Amos 1 Commentary. Thus says the LORD For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke its punishment Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. For three transgressions of Edom c.
The words of Amos who was among the herdmen of Tekoa. The words of Amos who was among the sheepbreeders 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. Judgments against the Syrians Philistines Tyrians Edomites and Ammonites.
The ground of the awful threatenings is the word of Jehovah made known to the prophet.
Not which he spoke of or for himself but from the Lord. Ellicotts Commentary for English Readers The Prologue to the Prophecies of Amos consists of a series of denunciations of the surrounding peoples. Though a native of the kingdom of. The ground of the awful threatenings is the word of Jehovah made known to the prophet.
