Amos 1:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1:3-15

What the Lord says here may be explained by what he says Jer. 12:14; Thus said the Lord, against all my evil neighbours that touch the inheritance of my people Israel, Behold, I will pluck them out. Damascus was a near neighbour to Israel on the north, Tyre and Gaza on the west, Edom on the south, Ammon and (in the next chapter) Moab on the east; and all of them had been, one time, one way, or other, pricking briers and grieving thorns to Israel, evil neighbours to them; and, because God... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:13

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of the children of Ammon ,.... These are the descendants of Benammi, a son of Lots, by one of his daughters, Genesis 19:38 ; are distinguished from the Ammonites, 2 Chronicles 20:1 ; were near neighbours of the Jews, but great enemies to them, though akin: and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; See Gill on Amos 1:3 . Among these transgressions, for which God would punish these people, are to be reckoned, not only... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:13

The children of Ammon - The country of the Ammonites lay to the east of Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead. Rabbah was its capital. Because they have ripped up - This refers to some barbarous transaction well known in the time of this prophet, but of which we have no distinct mention in the sacred historians. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:13

Verse 13 He now prophesies against the Ammonites, who also derived their origin from the same common stock; for they were the posterity of Lot, as it is well known; and Lot was counted as the son of Abraham, as Abraham, having taken him with him from his country brought him up, no doubt, as his own son. Then Abraham was the common father of the Jews and of the Ammonites. Now, when the children of Ammon, without any regard to relationship, joined their forces to those of enemies, and conspired... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13

Ammon was connected with Israel as being sprung from Lot, and together with Moab, which had the same origin, retained the stamp of its incestuous birth in habits, character, and worship ( Genesis 19:30 , etc.). The Ammonites seem to have been a predatory and roving nation, though the abundance of rains in the district shows that they possessed fixed abodes; but Rabbah was the only city of importance in their territory ( 2 Samuel 11:1 ). Their hostility to Israel was first shown in their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The judgment on Ammon. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The woe against Ammon: brutality in its element. There is a climax in these woes as we advance. Each seems to outdo in horror the one before. This one in which Ammon figures has circumstances of wanton atrocity and senseless savagery in it unparalleled in any other. I. UNNATURAL CONNECTIONS MAY BE EXPECTED TO BREED UNNATURAL MONSTERS . Ammon and Moab were the children of unnatural and shameful lust ( Genesis 19:30-38 ). Begotten in drunkenness, and conceived in a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

Greed of territory. The history of the Ammonites is full of indications of their natural qualities and of their conduct towards Israel. They were an unprincipled arid cruel people, and were continually at war with their neighbours. Their settlement on the east of the Jordan brought them into constant conflict with the Jews, and from the Book of Deuteronomy down to that of Nehemiah references to Ammon occur from which we gather that they were an idolatrous, restless, pitiless, lustful, and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:13

Ammon - These who receive their existence under circumstances, in any way like those of the first forefathers of Moab and Ammon, are known to be under physical as well as intellectual and moral disadvantages. Apart from the worst horrors, on the one side reason was stupefied, on the other it was active in sin. He who imprinted His laws on nature, has annexed the penalty to the infraction of those laws. It is known also how, even under the Gospel, the main character of a nation remains... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 1:13-15

Amos 1:13-15. For three transgressions of the children of Ammon The Ammonites descended from Lot: see Genesis 19:38. Their country lay to the east of Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Gilead. Because they have ripped up the women with child Hazael, king of Syria, grievously afflicted the Israelites that lay eastward of Jordan, particularly the Gileadites: see 2 Kings 10:33. The low condition to which these countries were hereby reduced, might probably encourage the Ammonites to possess... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1:3-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 1:13-15

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