Amos 8:14. GILGAL SHALL SURELY GO INTO CAPTIVITY. Note the F... [ Continue Reading ]
JOSEPH. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, for the whole Northern Kingdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
WORMWOOD. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18). LEAVE OFF. IN. cast down. to.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SEVEN STARS. Hebrew. _kimah_. cluster. Modern name, the Pleiades. See notes on Job 9:9; Job 38:31; Job 38:32. Compare Isaiah 13:10. and see App-12. ORION. Hebrew. _kesel_. rigidity, strength; from _kesalim_. loins (Job 15:27): hence, "confidence" derived from strength (Job 8:14; Job 31:24, where... [ Continue Reading ]
STRENGTHENETH THE SPOILED AGAINST THE STRONG. that makes destruction to corns suddenly to flash upon the strong. SO THAT THE, &c. and destruction will come upon the fortress.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY HATE, &c. The connection is not "difficult". The Structure is the commentary. Compare Isaiah 29:21. HIM THAT REBUKETH, &c.. the reprover. IN THE GATE: i.e. before the judge. UPRIGHTLY. truthfully.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR AN IMPOVERISHED ONE. Hebrew. _dal,_ See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11. BURDENS. exaction. Singular. YE HAVE BUILT, &c. Reference to Deut. (Deuteronomy 28:30; Deuteronomy 28:39). PLEASANT VINEYARDS. vineyards of desire. wine. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSIONS. HEBREW PASHA. App-44. SINS. Hebrew. _chata_ App-44. THEY AFFLICT. oppressors [as ye are] of. THE JUST. a righteous one. TAKE. BRIBE. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 35:31; Numbers 35:32, the same word). App-92, turn aside. Reference to Pentateuch, (Exodus 23:6; Deuteronomy 16:19;... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore, &c. Compare Proverbs 28:11; Proverbs 28:28. an evil time,. time of calamity. _Hebrew raa'._ App-44. See note on Amos 3:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEK good. Note the Structure ("u1", "u2":u3", p. 1237). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. AS. according as. Compare Micah 3:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATE THE EVIL, he. Compare Psalms 34:14; Psalms 97:10; Romans 12:9, This concludes the last of the three exhortations. IT MAY BE. Hebrew. _u lay._ The whole versa is the exhortation: but the Heb, accent marks off this sentence, calling attention, not to _uncertainty_ on the part of Jehovah, but to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD". One of the 134 places where the _Sopherirm_ say they altered "Jehovah" (App-4.) of the primitive test to "Adenai" (App-4. See App-32. STREETS. open places. SKILFUL OF LAMENTATION: i.e. the professional mourners. Compare 2 Chronicles 35:25.Ezekiel 12:5.Jeremiah 9:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
PASS THROUGH. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:12). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOE. The first woe. See the Structure above. the day of the LORD. See notes on Isaiah 2:12; Isaiah 13:6; Joel 2:1 DARKNESS, AND NOT LIGHT. Note the Figure of speech _Pleonasm_ (App-6) for emphasis. Compare Jeremiah 30:7; Joel 2:2.Zephaniah 1:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. A LION. Hebrew the face of. lion.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34) reads "the mouth of. lion". A BEAR. The Syrian bear is fiercer than. lion (Daniel 7:5. Compare 2 Kings 2:24.Lamentations 3:10; Lamentations 3:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL NOT. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6), for emphasis AND NO BRIGHTNESS. Note the Figures of speech _Pleonasm_ and _Erotesis_ (App-6). Some codices omit "and".... [ Continue Reading ]
I HATE, &c. Compare Proverbs 21:27; Isaiah 1:11.Jeremiah 6:20. I WILL NOT SMELL, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:31) App-92. SOLEMN ASSEMBLIES Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 29:35.Deuteronomy 16:8; Deuteronomy 16:8 [ Continue Reading ]
OFFER. offer up. BURNT OFFERINGS... MEAT OFFERINGS. See App-43. I WILL NOT ACCEPT, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 1:4. App-92. PEACE OFFERINGS. See App-43 TAKE THOU AWAY &c. Compare Isaiah 1:13 VIOLS. lutes... [ Continue Reading ]
RUNDOWN. roll on. Reference to Gilgal MIGHTY. inexhaustible. STREAM. Hebrew. _nahal =_. wady, or intermittent stream; not nahar,. constant-flowing river.... [ Continue Reading ]
HAVE YE OFFERED, &C.... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. This is. question in some codices and three early printed editions; but other codices, and four early printed editions, read it as an affirmative statement. If. question, the answer is No. See Deuteronomy 32:17; Joshua 5:5; Jeremiah 7:22; J... [ Continue Reading ]
YE HAVE BORNE. borne aloft. Figure of speech _Hysteresis._ App-6. TABERNACLE. booth. Hebrew. _sikkuth._ CHIUN. The Egyptian or Greek equivalent was Remphan (Septuagint Raiphan; another spelling preserved in the Septuagint and in Acts 7:43). Proper names frequently differ in spelling: e.g. Ethiopia... [ Continue Reading ]
BEYOND DAMASCUS. In Acts 7:43 beyond Babylon, which was of course "beyond Damascus", and included it, showing what was in the Divine purpose in the words of Jehovah (Amos 5:27) by Amos. Moreover, the road to Assyria lay through Damascus. Compare 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 16:9; Isaiah 8:4.Isaiah 3:12. M... [ Continue Reading ]