阿摩司書 3:14-15 RCUVTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:13-15

National judgments. "Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hosts," etc. The same persons are here addressed who in the ninth verse were summoned from Philistia and Egypt. They were now to testify to the facts of the case, that it might be seen that the punishment inflicted upon the inhabitants was richly deserved. The subject of the words is national judgment, which we are here led to regard in three aspects. I. IN RELATION TO THE TRUE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:14

That in the day, etc. This verse is rightly joined to the preceding, as it particularizes the threats which the heathen are summoned to testify. Visit upon; equivalent to "punish" ( Zephaniah 1:8 ). Altars of Bethal. We read of one altar being set up by Jeroboam I ( 1 Kings 12:29 , 1 Kings 12:33 ), but doubtless others had been added in the course of time. The denunciation of 1 Kings 13:2 , 1 Kings 13:3 is here repeated. The horns of the altar. These were certain projections... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 3:15

The winter house. The luxurious habits of kings and princes had led them to have different houses for the various seasons of the year, facing north or south as the case might be (comp. 3:20 ; Jeremiah 36:22 ). Septuagint, τὸν οἶκον τὸν περίπτερον , "the turreted house," which Jerome explains, Domum pinnatam, eo quod ostiola habeat per fenestras, et quasi pinnas, ad magnitudinem frigoris depellendam. Houses of ivory; panelled or inlaid with ivory, such as Ahab had ( 1... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 3:14

In the day that I shall visit the transgression of Israel upon, him, I will also visit (upon) the altars of Bethel - Israel then hoped that its false worship of “nature” would avail it. God says, contrariwise, that when He should punish, all their false worship, so far from helping them, should itself be the manifest object of His displeasure. Again God attests, at once, His long-suffering and His final retribution. Still had He foreborne to punish, “being slow to anger and of great goodness;”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 3:15

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house - Upon idolatry, there follow luxury and pride. “So wealthy were they,” says Jerome, “as to possess two sorts of houses, “the winter house” being turned to the south, the “summer house” to the north, so that, according to the variety of the seasons, they might temper to them the heat and cold.” Yet of these luxuries, (so much more natural in the East where summer-heat is so intense, and there is so little provision against cold) the only... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 3:13-15

Amos 3:13-15. Hear ye, and testify, &c. These words are directed to the prophets whom God sends to declare his will. In the day that I shall visit, &c. In the general destruction of the ten tribes, my judgments will be particularly visible upon the places dedicated to idolatrous worship, especially Beth-el, the principal place of that kind. And the horns of the altar shall be cut off These were squares placed at the four corners of the altar, and hollow in the middle, into which... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

The corruption of Samaria (3:9-4:3)Amos tries to shame the people of Israel (capital: Samaria) by inviting their enemies to come and see how bad the nation is, with all its oppression, lawlessness, violence and greed (9-10). Israel will surely be conquered and plundered. The only things that will remain as a reminder of former luxury will be a few scraps of furniture. The remains of the nation will be like the remains of a sheep that has been attacked and eaten by wild animals (11-12). The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 3:14

in the day that, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 32:34 ). App-92 . ground = earth. Hebrew. erez . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 3:15

winter house. Compare Jeremiah 36:22 . summer house . Compare Judges 3:20 . houses of ivory. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), App-6 , for the parts inlaid, paneled, or overlaid with ivory. Compare 1 Kings 22:39 . Psalms 45:8 . the great = many. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 3:14

"For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.The singling out of the polluted shrine at Bethel is significant, as this was the seat of the religion of Israel. It will be recalled that when Jeroboam led the ten tribes in their secession from "the house of David," he was alarmed that the people returning to Jerusalem to worship God might eventually defect from... read more