Bible Commentary

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 4 10. Proof that Israel merits the fate which has just been pronounced against it: it has sought Jehovah by a ritual which He does not value, and it has spurned the virtues which He really prizes. Seek … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 5:4”

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave a hundred, and that which went forth [by] a hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 3. The justification of the mournful anticipation of Amo 5:2: Jehovah has declared that the military strength of the nation will … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 5:3”

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up. 2. The virgin of Israel is fallen, | she shall no more rise; She is cast down upon her land, | there is none to raise her up. This is the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 5:2”

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel. 1. a dirge ] Heb. nh, which signifies, not a spontaneous effusion of natural emotion, but a composition, longer or shorter as the case might be, constructed with some art in a definite poetical form, and chanted usually … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 5:1”

For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what [is] his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, [is] his name. 13. A verse describing the majesty and omnipotence of the Judge, and suggesting … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:13”

Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 12. The sentence. All warnings have passed unheeded: no amendment is visible in the people; Jehovah must therefore proceed now to still more extreme measures. What these measures are, however, is … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:12”

I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 11. The earthquake. This, the most terrible visitation, is reserved for the last. The earthquake is not only the most unfamiliar and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:11”

I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 10. Pestilence and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:10”

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9. Blasting and mildew. The same two words in combination, Deu 28:22, 1Ki 8:37, Hag 2:17. Blasting (cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:9”

So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 8. wandered &c.] would totter but would not be satisfied: the frequentative tenses are continued. Eastern cities are dependent largely for their water upon underground cisterns in which … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Amos 4:8”