Amos 2:7

pant = crush. Hebrew. shaaph , A Homonymyn, meaning (1) to gasp or long for (Job 7:2 ; Job 36:20 , Psalms 119:131 .Ecclesiastes 1:5 .Jeremiah 2:24; Jeremiah 2:24 ); (2) to crush (like shuph i n. Genesis 3:15 Rendered "swallow up" in Amos 8:4 .Job 5:5 .Psalms 56:1 , Psalms 56:2 ; Psalms 57:3 .Ezekiel 36:3 . So here it = crush. See Oxford Gesenius p. 983, vol. 2. Render: "crush the head of the poor ones in the dust of the earth".

the poor = impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11 . Not the same word as in Amos 2:6 .

turn aside the way = pervert their whole way.

the meek = humble ones, Heb, plural of `ani, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11

a man . Hebrew. 'ish. App-14 .

and his father. This was done in the Canaanite idolatry, with the women of' the temples, called Kadeshoth (feminine.) and Kadeshhim (masculine)

maid = a young person (male or female). So called because of youthful vigour.

to profane, &c. This marks the result, not the in tention, and shows the enormity of the sin in Jehovah's sight. Reference to Pentateuch, (Leviticus 18:21 ; Leviticus 20:3 ). App-92 . Compare Isaiah 48:11 .Ezekiel 20:9 , Ezekiel 20:14 ; Ezekiel 36:20-23 , Romans 2:24 . 1 Corinthians 5:1 .

holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 .