Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed (a) grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth (b) after the king's mowings. (a) To devour the land: and he alludes to the invading of the enemies. (b) After the public com... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD (c) repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. (c) That is, stopped this plague at my prayer.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, (d) and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. (d) Meaning, that God's indignation was inflamed against the stubbornness of this people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, (e) with a plumbline in his hand. (e) Signifying that this would be the last measuring of the people, and that he would defer his judgment no longer.... [ Continue Reading ]
(f) Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. (f) That is, when Amos had prophesied that the king would be destroyed: for the wicked priest more for hat... [ Continue Reading ]
Also (g) Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: (g) When this instrument of Satan was not able to accomplish his purpose by the king, he tried by another practice, that was, to scare the Prophet, that he might depart,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no (h) prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: (h) Thus he shows by his extraordinary calling, that God had given him a charge, which he must necessarily execute.... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore thus saith the LORD; (i) Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. (i) In this way God used to... [ Continue Reading ]