Amos 2:2 - Exposition

Kirioth ; cities, and so taken as an appellative by the Septuagint translators, τῶν πόλεων αὐτῆς : but it is doubtless a proper name of one of the chief Moabite towns ( Jeremiah 48:24 , Jeremiah 48:41 ). Keil, after Burckhardt, identifies it with the decayed town of Kereyat, or Korriat ; others, with Ar, or Kir, the old capital ( Isaiah 15:1 ). The plural termination of the word,like Athenae, Thebae, etc; may denote a double city—upper and lower, or old and new. Moab shall die. The nation is personified. With tumult; caused by war (comp. Jeremiah 48:45 , and the prophecy of Balaam, Numbers 24:17 ). Septuagint, ἐν ἀδυναμίᾳ , "in weakness." With shouting. Omitted by the Vulgate (see on Amos 1:14 ). Trumpet ( Amos 3:6 ; Jeremiah 4:19 ). Trochon cites Virgil, ' AE neid,' 2:313, "Exoritur clamorque virum clangorque tubarum," "Rises the shout of men and trumpets' blare."