the enemies of his people. Before CHRIST about 800. i Ez. 23. 42. k Jer. 6. 20. I See Is. 8. 9. 10. Jer. 46, 3, 4. Ez. 38. 7. ↑ Heb. Sanctify. in See Is. 2. 4. Mic. 4. 3 1 Or, scythes. Zech. 12. 8. • ver. 2. the LORD P Ps. 103, 20. 6. 1.2.4. & 3 13. Mic. 4. 3. Matt. 13. 39. Rev. 14. 15, 18. Jer. 51. 33. Hos. 6. 11. u 19. 63 3. Lum. 1 15. Rev. 14. 19, 20. I ver. 2. [Or,concision, or, threshing. Y ch. 2. 1. ch. 2. 10, 31. AMOS. 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the "press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of I decision: for ythe day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. His blessing upon the church. be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. Before CHRIST about 800. ch. 2. 11. Anos 1, 2, 16 The LORD also shall a roar out of Zion, and utter his voice Jer. 25. 30. from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. Hag. 2. 6. hopes. 1. 5. 6. Heb place of repair, or, harbour. d ch. 2. 27. 17 So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be tholy, and there shall no strangers passt Heb. through her any more. Dan. 11. 45. Obad. 16. Zech. 8. 3. holiness. f19. 35. 8. & 52. 1. Nah. 1. 15. Zech. 14. 21. Rev. 21. 27. 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, hand all the rivers of Judah shall↳ tflow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and m Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. Amos 9. 13. F.z. 47. 1. k Num. 25. 1. 11s. 19.1, &c. Jer. 49. 17. F.z. 25. 12. 13. 1 Or, abide. Amos 9. 15. Is. 4. 4. 20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from gener-P ation to generation. 21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: 15 The sun and the moon shall PI for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. Ez. 48 35. ver. 17. Rev. 21. 3. reven the LORD that welleth in Zion. 1 Amos sheweth God's judgment upon Syria, 6 upon the Philistines, 9 upon Tyrus, 11 upon Edom, 13 upon Ammon. HE words of Amos, who Twas among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 And he said, The LORD will f roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds 1 Sam. 25. 2. shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. Is. 33. 9. h Is, 8. 4. & 17. 1. Jer. 49. 23. Zech. 9. 1. Before CHRIST 787. cus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instru-ra ments of iron: 4 But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and mthe people of Syria shall go into captivity "unto Kir, saith the LORD. 6 Thus saith the LORD; For 3 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, three transgressions of h Damas- and for four, I will not turn away His judgment against Israel. Before der you, as a cart is pressed that | up violence and Irobbery in their CHRIST is full of sheaves. 787. A Jer. 9 93. ch. 9.1, &c. b Ps. 33. 16. Ps. 33. 17. ↑ Heb. strong of his heart. • Deut. 7 6. & 10. 15. Ps 147. 19. 20. b See Dan. 9. Matt 11 92. 1 l'et. 4. 17. 1 Heb visit upon. 1 Heb. give forth his voice. 14 a Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: 15 Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. 16 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. CHAPTER III. 1 The necessity of God's judgment against HLORD hath spoken against EAR this word that the 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. palaces. Before CHRIST 787. h 2 Kings 17. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there Or, spoil, shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. delivereth 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd † taketh out of the tHeb. mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and I in Damascus in a couch. 13 Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, 14 That, in the day that I shall altars of Beth-el: and the horns 3 Can two walk together, ex-1 cept they be agreed? 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a 5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in 1 Or, not run the city, and the people I not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not together. © Is. 45. 7. 1Or, and shall not the done it? LORD da d Gen. 6, 13 7 Surely the Lord Gop will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the John 15. 13. prophets. ch. 1. 2. { Acta 4. 20. & 5, 20, 29. 1 Cor. 9. 16. 1 Or, oppres sions. & Jer. 4. 22. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord God hath spoken, who can but prophesy? 9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store Israel is reproved. Before AMOS. Exhortation to repentance. places: myet have ye not return- | sand shall leave a hundred, and Before CHRIST ed unto me, saith the LORD. that which went forth by a hund- CHRIST red shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 787. m1s. 26, 11. Jer. 5. 3. ver. 8, 9. Hag. 2. 17. 7 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; ver. 6, 10, 11. but they were not satisfied: "yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. I Or. in the way. 9 Ex. 9. 3.6. & 12. 22. 60. Ps. 78. 50. ↑ Heb. with the captivi ty of your horses. 2 Kings 13.7. T ver. 6. 4 For thus saith the LORD 787. 2 Chr 15. 2. Jer. 2. 13. ver. 6. Is. 55. 2. ch.4.4 ch. 8. 14. Hos. 4. 15. & 10. 8. & ver. 4. 7 Ye who turn judgment to eh. 6.12 wormwood, and leave off rightcousness in the earth, 35. 31. Pa. 164. 20. Jub. 34. 8 Seek him that maketh the isey-Job 9. 9. & en stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that I calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is hisch. 4 13. name: m 9 That strengtheneth the tspoilt Heb. spoil. ed against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have Deut. 28. 27. taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 11 I have overthrown some of 10 They hate him that rebuk-1. 9. 21. you, as God overthrew Sodom eth in the gate, and they abhor "Kings 22. 8. and Gomorrah, and ye were him that speaketh uprightly. as a firebrand plucked out of the 11 Forasmuch therefore as your burning: yet have ye not re-treading is upon the poor, and turned unto me, saith the LORD. ye take from him burdens of 12 Therefore thus will I do wheat: Pye have built houses of unto thee, O Israel: and because hewn stone, but ye shall not I will do this unto thee, prepare dwell in them; ye have planted to meet thy God, O Israel. † pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. 12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take la bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their_right. 13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with Hatake up against you, even you, as ye have spoken. a lamentation, O house of Israel. 3 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Israel's hypocritical service rejected. Before CHRIST 787. Y Jer. 9. 17. * Ex. 12. 12. Nal. 1. 12 Is. 5. 19. Jer. 17. 15. AMOS. of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; 18 a Woe unto you that desire 7.12.22,27. the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? bthe day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 2 Pet. 3. 4. b. Jer. 30. 7. Joel 2. 2. Zepli. 1. 15. Jer. 48. 44. d Prov. 21. 27. 1. 1. 11-16, Jer. 6. 20. Hos. 8. 13. Lev. 26, 31. 1 Or. smell your koly days. (Js. 66. 3. Mic 6. 6,7. Or, thank offerings. & Hos. 6. 6. Mic. 6. 8. † Heb. roll. h Deut. 32. 17. Josh. 24. 14. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them; neither will regard the peace of ferings of your fat beasts. 23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment trun down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25 Have ye offered unto me Ez. 20. 8,16, sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? 24. Acts 7. 42,43. See Is. 43. 23. 1 Or, Siccuth your king. 11 Kings 11. 33. 26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. k 27 Therefore will I cause you k2 Kings 17.6. to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. Ich. 4. 13. Before 787. Her wantonness shall be plagued. down to fGath of the Philistines: be they better than these CHRIST kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? 3 Ye that put far away the bEz. 12. 27. evil day, and cause the Iseat of violence to come near; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, and Istretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; f 2 Chr. 26, 6. 6 Nali. 3. 8. i ch. 5. 18, & 9. 10. k ch. 5. 12. ver. 12. 1P. 94. 20. Or.. 1Or, abound habitation. with superfuities. m Is. 5. 12. 5 m That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to them-tor, quaver. selves instruments of music, like David; "1 Chr. 23. 5. 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plough there with oxen? for ye have turned judg-Hos, 10, 4. ment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by cur own strength? ch. 5. 7. 14 But, behold, y I will raise up Jer. 5. 15. against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath Num. 34. R. 1 Kings 8, 65. |