Amos 1,Amos 7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1

In this chapter we have, I. The general title of this prophecy (Amos 1:1), with the general scope of it, Amos 1:2. II. God?s particular controversy with Syria (Amos 1:3-5), with Palestine (Amos 1:6-8), with Tyre (Amos 1:9), with Edom (Amos 1:11), and with Ammon (Amos 1:13-15), for their cruelty to his people and the many injuries they had done them. This explains God?s pleading with the nations, Joel 3:2. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1

THOUGH this prophet appeared a little before Isaiah, yet he was not, as some have mistaken, that Amos who was the father of Isaiah (Isaiah 1:1), for in the Hebrew their names are very different; their families too were of a different character, for Isaiah was a courtier, Amos a country-farmer. Amos signifies a burden, whence the Jews have a tradition that he was of a slow tongue and spoke with stammering lips; we may rather, in allusion to his name, say that his speech was weighty and his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1:1-2

Here is, I. The general character of this prophecy. It consists of the words which the prophet saw. Are words to be seen? Yes, God's words are; the apostles speak of the word of life, which they had not only heard, but which they had seen with their eyes, which they had looked upon, and which their hands had handled (1 John 1:1), such a real substantial thing is the word of God. The prophet saw these words, that is, 1. They were revealed to him in a vision, as John is said to see the voice... read more

Matthew Henry

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

INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 1 This chapter begins with the general title of the book, in which the author is described by name, and by his condition of life, and by his country, and the time of his prophecy fixed, Amos 1:1 . He first foretells a drought in the land of Israel, in the most fruitful places, which would cause mourning among the shepherds, Amos 1:2 ; then the captivity of the Syrians, whose metropolis was Damascus, Amos 1:3 . Next the destruction of the Philistines, whose... read more

John Gill

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

The words of Amos ,.... Not which he spoke of or for himself, but from the Lord; all the prophecies, visions, and revelations made unto him, are intended: who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa ; which was not in the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi; nor of Zebulun, as Pseudo-Epiphanius F9 De Vita Prophet. c. 12. ; but in the tribe of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:5 . It lay to the south, and was six miles from Bethlehem. Mr. Maundrell F11 Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 88. says it is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:2

And he said ,.... That is, the Prophet Amos, before described; he, being under divine inspiration, said as follows: the Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem ; not from Samaria, nor from Dan and Bethel, but from Zion and Jerusalem, where the temple of the Lord stood; and out of the holy of holies in it, where was the seat of the divine Majesty; and his voice being compared to the roaring of a lion, denotes his wrath and vengeance; and is expressive of some terrible... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3

Thus saith the Lord ,.... Lest it should be thought that the words that Amos spoke were his own, and he spake them of himself, this and the following prophecies are prefaced in this manner; and he begins with the nations near to the people of Israel and Judah, who had greatly afflicted them, and for that reason would be punished; which is foretold, to let Israel see that those judgments on them did not come by chance; and lest they should promise themselves impunity from the prosperity of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:4

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael ,.... For so doing; into his family, his sons' sons, one of whom perhaps was Rezin, that Tiglathpileser king of Assyria slew, as Aben Ezra observes. This denotes the judgments of God upon his posterity for his cruel usage of the Israelites; and designs an enemy that should come into his country, and war made in the midst of it, by which it should be depopulated; and this being by the permission and providence of God, and according to his will,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:5

I will break also the bar of Damascus ,.... Or bars, the singular for the plural, by which the gates of the city were barred; and, being broken, the gates would be easily opened, and way made for the enemy to pass into the city and spoil it; or it may signify the whole strength and all the fortifications of it. So the Targum, "I will break the strength of Damascus:' and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven ; or, "of an idol", as the Vulgate Latin version. It is thought to be... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 1:1-2

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 1:5

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