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'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