Amos 3:9-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

The Israelites are here again convicted and condemned, and particular notice given of the crimes they are convicted of and the punishment they are condemned to. 1. Notice is given of it to their neighbours. The prophet is ordered to publish it in the palaces of Ashdod, one of the chief cities of the Philistines; nay, the summons must go further, even to the palaces in the land of Egypt. ?The great men of both those nations, that dwell in the palaces, that are inquisitive concerning the affairs... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:9

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt ,.... This is spoken to the prophets, to publish and declare in all the courts of the Philistines and Egyptians, and among all the princes and great men therein, the sins of the people of Israel, and the punishment God threatened them with; and let them, even these very Heathens, judge whether there was not a just proportion between them, and whether their sins did not deserve such calamities to be brought upon them,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the Lord ,.... What is just and fight between man and man, no, not in one single instance; they did not regard it, or advert to it; they were under no concern about it; and were so much under the power of their lusts, that they knew not how to do it; and had used themselves so long to such wicked and unjust ways, that they had lost at least the practical knowledge of doing justice; they knew what was right in the theory, but not in the practice; bribes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:11

Therefore thus saith the Lord God ,.... Because of these tumults and riots, oppression and injustice, violence and robbery: an adversary there shall be even round about the land : not Tyre, as Theodoret renders the word; but the king of Assyria, who invaded the land of Israel in the days of Hoshea, took Samaria, and carried Israel captive, and placed them in foreign countries, 2 Kings 17:6 ; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee ; take away their riches, demolish their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:12

Thus saith the Lord, as the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion ,.... Or what the lion has left, to show to his master that it had been seized and torn by a beast of prey; for otherwise it is a most daring thing, and not usual, for a shepherd to take anything out of a lion's mouth, though David did: and here it is said to be not a whole sheep, or a lamb, but two legs, or a piece of an ear ; the body of the creature being devoured by the lion, only some offal left he cared not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:13

Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob ,.... The prophets and priests, whose business it was to speak to the people from the Lord, and declare his will to them, and to admonish them of their sin and danger, are here called upon to hearken to what the Lord was about to say, and to testify and publish it to the people of Israel, the posterity of Jacob, though sadly degenerated: saith the Lord God, the God of hosts ; the eternal Jehovah, the Being of beings, the God of the whole earth,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:14

That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him ,.... The three or four mentioned in the preceding chapter, the great multitude of them, their profaneness, uncleanness, and luxury, their injustice and oppression of the poor; when he should visit and punish for these sins, as he would by the hand of the Assyrian, he would not forget their idolatry; though no notice is taken of this before, in the appeal to the Heathen princes, who were likewise guilty of it: I will... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:15

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house ,.... Both the one and, the other shall fall to the ground, being beat down by the enemy, or shook and made to fall by the earthquake predicted, Amos 1:1 ; as Kimchi thinks: kings and great personages had houses in the city in the winter season, in which they lived for warmth; and others in the country in the summertime, to which they retired for the benefit of the air; or they had, in one and the same house, a summer and a winter... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:9

Publish in the palaces - The housetops or flat roofs were the places from which public declarations were made. See on Isaiah 21:1 ; (note), and on Matthew 10:27 ; (note). See whether in those places there be not tumults, oppressions, and rapine sufficient to excite my wrath against them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right - So we may naturally say that they who are doing wrong, and to their own prejudice and ruin, must certainly be ignorant of what is right, and what is their own interest. But we say again "There are none so blind as those who will not see." Their eyes, saith the Lord, they have closed. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 3:9-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 3:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 3:10

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