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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — Amos
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 55,208 words · 117 reading sections
Amos 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Amos 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO AMOS This book in the Hebrew Bibles is called "Sepher Amos", the Book of Amos; and, in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions, the Prophecy of Amos. This is not the same person with the father of Isaiah, as some have ignorantly confounded them; for …
1,724 wordsSECTION 2Amos 1:2
Amos 1:2 Ver. 2. And he said,.... That is, the Prophet Amos, before described; he, being under divine inspiration, said as follows: the Lord will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; not from Samaria, nor from Dan and Bethel, but from Zion and Jerusalem, where the temple of the Lord stood; and out of t…
497 wordsSECTION 3Amos 1:3
Amos 1:3 Ver. 3. Thus saith the Lord,.... Lest it should be thought that the words that Amos spoke were his own, and he spake them of himself, this and the following prophecies are prefaced in this manner; and he begins with the nations near to the people of Israel and Judah, who had greatly afflicted them, and for th…
865 wordsSECTION 4Amos 1:4
Amos 1:4 Ver. 4. But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael,.... For so doing; into his family, his sons' sons, one of whom perhaps was Rezin, that Tiglathpileser king of Assyria slew, as Aben Ezra observes. This denotes the judgments of God upon his posterity for his cruel usage of the Israelites; and designs an…
401 wordsSECTION 5Amos 1:5
Amos 1:5 Ver. 5. I will break also the bar of Damascus,.... Or bars, the singular for the plural, by which the gates of the city were barred; and, being broken, the gates would be easily opened, and way made for the enemy to pass into the city and spoil it; or it may signify the whole strength and all the fortificatio…
824 wordsSECTION 6Amos 1:6
Amos 1:6 Ver. 6. Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Gaza,.... The chief city of the Philistines, and put for the whole country, and designs the inhabitants of it: and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; See Gill on "Am 1:3"; because they carried away captive the whole captivity; wh…
254 wordsSECTION 7Amos 1:7
Amos 1:7 Ver. 7. But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza,.... An enemy that shall pull down and destroy the walls of it: this was fulfilled in the times of Uzziah, under whom Amos prophesied; and very likely in a very short time after this prophecy, who went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down th…
448 wordsSECTION 8Amos 1:8
Amos 1:8 Ver. 8. I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod,.... The same with Azotus, Ac 8:40; another principal city of the Philistines: this perhaps was fulfilled when Tartan was sent against it by Sargon king of Assyria, and took it, Isa 20:1; or however in the times of the Maccabees, when Jonathan took it, and bu…
835 wordsSECTION 9Amos 1:9
Amos 1:9 Ver. 9. Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Tyrus,.... Or Tyre, a very ancient city in Palestine; of which See Gill on "Isa 23:1"; and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof;See Gill on "Am 1:3";because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom: such of the Israelites that f…
3,073 wordsSECTION 10Amos 2:1
Amos 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 2 In this chapter the prophet foretells the calamities that should come upon the Moabites for their transgressions, Am 2:1; and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem for their iniquities, Am 2:4; also the judgments of God that should come upon Israel the ten tribes for their sins, which…
810 wordsSECTION 11Amos 2:2
Amos 2:2 Ver. 2. But I will send a fire upon Moab,.... Either on the whole country, or on some particular city so called, as in all the other prophecies; and there was a city called Moab, now Areopolis, See Gill on "Jer 48:4"; though it may be put for the whole country, into which an enemy should be sent to destroy it…
213 wordsSECTION 12Amos 2:3
Amos 2:3 Ver. 3. And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof,.... Either from the midst of Moab, the country in general; or from Kerioth in particular, so Kimchi; meaning their principal governor, their king, as Aben Ezra; for kings sometimes have acted as judges, took the bench, and sat and administered justi…
160 wordsSECTION 13Amos 2:4
Amos 2:4 Ver. 4. Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Judah,.... With whom Benjamin must be joined; for the two tribes are meant as distinct from the ten tribes, under the name of Israel, following. The prophet proceeds from the Heathens round about to the people of God themselves, for the ill usage of who…
574 wordsSECTION 14Amos 2:5
Amos 2:5 Ver. 5. But I will send a fire upon Judah,.... An enemy, Nebuchadnezzar, who should burn, waste, and destroy, all that were in his way: and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem; the chief city of Judah, the royal city, where stood the temple, the palace of the most High, and the palaces of the king and h…
86 wordsSECTION 15Amos 2:6
Amos 2:6 Ver. 6. Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Israel,.... The ten tribes rent from the house of David in the times of Rehoboam, and who departed from the true worship of God, and set up calves at Dan and Bethel: and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; the following part of thi…
270 wordsSECTION 16Amos 2:7
Amos 2:7 Ver. 7. That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,.... Either were greedy after money, the dust of the earth, and even that small portion of it the poor were possessed of; they could not be easy that they should enjoy that little of it they did, but were desirous to get it out of their han…
353 wordsSECTION 17Amos 2:8
Amos 2:8 Ver. 8. And they laid [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar,.... That is, the clothes they took in pledge of poor people, which they should have restored before sun setting, Ex 22:26; these they spread by every altar, of which they had many erected to their idols, and on these as on car…
838 wordsSECTION 18Amos 2:9
Amos 2:9 Ver. 9. Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them,.... Here the Lord by the prophet reckons up the many favours and blessings he had bestowed upon Israel, which was an aggravation of their sins, and showed them to be guilty of great ingratitude, and a justification of him in his punishment of them he drove out …
237 wordsSECTION 19Amos 2:10
Amos 2:10 Ver. 10. Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt,.... Where they were bond slaves, and in great affliction and distress, and unable to help themselves; but the Lord wrought deliverance for them, and brought them out of this house of bondage with a high hand and a mighty arm: and led you forty years thr…
118 wordsSECTION 20Amos 2:11
Amos 2:11 Ver. 11. And I raised up of your sons for prophets,.... Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell things to come, but to teach and instruct the people in the doctrines and duties of religion, and to warn them of their sins, and the danger of them: and of your young men …
188 wordsSECTION 21Amos 2:12
Amos 2:12 Ver. 12. But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink,.... Contrary to their vow and calling, and in contempt of it, and to make them like themselves; they either persuaded them, or forced them to it: and commanded the prophets, saying, prophesy not; hard and heavy things, judgments and denunciations of vengeanc…
85 wordsSECTION 22Amos 2:13
Amos 2:13 Ver. 13. Behold, I are pressed under you,.... With the weight of their sins, with which they had made him to serve, and had wearied him; his patience was quite wore out, he could bear them no longer: as a cart is pressed [that is] full of sheaves; as a cart in harvest time, in which the sheaves of corn are …
305 wordsSECTION 23Amos 2:14
Amos 2:14 Ver. 14. Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift,.... They should be so straitened and cooped up, and be so loaded with pressures, that those, as swift of foot as Asahel, should not be able to make their escape by fleeing: and the strong shall not strengthen his force; should not increase it, or mu…
118 wordsSECTION 24Amos 2:15
Amos 2:15 Ver. 15. Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow,.... That is, at some distance, and can make use of his instruments of war afar off; yet will not think it safe to stand his ground, but will betake himself to his heels as fast as he can to save himself: and [he that is] swift of foot shall not deliver …
127 wordsSECTION 25Amos 2:16
Amos 2:16 Ver. 16. And [he that is] courageous among the mighty,.... Or "strong in his heart" {b}; one that is of a great heart, famous for courage and bravery, that excels in it among the mighty; the most valiant soldiers and officers:shall flee away naked in that day: shall throw away his armour, nay, put off his cl…
150 wordsSECTION 26Amos 3:1
Amos 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 3 In this chapter the prophet goes on with his prophecy against Israel, whom God had highly favoured, and yet sinned against him, and therefore must expect to be punished by him; and the rather, since he and they were not agreed; and therefore there could be no communion between them, Am…
499 wordsSECTION 27Amos 3:2
Amos 3:2 Ver. 2. You only have I known of all the families of the earth,.... All the families or nations of the earth, and all the inhabitants of it, are known by the Lord, as he is the omniscient God; but none had been known by him as a family, or a nation, with that love and affection as this family had been, or dis…
298 wordsSECTION 28Amos 3:3
Amos 3:3 Ver. 3. Can two walk together except they be agreed?] Unless they meet together, and appoint time and place, when and where they shall set out, what road they will take, and whither they will go; without such consultation and agreement, it cannot be thought they should walk together; and not amicably, unless …
573 wordsSECTION 29Amos 3:4
Amos 3:4 Ver. 4. Will a lion roar in the forest when he hath no prey?.... He will not, unless he has it in his sight, or in his paws; he roars when he first sees it, whereby he terrifies the creature, that it cannot move till he comes up to it; and when he has got it in his paws, he roars over it, to invite others to …
341 wordsSECTION 30Amos 3:5
Amos 3:5 Ver. 5. Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him?.... No, there must be a snare set, or a bird can never be taken in it; and that is done, not by chance, but with the design of the fowler; yea, with the knowledge and will of God himself, Mt 10:29; the design of this is to show, tha…
302 wordsSECTION 31Amos 3:6
Amos 3:6 Ver. 6. Shall a trumpet be blown in the city,.... Meaning not any trumpet blown, as the silver trumpet for the gathering of the people to worship, or the jubilee trumpet, which proclaimed liberty to them, or any other, expressive of joy and gladness; but the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war, or what is …
439 wordsSECTION 32Amos 3:7
Amos 3:7 Ver. 7. Surely the Lord God will do nothing,.... In the world, in a nation or city; no remarkable event has happened, or shall happen, to the sons of men: but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets; what he willed and determined to do, which was a secret in his own breast, till revealed; and …
463 wordsSECTION 33Amos 3:8
Amos 3:8 Ver. 8. The lion hath roared, who will not fear?.... Amos said this from his own experience, who, having been a herdsman in the wilderness of Tekoa, had often heard a lion roar, which had put him into a panic, both for himself, and the cattle he kept; the figure is explained in the next clause: the Lord God …
370 wordsSECTION 34Amos 3:9
Amos 3:9 Ver. 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…
241 wordsSECTION 35Amos 3:10
Amos 3:10 Ver. 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 …
196 wordsSECTION 36Amos 3:11
Amos 3:11 Ver. 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,…
134 wordsSECTION 37Amos 3:12
Amos 3:12 Ver. 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 Da…
415 wordsSECTION 38Amos 3:13
Amos 3:13 Ver. 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 publ…
123 wordsSECTION 39Amos 3:14
Amos 3:14 Ver. 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 …
287 wordsSECTION 40Amos 3:15
Amos 3:15 Ver. 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, Am 1:1; as Kimchi thinks: kings and great personages had houses in the city in the winter season, in…
331 wordsSECTION 41Amos 4:1
Amos 4:1 INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 4 In this chapter, the great ones, or the people of Israel, are threatened with calamities for their oppression of the poor, Am 4:1; and in an ironic manner are reproved for their idolatry, Am 4:4; then follows an enumeration of several judgments that had been upon them, yet had had no e…
748 wordsSECTION 42Amos 4:2
Amos 4:2 Ver. 2. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness,.... That is, by himself, holiness being his nature, and an essential attribute of his; this is done to ascertain the truth of what is after said, and that men may be assured of the certain performance of it. Some render it, "by his holy place"; and interpret it…
284 wordsSECTION 43Amos 4:3
Amos 4:3 Ver. 3. And ye shall go out at the breaches,.... Not at the gates of the city, as they had used to do at pleasure; but at the breaches of the walls of it, made by the enemy, in order to make their escape, if possible; they who had broke down the fences of law and justice, and injured the poor and needy, shall…
321 wordsSECTION 44Amos 4:4
Amos 4:4 Ver. 4. Come to Bethel and transgress,.... and what follows, are ironic and sarcastic speeches, not giving liberty to sin, but in this way reproving for it: Bethel was one of the places where the calves were placed and worshipped: and here they are bid to go thither, and go on with and continue in their idola…
310 wordsSECTION 45Amos 4:5
Amos 4:5 Ver. 5. And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven,.... Which some observe was contrary to the law, which forbids all leaven in a meat offering; or "burning" it in any offering, Le 2:11; which the word {t} here used suggests was done by these idolaters, as well as eaten by them, their priests not likin…
182 wordsSECTION 46Amos 4:6
Amos 4:6 Ver. 6. And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities,.... Meaning a famine, having no food to foul them with, or to stick in them. This was not the famine in Samaria, 2Ki 6:25; for that was only in that city, and for a short time, while besieged; whereas this was in all the cities in Israel…
183 wordsSECTION 47Amos 4:7
Amos 4:7 Ver. 7. And also I have withholden the rain from you,.... As he did for the space of three years successively in the days of Ahab, as predicted by Elijah, 1Ki 17:1; the consequences of which are very bad to men and beast, and bring on a scarcity of food for both, and a famine if long withheld: when [there we…
346 wordsSECTION 48Amos 4:8
Amos 4:8 Ver. 8. So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water,.... Two or three cities, that is, the inhabitants of them, being without water, went up and down in quest of any city or place where they could find water for themselves and cattle to drink: but they were not satisfied; could not get en…
129 wordsSECTION 49Amos 4:9
Amos 4:9 Ver. 9. I have smitten you with blasting and mildew,.... "Blasting" is what we commonly call "blights", generally occasioned by an east wind; and so Kimchi interprets the word here used; and the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "a burning wind"; which causes the buds and leaves of trees to shrivel up as if t…
265 wordsSECTION 50Amos 4:10
Amos 4:10 Ver. 10. I have sent among you the pestilence, after the manner of Egypt,.... Like that which was sent among the firstborn of Egypt, and cut them off in one night; or when in the way of Egypt, as the Targum; either as in the wilderness, when they came out of Egypt, so Jarchi interprets it; see Nu 16:46; or t…
246 wordsSECTION 51Amos 4:11
Amos 4:11 Ver. 11. I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah,.... Either their houses were burnt, or their bodies consumed by fire from heaven, with lightning; not whole cities, but the habitations of some particular persons, or they themselves: and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the…
185 wordsSECTION 52Amos 4:12
Amos 4:12 Ver. 12. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel,.... What he would do is not expressly and particularly said; it is commonly understood to be something in a way of judgment, and worse than what he had done, since they had no effect upon them; or these things should be done over again, until an utter en…
859 wordsSECTION 53Amos 4:13
Amos 4:13 Ver. 13. For, lo, he that formeth the mountains,.... These words are a description of the glorious Person, "thy God" and Saviour, to be met; he is the Creator of all things, that formed the mountains, and so was before them, as in Pr 8:25; and able to surmount and remove all mountains of difficulties that la…
579 wordsSECTION 54Amos 5:1
Amos 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 5 In this chapter the prophet exhorts Israel to hear his lamentation over them for their impending ruin, Am 5:1; nevertheless to seek the Lord, and all that is good; to forsake their idols, and repent of their sins, in hopes of finding mercy, and living comfortably; or otherwise they mus…
320 wordsSECTION 55Amos 5:2
Amos 5:2 Ver. 2. The virgin of Israel is fallen,.... The kingdom of Israel, so called, because it had never been subdued, or become subject to a foreign power, since it was a kingdom; or because, considered in its ecclesiastic state, it had been espoused to the Lord as a chaste virgin; and perhaps this may be ironical…
411 wordsSECTION 56Amos 5:3
Amos 5:3 Ver. 3. For thus saith the Lord God,.... This is a reason why there were none to raise her up: since the city that went out [by] a thousand shall leave an hundred; that is, the city in which there were a thousand constantly going in and out; or which sent, caused to go out, or furnished, a thousand men upon …
175 wordsSECTION 57Amos 5:4
Amos 5:4 Ver. 4. For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel,.... Or "yet" {a}, notwithstanding all this, though such judgments were threatened and denounced, and such desolations should certainly come, in case of impenitence, and an obstinate continuance in a course of sin; yet hopes are given of finding mercy a…
165 wordsSECTION 58Amos 5:5
Amos 5:5 Ver. 5. But seek not Bethel,.... Do not go to Bethel, the place where one of Jeroboam's calves was set up and worshipped, to consult the oracle, idols, and priests there; or to perform religious worship, which will be your ruin, if not prevented by another course of living: nor enter into Gilgal; another pla…
242 wordsSECTION 59Amos 5:6
Amos 5:6 Ver. 6. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live,.... This is, repeated to stir up unto it, because of their backwardness and slothfulness, and to show the importance and necessity of it. By the "Lord" may be meant the Messiah, Israel's God that was to come, and they were to prepare to meet, Am 4:12; and the rather, …
241 wordsSECTION 60Amos 5:7
Amos 5:7 Ver. 7. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood,.... This seems to be spoken to kings and judges, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; in whose hands is the administration of justice, and who often pervert it, as these did here addressed and complained of; that which was the most useful and salubrious, and so the most d…
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Public domain; John Gill (1697–1771). Source item is marked Public Domain on Internet Archive.
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Historical Christian writing; not Scripture.