Amos 1:14 NIV

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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 1:14

"But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; and their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith Jehovah.Note that the announcement of God's judgment is uttered in each instance by formal, stylized pronouncements which are quite effective. "The shouting mentioned here is that of the assailants."[45] The figure of a tempest, or storm, is used to... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:14

14. Rabbah—the capital of Ammon: meaning "the Great." Distinct from Rabbah of Moab. Called Philadelphia, afterwards, from Ptolemy Philadelphus. tempest—that is, with an onset swift, sudden, and resistless as a hurricane. day of the whirlwind—parallel to "the day of battle"; therefore meaning "the day of the foe's tumultuous assault." 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:13-15

5. An oracle against Ammon 1:13-15The Ammonites were descendants of Lot, Abraham’s nephew (cf. Genesis 19:30-38). Ammon was in trouble with Yahweh because its soldiers brutally attacked and slew the Israelites, even the pregnant women and their unborn children, who lived in Gilead to the west of Ammon. This brutal slaughter terrorized and decimated the attacked populace. The Ammonites did this to enlarge their territory to the west for materialistic advantage, not for self-preservation.... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-15

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 (2Ki 3:4), where our English Bible uses the word 'sheep-master.' Tekoa] 5 m. S. of Bethlehem, on a hill 2,788... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:14

(14) Jeremiah gives a vivid account of the impending doom of Ammon, quoting and expanding this very passage (Jeremiah 49:1-3). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Amos 1:1-15

The Prophet 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 Today 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 witness was given. I. The... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3-15

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIESAmos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but before, his indictment of his own people, and so as to lead up to this. His reason is obvious and characteristic. If his aim be to enforce a religion independent of his people’s interests and privileges, how can he better do so than by exhibiting its principles at work outside his people, and then, with the... read more

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 1:1-15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 1:14

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:14

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

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

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 1:13-15

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:1-15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Amos 1:1-15

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3-15

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