Amos 1:9 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 1:9

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Tyrus ,.... Or Tyre, a very ancient city in Palestine; of which See Gill on Isaiah 23:1 ; and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof ; See Gill on Amos 1:3 ; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom : such of the Israelites that fell into their hands, or fled to them for shelter, they delivered up to the Edomites, their implacable adversaries, or sold them to them, as they did to the Grecians, Joel... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

Tyrus - See an ample description of this place, and of its desolation and final ruin, in the notes on Ezekiel 26-28 (note). The brotherly covenant - This possibly refers to the very friendly league made between Solomon and Hiram, king of Tyre, 1 Kings 5:12 ; but some contend that the brotherly covenant refers to the consanguinity between the Jews and Edomites. The Tyrians, in exercising cruelties upon these, did it, in effect, on the Jews, with whom they were connected by the most... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

Verse 9 He uses nearly the same words respecting Tyrus which he did respecting Gaza, and charges it with the same sin, which was that of removing the Jews from their country, as refugees and exiles, into Idumea, and of selling them as captives to the Idumeans. As of all the rest, he declares the same of Tyrus, that they had not lightly sinned, and that therefore no moderate chastisement was sufficient; for they had for a long time abused God’s forbearance, and had become stubborn in their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9

They delivered up the whole captivity (see note on Amos 1:6 ). The sin of Tyre, the great Phoenician merchant city, was committed in concert with the Philistines (comp. Psalms 83:7 ), and was of the same character, except that she is not accused of carrying away the captives, but only of handing them over to the Edomites. It is probable that the Phoenicians had gotten into their hands, by purchase or some other means, Israelitish prisoners, whom they delivered over to the Edomites,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

The judgment on Tyre. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

The woe against Tyre. Tyre stands for Phoenicia, of which it was the capital. It was a renowned and very ancient city. Greatest, richest, proudest, and most luxurious, perhaps, of all the cities of its time, it passed through vicissitudes which were equally beyond the common lot. As with most ancient capitals, there were points at which its path and that of Israel crossed, involving that there should be corresponding points where they would recross, and on these the prophet has intently... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

The violation of a brotherly covenant. The reproach addressed to Tyre, on account of Tyre's league with Edom against the Israelites, is peculiarly severe. This is to be explained by the previous history of the two nations. Hiram, King of Tyre, had been a warm friend both of David and of Solomon. A close and intimate connection had thus been formed. And when Tyre made war upon the Jews and, like Philistia, gave Israel into the hands of Edom, the grievance was felt to be peculiarly... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:9

The last crowning sin, for which judgment is pronounced on Tyre, is the same as that of Philistia, and probably was enacted in concert with it. In Tyre, there was this aggravation, that it was a violation of a previous treaty and friendship. It was not a covenant only, nor previous friendliness only; but a specific covenant, founded on friendship which they forgat and brake. If they retained the memory of Hiram’s contact with David and Solomon, it was a sin against light too. After David had... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 1:9

Amos 1:9. For three transgressions of Tyrus, &c. This prediction is probably to be understood of the destruction of Tyre by Nebuchadnezzar, as foretold by Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel: see the margin. Because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom Without doubt the Edomites used the Jewish captives with great barbarity, as the delivering of these captives up to them is also assigned as a principal reason of the punishment of Tyre, as it was of the punishment of Damascus, Amos... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 1:9-10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 1:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 1:9

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