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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:9

Amos 8:9. I will cause the sun to go down at noon Calamitous times are often expressed in the Scriptures by the failing of the light of the sun, and the day’s being overspread with darkness. So Israel’s sun did begin to go down, as at noon, under the dark cloud of conspiracies and civil wars by Shallum, Menahem, Pekah, and Hoshea, till it entirely set, and total darkness came on through the Assyrian invasions by Pul, Tiglath-pileser, and Shalmanezer, and by the entire desolation and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:10

Amos 8:10. I will turn your feasts into mourning God commanded the Jews to celebrate their festivals with joy and gladness; but this it would be impossible for them to do under such melancholy circumstances and manifestations of the divine displeasure. And all your songs into lamentation The particular psalms and hymns which used to be sung at the great festivals are here alluded to. And I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins All sorts of persons shall put on mourning. And baldness... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

Israel nears its end (8:1-14)Just as the harvest comes to an end and the fruit is gathered into baskets, so Israel has come to its end and will be punished. Celebration will be turned to mourning, and hope will be replaced by despair. When the enemy attacks, the slaughter will be so extensive that bodies will lie unburied in the streets and fields for days (8:1-3).Amos returns to conditions in Israel to indicate that one reason for the nation’s downfall is the upper classes’ exploitation of the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:7

hath sworn, &c. See note on Amos 6:8 . the Excellency of Jacob: i.e. by Himself, as in Amos 6:8 . Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:7 ). App-92 . Compare Amos 4:2 ; Amos 6:8 . Hosea 5:5 ; Hosea 7:10 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:8

flood. Hebrew. or . Referring to the overflowing of the Nile. drowned = subside. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:9

cause the sun. This determines the time of the fulfilment of this "threatening". See Isaiah 13:10 ; Isaiah 59:9 , Isaiah 59:10 . Jeremiah 15:5 .Joel 2:2 ; Joel 3:15 .Micah 3:6 . Can this refer to the earthquake of Amos 1:1 ? read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:10

your feasts. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:14 ; Exodus 23:15 , Exodus 23:16 . Leviticus 23:0 ). App-92 . sackcloth. baldness. The outward symbols of mourning. Compare Amos 8:3 .Isaiah 15:2 .Ezekiel 7:18 . it: i.e. the land. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:7

"Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely, I will never forget any of their works."Barnes understood this as the equivalent of "God's swearing by himself, since God was, in fact, the true excellency, or glory of Jacob (1 Samuel 15:29)."[17] In all likelihood, this is the true meaning of the passage; but there is another view which also has much to commend it. McKeating wrote that Amos' intention here is "ironic. One swears by what is fixed and unalterable, hence, 'by Jacob's... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:8

"Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt."It seems rather strange to compare the trembling of the earth with the rising and falling of the Nile River (as most interpret this), "because the rise and fall of the Nile River are quite gradual."[21] However, since the devastation caused by the Nile at flood (rising some 20 feet)[22] was tremendous, it... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:9

"And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in a clear day."This is Amos' answer to the question propounded by the dishonest traders in Amos 8:5, "When will the new moon... and the sabbath ... be gone?" Very well, the answer was: "At that time when the sun goes down at noon, and the earth is darkened in a clear day," an undeniable reference to the crucifixion of the Son of God, that being the only... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 8:10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 8:1-14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:8

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 8:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 8:9

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