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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Amos 1:1-15

Amos 1:1 . The words of Amos, written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself among the herdmen of Tekoa, a small city twelve miles south of Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 11:5-6; 2 Chronicles 20:20, and was called of God, like David from the flocks, and Elisha from the plow, to be a prophet of the Lord. This is Jehovah’s right, a right he never surrendered, either to the synagogue or the vatican at Rome. Two years before the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Amos 1:3

Amos 1:3I will not turn away the punishment thereof.The purpose of Divine threateningsThe order of God’s threatenings seems to have been addressed to gain the hearing of the people. The punishment is first denounced upon their enemies, and that, for their sins, directly or indirectly against themselves, and God in them. Then, as to those enemies themselves, the order is not of place or time, but of their relations to God’s people. It begins with their most oppressive enemy, Syria; then... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Amos 1:3

Amo 1:3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: Ver. 3. For three transgressions of Damascus and for four ] For their seven, that is, several sins, not a few; for their many and bony provocations, for their progress in sin, without mean or measure. The Jews here note, that for three faults God will pardon a man, but let him beware of the fourth:... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Amos 1:3

For: Amos 1:6, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13, Amos 2:1, Amos 2:4, Amos 2:6, Job 5:19, Job 19:3, Proverbs 6:16, Ecclesiastes 11:2 Damascus: Isaiah 7:8, Isaiah 8:4, Isaiah 17:1, Jeremiah 49:23-Daniel :, Zechariah 9:1 and for four: or, yea for four: turn away the punishment thereof, or, convert it, or, let it be quiet, and so, Amos 1:6, 9-2:16 because: 1 Kings 19:17, 2 Kings 8:12, 2 Kings 10:32, 2 Kings 10:33, 2 Kings 13:3, 2 Kings 13:7, Isaiah 41:15 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 30:7 - General... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Amos 1:3

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:For three — This certain number is put for an uncertain: three, that is, many.Of Damascus — Here Damascus is put for the whole kingdom of Syria.Threshed — Treated it with the utmost cruelty.Gilead — There was a country of this name, and a city, possessed by the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites; Gilead here... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:3-5

3-5. The sin and punishment of Damascus. Thus saith Jehovah A solemn formula repeated before each denunciation (Amos 1:6; Amos 1:9; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:13; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6). The prophet desires to make it plain that in all he says he is the spokesman of Jehovah (compare Zechariah 1:3). Three… four There is no reason for thinking that Amos had in mind three or four specific transgressions which exhausted the patience of Jehovah, as Kimchi undertook to show: (1) the campaign... read more