Amos 1:14 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 1:14

But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah ,.... Which was the metropolis of the children of Ammon, and their royal city, 2 Samuel 12:26 . This is to be understood of an enemy that should destroy it, perhaps Nebuchadnezzar; or of war being kindled and raised in their country; this place being put for the whole; See Gill on Jeremiah 49:2 ; and it shall devour the palaces thereof ; the palaces of the king, and his nobles: with shouting in the day of battle ; with the noise of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:14

With shouting in the day of battle - They shall be totally subdued. This was done by Nebuchadnezzar. See Jeremiah 27:3 , Jeremiah 27:6 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:14

Verse 14 I will therefore kindle a fire in the wall of רבה , Rabe, which shall devour its palaces, (the Prophet adds nothing new, I shall therefore go on,) and this by tumult, or by clamour, in the day of war. The Prophet means that enemies would come and suddenly lay waste the kingdom of Ammon; and that this would be the case, as a sudden fire lays hold on wood, in the day of war; that is as soon as the enemy attacked them, it would immediately put them to fight, and execute the vengeance... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:14

Rabbah , "the Great," or Rabbath-Ammon, the capital of Ammon, was situated on the southern arm of the Jabbok, and was a place of remarkable strength (see Deuteronomy 3:11 ; 2 Samuel 11:1 ; 2 Samuel 12:26 , etc.; 1 Chronicles 20:1-3 ). "For picturesqueness of situation, I know of no ruins to compare with Ammon. The most striking feature is the citadel, which formerly contained not merely the garrison, but an upper town, and covered an extensive area. The lofty plateau on which it... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:14

I will kindle afire in the wall of Rabbah - Rabbah, literally, “the great,” called by Moses “Rabbah of the children of Ammon” Deuteronomy 3:11, and by later Greeks, “Rabathammana” , was a strong city with a yet stronger citadel. Ruins still exist, some of which probably date back to these times. The lower city “lay in a valley bordered on both sides by barren hills of flint,” at 12 an hour from its entrance. It lay on a stream, still called by its name Moyet or Nahr Amman, “waters” or “river of... 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 1:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:13-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:14

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

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