Bible Commentary

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat? 6. The final issue of the rapacious conduct described in Amo 8:5 is that the poor are more and more impoverished, and, falling into debt, have in the end to sell … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:6”

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 5. When will the new moon be gone? ] The new moon, the first of the month, was observed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:5”

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 4. Hear this ] Amo 3:1, Amo 4:1, Amo 5:1. that pant after the needy ] i.e. who are eager to destroy them: the word has the same figurative sense in Psa 56:1-2; Psa 57:3; cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:4”

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence. 3. The nature of the ‘end’ more fully described: the songs of the temple will be turned into loud cries of woe; so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:3”

And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. 2. The question is asked for the same purpose as in Amo 7:8. The end ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:2”

Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. Amo 8:1 to Amo 9:11. The visions resumed. Amo 8:1-14. The fourth vision (Amo 8:1-3). The basket of summer fruit. 1. Thus did the Lord Jehovah cause me to see ] The same formula as before, Amo 7:1; Amo 7:4. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 8:1”

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be a 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. 17. Thy wife … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:17”

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac. 16. drop not thy word] The same expression, also used figuratively of a prophetic utterance, in Mic 2:6; Mic 2:11 and Eze 20:46; Eze 21:2 [Heb. 21:2, 7]. It was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:16”

And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 15. It was while he was engaged in the ordinary occupations of his rustic life, that he became conscious of a call, which he could not but obey (cf. Amo 3:8), to become … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:15”

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet’s son; but I [was] a herdsman, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit: 14. I was no prophet, and I was no prophet’s son ] i.e. not one of the “sons of the prophets,” as the companies, or guilds, of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:14”