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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 1:1-15

1:1-2:16 JUDGMENTS ON VARIOUS NATIONSIt seems that Amos announced most, if not all, of his message in Bethel, an important religious and commercial centre near Israel’s southern border (see 7:10). He gained the attention of his audience by first announcing God’s judgment on Israel’s neighbours. This news no doubt pleased his hearers, but for Amos it was part of his build-up to the climax, which announced God’s judgment on Israel.The first three nations that Amos condemned were foreign nations... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 1:3

Thus saith the LORD. Jehovah's words: not the words of Amos. . The prophetic formula. See App-82 . See the twelve with Jehovah, in verses: Amos 3:6 , Amos 3:9 , Amos 3:11 , Amos 3:13 ; Amos 2:1 , Amos 2:4 , Amos 2:6 ; Amos 8:12 ; Amos 5:4 ; Amos 5:16 ; Amos 7:17 ; and the two with Adonai Jehovah in Amos 3:11 ; Amos 5:3 . three . . . four. Hebrew idiom to express several, or many (Job 33:29 , margin) Compare Proverbs 30:15 , Proverbs 30:18 , Proverbs 30:21 , Proverbs 30:29 . transgressions.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 1:3

"For three transgressions ... yea, for four ..." This is a stylized expression, or idiom, having the meaning of, "for many, or for more than enough."[15] As used here, it denotes, "not a small, but a large number of crimes, or ungodliness in its worst form."[16] Of course, "Some critics have taken the terms literally, and have tried to identify that particular number of transgressions in each case; but this is trifling."[17]"Damascus ..." This city stands here as a representative of all of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 1:3

Amos 1:3. I will not turn away the punishment thereof— I will not revoke it; that is, the voice which denounced their destruction. Houbigant renders the verse, After three transgressions of Damascus, I will not bear that which was the fourth; because, &c. The prophet first threatens the people of Syria, the capital of which was Damascus, for the several transgressions which they had committed, and particularly for their cruelties exercised against the Israelites by Hazael and Benhadad. 2... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:3

3. Here begins a series of threatenings of vengeance against six other states, followed by one against Judah, and ending with one against Israel, with whom the rest of the prophecy is occupied. The eight predictions are in symmetrical stanzas, each prefaced by "Thus saith the Lord." Beginning with the sin of others, which Israel would be ready enough to recognize, he proceeds to bring home to Israel her own guilt. Israel must not think hereafter, because she sees others visited similarly to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3

The expression "for three transgressions [Heb. pesha’im, rebellions, i.e., against the universal Sovereign; cf. Genesis 9:5-17] and for four" is one of Amos’ trademark phrases (cf. Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:13; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6). It means for numerous transgressions (cf. Job 5:19; Job 33:29; Psalms 62:11-12; Proverbs 6:16; Proverbs 30:15-16; Proverbs 30:18-19; Proverbs 30:21-23; Proverbs 30:29-31; Ecclesiastes 11:2; Micah 5:5-6). "Three transgressions" represents... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-5

1. An oracle against Aram 1:3-5 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-14

II. PROPHETIC MESSAGES THAT AMOS DELIVERED 1:3-6:14The Book of Amos consists of words (oracles, Amos 1:3 to Amos 6:14) and visions (chs. 7-9), though these sections also contain short sub-sections of other types of material. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-16

A. Oracles against nations 1:3-2:16An oracle is a message of judgment. Amos proceeded to deliver eight of these, seven against Israel’s neighbors, including Judah (Amos 1:3 to Amos 2:5), and one against Israel (Amos 2:6 to Amos 6:14). The order is significant. The nations mentioned first were foreign, but those mentioned next were the blood relatives of the Israelites, and Judah was its closest kin. Upon hearing this list the Israelites would have felt "a noose of judgment about to tighten... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-5

The Sins of Israel’s Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: ’The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.’Herdmen] or rather, ’keepers of a peculiar breed of sheep called naqad.’ There must have been a number of these sheepowners in and near Tekoa. Mesha, king of Moab, is called by the same name noqed (2 Kings 3:4), where our English Bible uses the word ’sheep-master.’ Tekoa] 5 m. S. of Bethlehem, on a hill... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 1:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 1:3

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 1:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 1:3

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:3-16

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-5

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