阿摩司书 2:13-15 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-13

God and nations. "Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath," etc. These verses suggest a few remarks in relation to God and nations. I. He reminds nations of the GREATNESS OF HIS KINDNESS TOWARDS THEM . In these verses he reminds Israel of two great merciful interpositions of his on their behalf. 1 . He often sacrifices one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:13

Men's sins a Divine burden. The figure of the text is one taken by Amos from his own experience as a husbandman. In the harvest field the cart is piled high with sheaves to be taken to the garner or the threshing floor. The wain groans—as poets put it—beneath the load. Even so, it is represented that the sins of Israel oppress Jehovah; he is distressed by their magnitude and their aggravations. I. LIGHT IS CAST BY THIS LANGUAGE UPON THE CHARACTER OF GOD . 1 . ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:13-16

The wrath of outraged goodness. "A wounded spirit who can bear?" Even God will not bear it forevermore. A "base contempt of covenant mercies," exemplified here, may go too far. The limit of intelligent forbearance will be passed, and the pent-up vials of wrath restrained will be poured forth. I. THE CRUSHER . "Behold, I will press you down as the cart presses that is filled with sheaves" (Keil). This is a strong figure. God, in his retributive action, is compared not only to a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:14-16

Judgment inevitable. In the preceding verses there is observable an accumulation of human transgression and iniquity. And in these closing verses el the chapter the reader is equally struck with the rhetorical accumulation of figures intended to convey a deep impression of the inevitableness of retribution. I. A PICTURE OF HUMAN GREATNESS . Man has his own standard of greatness. The prophet piles up epithets to represent man's power. In vivid colours and in rapid succession... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:15

Stand ( Jeremiah 46:21 ; Nahum 2:8 ). The skilled archer shall not stand firm. That handleth the bow ( Jeremiah 46:9 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:13

Behold, I am pressed under you - God bore His people, as the wain bears the sheaves. “Ye yourselves have seen,” He said to them by Moses, “how I bare you on eagle’s wings, and brought you unto Myself” Exodus 19:4. “Thou hast seen how the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place” Deuteronomy 1:31. And by Isaiah, “He bare them and carried them all the days of old” Isaiah 63:9; and, “which are born” by Me “from the belly, which... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:14-16

Israel relied, against God, on his own strength. “Have we not,” they said, “taken to us horns by our own strength?” Amos 6:13. Amos tells them then, that every means of strength, resistance, flight, swiftness of foot, of horse, place of refuge, should fail them. Three times he repeats, as a sort of dirge, “he shall not deliver himself.”Therefore the flight shall perish - (Probably place of flight Job 11:20; Psalms 142:5; Jeremiah 25:35). They had despised God, as their “place of refuge” , so... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:13-16

Amos 2:13-16. Behold I am pressed under you Your sins have quite tired out my patience, and I am weary with bearing them: compare Isaiah 43:24; Malachi 2:17. In this sense the clause is understood by the LXX. and Vulgate. The marginal reading, however, is preferred by many commentators. Archbishop Newcome renders the verse, Behold, I will press your place as a loaded corn-wain presseth its sheaves; and Secker observes, The next verse being joined to this by the connective particle ( ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

Judgment on Israel (2:6-16)Israel is corrupt, socially, morally and religiously. Judges and officials favour those who bribe them, with the result that the poor and the innocent receive unjust treatment. The rich lend to the poor, then take them as slaves when they cannot repay their debts, even though the debt may be as little as the price of a pair of sandals (6-7a).The wealthy seize the clothes of the poor as guarantees for the repayment of debts (even though the law of Moses prohibited the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:13

as a cart = according as[a full] cart. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:9-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:13-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:14-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 2:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 2:14-16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 2:13-16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 2:6-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 2:13

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