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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:2

Carmel. "God's vineyard," may dente any fruitful mountain. Amos refers to pastoral affairs. (Calmet) read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3

Three---four. That is, for their many unrepented of crimes. (Challoner) --- three is the first number of which we can say "many or all." Four denotes excess. Thus God forgives many sins, yet punishes when they become excessive. (Worthington) --- Thus profane authors say, (Calmet) Terque quaterque pectus percussa decorum. (Virgil, 'c6neid iv.) --- Convert it. That is, I will not spare them, nor turn away the punishments I design to inflict upon them. (Challoner) --- My decree is absolute. --- ... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:5

Plain. The city "Bikhath-Aven," or the latter word, probably denotes Baal, as the Syrians style Baal-Bek, the city which the Greeks call Heliopolis. The valley between the two mountains extending northward, is still called Bucca. --- Pleasure. Hebrew, "Beth Heden." We find Eden in a delightful part of Libanus. --- Cyrene, not in Africa, but on the river Cyrus, in Albania, 4 Kings xv. 29. read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 1:1-8

Against Damascus and Gaza v. 1. The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen, a man who owned and tended sheep, of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel, chiefly with regard to the northern kingdom, in the days of Uzziah, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the second of that name, the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake, an event of some importance in the history of that century. Cf Zechariah 14:5. v. 2. And He said, speaking to Amos in a vision, by a... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 1:1-15

AMOS_____________CHAPTERS 1, 2The Superscription (Amos 1:1)1 The words of Amos (who was among the shepherds of Tekoa), which he saw concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.And he said:—I. The Divine Judgment is announced first against the Countries lying around Israel, then against the Kingdom of Judah, but at last remains standing over the Kingdom of Israel (Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:16).2... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 1:1-10

Outside Nations Shall Suffer Judgment Amos 1:1-10 Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear the approach of God’s righteous judgment, Luke 12:47 . The formula of three transgressions and for four , Amos 1:3 , etc., means several or many. Compare Job 5:19 . The order followed is Syria, Amos 1:3 ; Philistia, Amos 1:6 ; Tyre, Amos 1:9 ; Edom, Amos 1:11 ; Ammon, Amos 1:13 ; Moab, Amos 1:1 . Each of these... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:1-15

The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations as such. Each in turn passes before Jehovah, and receives sentence. The sin of Syria was cruelty. At last, sentence was uttered; the flame would devour, all defense would be useless, and the people would be driven into captivity. The sin of Philistia had been the slave trade. Here, as before, and... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:1

THE MESSAGE OF AMOS‘The words of Amos.’ Amos 1:1 To estimate the prophets’ message we must consider something of the times in which they lived and the circumstances under which they spoke. Let us do so in the case of the prophet Amos, from whose writings our lessons for to-day are taken. You will notice as you study the prophetical Books of the Old Testament that in almost every case the writing opens with a short description of the writer and precise mention of the time during which his... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-2

Introduction (Amos 1:1-2 ). Amos 1:1 ‘The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen (cattle-breeders) of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.’ The heading is succint and presents us with full information containing source (Amos, a lowly cattle-breeder in Judah)), content (the words), occupation (cattle-breeder), the identity of those at whom his words were... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:3-5

1). YHWH’s Judgment On Damascus (Amos 1:3-5 ). YHWH’s judgment on Damascus, a city (representing Aram) which had proved through the years to be Israel’s most dangerous enemy, would be because of their continually cruel treatment of Gilead at the time when they had invaded Israel again and again, ‘threshing them with instruments of iron’. Gilead was the land east of Jordan which was especially vulnerable when the kings of Israel were weak, and was in the path of any Aramaean invasion from the... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:2

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 1:5

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 1:1-8

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 1:1-15

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 1:1-10

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:1-15

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:1

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-2

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:3-5

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