Bible Commentary

The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. 3. concerning this ] viz. concerning the further undefined calamity, which He had purposed, and of which Amos had rightly interpreted the locusts as being the harbinger. “God is said to repent ” (lit., as Arabic seems to shew, to sigh deeply, or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:3”

And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. 2. The locusts had eaten up all the herb of the land (Exo 10:12; Exo 10:15), when … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:2”

Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, [it was] the latter growth after the king’s mowings. 1. Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew me ] The same formula, Amo 7:4 ; Amo 7:7, Amo 8:1. Cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 7:1”

But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. 14. But ] For, justifying the low estimate of their power, expressed in Amo 6:13. raise up … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:14”

Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 13. Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought ] Lit. in a no-thing, a non-entity, what has no substantial existence, and is destined to pass away when the hour of trial comes, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:13”

Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 12. Do horses run upon crags? doth one plow (there) with oxen? or (dividing one word into two) doth one plow the sea with an ox? that ye have … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:12”

For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. 11. For behold, &c.] The words give the reason for Amo 6:8, rather than for Amo 6:9-10, which describe merely an episode in the ruin. commandeth ] viz. the human agents, by whose instrumentality (cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:11”

And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that [is] by the sides of the house, [Is there] yet [any] with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:10”

And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 9. A house in which ten men were left, surviving the casualties and privations of a siege, must have been a fairly large one: no doubt, Amos has still in view the palaces of the wealthy (cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:9”

The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 8. The contemplation of such strange moral obliquity excites the prophet’s indignation, which finds expression in the oath (cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 6:8”