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

The Prologue to the Prophecies of Amos consists of a series of denunciations of the surrounding peoples. The ground of the awful threatenings is the word of Jehovah made known to the prophet. The reason for the doom predicted on such high authority, is the resistance and cruelty that were offered by these nations to the theocratic people, and, still more, their own moral offences, condemned by universal conscience. The denunciations begin with a judgment upon Syria, the age-long enemy of Judah,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:2

(2) Roar.—The prolonged thunder-peal, or lion’s roar, of the Divine voice, reverberates from the theocratic metropolis of Zion, to the luxuriant slopes of the noble Carmel, which forms the southern promontory of the Bay of Acre. The “pastures of the Shepherds” remind us of Psalms 23:0, and refers us to the prophet’s own home in the wilderness of Tekoah. The same expression “head (or ‘top’) of Carmel” occurs in 1 Kings 18:42, and in Amos 9:3. Compare the modern name Ras-el-Kerum. The whole... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:3

CURSE ON DAMASCUS.(3) Three transgressions . . .—This form of transgression, which occurs eight times in the prologue, is not an arithmetical, but a strongly idiomatic phrase, signifying “multiplied or repeated delinquencies” (Henderson).Turn away . . .—Rather, will not turn it back—i.e., the sore judgment I have purposed. (Comp. 2 Kings 10:32-33.) read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:4

(4) I will send a fire . . .—Compare Jeremiah 49:27, where this language is repeated at a time when punishment had fallen for a while on Damascus, and she had become, as Isaiah predicted, “a ruinous heap” (Isaiah 17:1). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:5

(5) I will break . . .—The “bar” means the bolt of iron or brass with which the city was defended. But it is possible that it may be used of persons, i.e., princes or leaders (comp. Hosea 4:18; Hosea 11:6); and this seems confirmed by the parallelism. The plain or valley cleft between Libanus and Antilibanus is still called by the Arabs by a name closely resembling the rendering in the margin, “the valley.” It is probable that the word rendered “vanity,” (aven) is simply a Masoretic reading,... 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 1:1-2

, Amos 3:3-8, Amos 7:14-15THE MAN AND THE PROPHETTHE Book of Amos opens one of the greatest stages in the religious development of mankind. Its originality is due to a few simple ideas, which it propels into religion with an almost unrelieved abruptness. But, like all ideas which ever broke upon the world, these also have flesh and blood behind them. Like every other Reformation this one in Israel began with the conscience and the protest of an individual. Our review of the book has made this... 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 1:1-15

Analysis and Annotations I. JUDGMENT ANNOUNCED AGAINST THE NATIONS, JUDAH, AND ISRAEL CHAPTER 1 1. The introduction (Amos 1:1-2 ) 2. Damascus (Amos 1:3-5 ) 3. Philistia (Amos 1:6-8 ) 4. Tyre (Amos 1:9-10 ) 5. Edom (Amos 1:11-12 ) 6. Ammon (Amos 1:13-15 ) Amos 1:1-2 . It has been pointed out that Amos does not say like so many of the other prophets, “the Word of the Lord which came unto me,” but he begins his prophecy with the statement “the words of Amos.” The fact of divine... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 1:1

1:1 The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of {a} Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of {b} Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the {c} earthquake.(a) Which was a town five miles from Jerusalem in Judea, but he prophesied in Israel.(b) In his days the kingdom of Israel flourished the most.(c) Which as Josephus writes, was when Uzziah would have usurped the priest’s office, and therefore was smitten with leprosy. read more

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

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:2

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:3

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:4

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 1:5

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 1:1-2

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

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 1:1-15

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 1:1

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