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Amos 1:1-15
The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1-15
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Threatenings of Judgment. (b. c. 790.)Amos 1:1-2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHREATENINGS OF JUDGMENT. (B. C. 790.) Here is, I. The general character of this prophecy. It consists of the words which the prophet saw. Are words to be seen? Yes, God's words are; the apostles speak of the word of li…The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Amos 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryHeading. The words. So Jeremiah begins his prophecy (Jeremiah 1:1), and the writer of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 1:1). That the words am not those of Amos, but of Jehovah, is shown by the succeeding clause, "which he sa…The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Amos 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryA voice from the sheepcotes. The Jewish nation is almost seven centuries old. A wayward nonage had passed into a maturity incorrigibly perverse. Alarmed by prophetic thunders, and riven by the lightning bolts of judgmen…The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Amos 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAmos the herdsman. There must be some special reason why this prophet putts upon record the employments in which he spent his earlier years, and from which he was called to assume the office of the Lord's messenger to I…The Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Amos 1:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe true teacher. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa." In the little village of Tekoa, six miles south of Bethlehem, the young peasant Amos lived. He was a lad of humble birth and lowly occupation. S…
commentaryThreatenings of Judgment. (b. c. 790.)THREATENINGS OF JUDGMENT. (B. C. 790.) Here is, I. The general character of this prophecy. It consists of the words which the prophet saw. Are words to be seen? Yes, God's words are; the apostles speak of the word of li…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1The true teacher. "The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa." In the little village of Tekoa, six miles south of Bethlehem, the young peasant Amos lived. He was a lad of humble birth and lowly occupation. S…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Heading. The words. So Jeremiah begins his prophecy (Jeremiah 1:1), and the writer of Ecclesiastes (Ecclesiastes 1:1). That the words am not those of Amos, but of Jehovah, is shown by the succeeding clause, "which he sa…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1A voice from the sheepcotes. The Jewish nation is almost seven centuries old. A wayward nonage had passed into a maturity incorrigibly perverse. Alarmed by prophetic thunders, and riven by the lightning bolts of judgmen…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:1Amos the herdsman. There must be some special reason why this prophet putts upon record the employments in which he spent his earlier years, and from which he was called to assume the office of the Lord's messenger to I…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:2And he said. This is the commencement of "the words" of Amos (verse 1); and herein the prophet gives a short summary of the judgment which he has to pronounce. The following clause is a repetition of Joel 3:16; and Amos…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:2The voice of terror. This imagery is evidently derived from the prophet's own experience. In the southeast of Palestine the lion was a frequent and formidable visitor, which every herdsman had reason to dread. The majes…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Amos 1:2The thunder that both frights and smites. These words are an echo of Joel 3:16. We hence infer the continuity of the two prophetic messages. The one strikes the keynote, and the other takes up and continues the strain.…Joseph S. Exell and contributors