Bible Commentaries

the Lord GOD. Heb, Adonai Jehovah. See note on Amos 1:8

summer fruit. Hebrew kayitz = ripe, "summer" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for ripe fruits characterizing the summer. Compare 2 Samuel 16:2. Jeremiah 40:12.

Amos. See note on Amos 7:8.

summer fruit . . . The end. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Compare Jeremiah 1:11, Jeremiah 1:12. Hebrew. kayitz hakketz, meaning that ripe was the fruit; ripe will be the time

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. IT.

The end. See note above.

pass by = forgive, as in Amos 7:8.

temple. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads temples".

be = become,

saith the Lord GOD = [is] Adonai. Jehovah's oracle.

dead bodies = corpses. See notes on Amos 6:9, Amos 6:10.

cast them forth, i.e. and burn them.

with silence = with "Hush! "as in Amos 6:10.

swallow up = devour.

the needy = a needy one. Hebrew "ebyon. See note on " poverty", Proverbs 6:11.

make. to fail = destroy, or cause to cease.

the poor = meek ones. Hebrew "amah, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11,

the new moon. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:10, &c.) the sabbath. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:10). App-92. Stopping their business for a day.

set forth wheat. Hebrew = wheat market: "wheat" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the place where it is kept = open granaries, or sell grain. hp

ephah. Measuring the goods. See App-51.

shekel. Weighing the money. See App-51.

buy the poor, &c. See note on Amos 2:6.

the poor = impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.

the needy = a needy one. Hebrew. ebyon, as in Amos 8:4.

sell = sell [as good wheat].

hath sworn, &c. See note on Amos 6:8.

the Excellency of Jacob: i.e. by Himself, as in Amos 6:8. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:7). App-92. Compare Amos 4:2; Amos 6:8. Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10.

flood. Hebrew. or. Referring to the overflowing of the Nile.

drowned = subside.

cause the sun. This determines the time of the fulfilment of this "threatening". See Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 59:9, Isaiah 59:10. Jeremiah 15:5. Joel 2:2; Joel 3:15. Micah 3:6. Can this refer to the earthquake of Amos 1:1?

your feasts. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:14; Exodus 23:15, Exodus 23:16. Lev 23). App-92.

sackcloth. baldness. The outward symbols of mourning. Compare Amos 8:3. Isaiah 15:2. Ezekiel 7:18.

it: i.e. the land.

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6.

of hearing, &c. Compare 1 Samuel 3:1, Psalms 74:9; Ezekiel 7:26,

words, With "eth = the very words. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word" (singular)

wander. Hebrew go tottering, or staggering.

virgins. Hebrew. bethulah (plural) See note on Genesis 24:43.

sin. = guilt., trespass. Hebrew asham. App-44. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the idol itself.

Dan . . . Beer-sheba. The two places where the calves were set up (1 Kings 12:26-30).

manner = mode [of worship]; Acts 9:2. So used in Acts 16:17; Acts 18:25-26; Acts 19:9, Acts 19:23; Acts 24:14.

they: i.e. the two calves, or "they that swear".