アモス書 8:7-10 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:9

I will cause the sun to go down at noon. This is probably to be taken metaphorically of a sudden calamity occurring in the very height of seeming prosperity, such as the fate of Israel in Pekah's time, and Pekah's own murder ( 2 Kings 15:29 , 2 Kings 15:30 ; see also 2 Kings 17:1-6 ). A like metaphor is common enough; e.g. Joel 2:2 : Joel 3:15 ; Micah 3:6 ; Job 5:14 ; Isaiah 13:10 ; Jeremiah 15:9 . Hind calculates that there were two solar eclipses visible in Palestine in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:9

A sunset at noon. This language is at once prophetic and figurative. It predicts an event in the moral world under the figure of an analogous event in the physical world. The symbolical event is not an eclipse of the sun, which the language does not suit, but his going down at midday; and the event symbolized is clearly death in the midst of young life. Israel was rich and prosperous and young. To all outward seeming she was just in the meridian of her life. But her sun would never reach... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning, etc. (comp. Amos 8:3 : Amos 5:16 , Amos 5:17 ; Lamentations 5:15 ; Hosea 2:11 ; Tobit 2:6). Sackcloth . A token of mourning ( 1 Kings 20:31 ; Isaiah 15:3 ; Joel 1:8 , Joel 1:13 ). Baldness. On shaving the head as a sign of mourning, see note on Micah 1:16 ; and comp. Job 1:20 ; Isaiah 3:24 ; Jeremiah 16:6 ; Jeremiah 47:5 ; Ezekiel 7:18 ). I will make it; Ponam eam (Vulgate); sc . terram . But it is better to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:10

A bitter day. There is something incongruous in this language. Day is the bright and beauteous gift of God, and its sunlight and all the glory it reveals may justly be taken as the emblem of happiness and prosperity. The light is sweet; the day is joyous. Yet here there is depicted a bitter day! The context makes it evident that this is attributable to sin, which makes all sweet things bitter, and all bright things dim. I. THE BITTER DAY OF ISRAEL CONTRASTS WITH BYGONE... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:7

By the excellency of Jacob - that is, by Himself who was its Glory, as Samuel calls Him “the Strength” 1 Samuel 15:29 or the Glory of Israel. Amos had before said, “God sware by His Holiness” and “by Himself” or “His soul.” Now, in like way, He pledges that Glory wherewith He was become the Glory of His people. He reminds them, who was the sole Source of their glory; not their calves, but Himself, their Creator; and that He would not forget their deeds. “I will not forget any,” literally,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:8

Shall not the land tremble for this? - o: “For the greater impressiveness, he ascribes to the insensate earth sense, indignation, horror, trembling. For all creation feels the will of its Creator.” “It shall rise up wholly as a flood,” literally, “like the river.” It is the Egyptian name for “river, which Israel brought with it out of Egypt, and is used either for the Nile, or for one of the artificial “trenches,” derived from it. “And it shall be cast out and drowned,” literally, “shall toss... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:9

I will cause the sun to go down - Darkness is heaviest and blackest in contrast with the brightest light; sorrow is saddest, when it comes upon fearless joy. God commonly, in His mercy, sends heralds of coming sorrow; very few burst suddenly on man. Now, in the meridian brightness of the day of Israel, the blackness of night should fall at once upon him. Not only was light to be displaced by darkness, but “then,” when it was most opposite to the course of nature. Not by gradual decay, but by a... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning - He recurs to the sentence which he had pronounced Amos 8:3, before he described the avarice and oppression which brought it down. Hosea too had foretold, “I will cause all her mirth to cease, her feast-days, etc” Hosea 2:11. So Jeremiah describes, “the joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning” Lamentations 5:15. The Book of Tobit bears witness how these sayings of Amos lived in the hearts of the captive Israelites. The word of God... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:7

Amos 8:7. The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob That is, by himself; Surely I will never forget any of their works God is said to remember men’s sins when he punishes them. We may learn by this passage, and many others in Scripture, that however slightly men may think of it, God takes particular notice of, and will certainly punish, all extortions and over-reachings in trade, and more particularly when they are used in regard of the poor. They shall have judgment without... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:8

Amos 8:8. Shall not the land tremble Shall not the state, or government, and all the people of the land, be terribly afraid, and greatly troubled; for this This, that you have done, O house of Israel, in sinning, and this that God will do in punishing? And every one mourn that dwelleth therein Shall not all be deeply concerned and distressed, since all have sinned and deserved punishment, and all will suffer in the approaching calamity? Certainly they shall. Observe, reader, those that... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 8:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 8:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:8

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