Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:8
The Lord God hath sworn by himself - בנפשו benaphsho , by his soul, his being, existence. read more
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Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:9
Ten men - they shall die - All shall be cut off by the sword, or by captivity, or by famine. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:10
A man's uncle shall take him up - Bp. Newcome says, this obscure verse seems to describe the effects of famine and pestilence during the siege of Samaria. The carcass shall be burnt, and the bones removed with no ceremony of funeral rites, and without the assistance of the nearest kinsman. Solitude shall reign in the house; and if one is left, he must be silent, (see Amos 8:3 ;), and retired, lest he be plundered of his scanty provision! Burning the body, and then collecting the ashes, and... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:11
He will smote the great house with breaches - The great and small shall equally suffer; no distinction shall be made; rich and poor shall fall together; death has received his commission, and he will spare none. Horace has a sentiment precisely like this, Carm. Lib. i., Od. iv., 5:13. Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum Tabernas, Regumque Turres read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock - First, they could not do it, because they were unshod; for the shoeing of horses with iron was not then known. Secondly, If they did run on the rock, it would be useless to their owner, and hurtful to themselves. Thirdly, And it would be as useless to plough on the rock with oxen; for there it would be impossible to sow with any advantage. Fourthly, Just as useless and injurious would it be to put gall in the place of judgment, and hemlock in the place of... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:13
Ye which rejoice in a thing of naught - In your idols: for an idol is nothing in the world. Have we not taken to us horns - We have arrived to power and dignity by our strength. Horns were the symbols of power and authority. So Horace: - Vina parant animos: tum pauper cornua sumet . "Wine repairs our strength, and furnishes the poor with horns." At such times they think themselves as great as the greatest. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:14
I will raise up against you a nation - The Assyrians under Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmaneser, who subdued the Israelites at various times, and at last carried them away captive in the days of Hosea, the last king of Israel in Samaria. From the entering in of Hamath (on the north) unto the river of the wilderness - Besor, which empties itself into the sea, not far from Gaza, and was in the southern part of the tribe of Simeon. read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:7
Verse 7 We now then understand the full meaning of the Prophet; and hence he says, They shall emigrate at the head of the emigrants, that is, “when there shall be an emigration, they shall be the first in order of time. I have hitherto indulgently spared you; but as I see that you have abused my forbearance, ye shall certainly be the forerunners of others; for ye shall go first into captivity. And my rigor shall begin with you, because I see that I have hitherto lost all my labor in attempting,... read more
John Calvin
John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:8
Verse 8 God here declares that he would not desist, because he had hitherto loaded his people with many benefits: for he had now changed his purpose, so that he would no longer continue his favors. And this was designedly added by the Prophet; for hypocrites, we know, grow hardened, when they consider what dignity had been conferred on them; for they think their possessions to be firm and perpetual: hence they become haughty towards God. Since then hypocrites act thus foolishly, the Prophet... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 6:7
With the first that go captive - The house of Israel shall be carried into captivity before the house of Judah. read more