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CHAP. III.
1 The necessitie of Gods iudgement against Israel. 9 The publication of it, with the causes thereof.
2 You onely haue I knowen of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.2
3 Can two walke together, except they be agreed?
4 Will a lyon roare in the forrest, when he hath no pray? will a young lyon cry out of his den, if he haue taken nothing?4
6 Shall a trumpet be blowen in the citie, and the people not be afraid? shall there be euill in a citie, and the Lord hath not done it?6
7 Surely the Lord God will doe nothing, but he reuealeth his secret vnto his seruants the Prophets.
8 The lyon hath roared, Who will not feare? the Lord God hath spoken, Who can but prophecie?
9 ¶ Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say; Assemble your selues vpon the mountaines of Samaria: and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.9
10 For they know not to doe right, saith the Lord; who store vp violence, and robberie in their palaces.10
12 Thus saith the Lord, As the shepheard taketh out of the mouth of the lyon two legges or a piece of an eare; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch.12
13 Heare yee and testifie in the house of Iacob, saith the Lord God, the God of hostes;
14 That in the day that I shall visite the transgressions of Israel vpon him, I will also visite the altars of Bethel, and the hornes of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.14
View Wesley's Notes for Amos Chapter 3
3:2 Know - Chosen, adopted to be my peculiar ones. Therefore - Because you have all these obligations and abused all these mercies.
3:3 Agreed - Can you have God's presence while you walk so contrary to him?
3:5 Can a bird fall - So here for your sins, God will cast the net over you. Shall one take up a snare - The fowler will not take up the snare, before the prey be taken in it.
3:6 Afraid - Affected with the danger. Evil - Such as plague or famine. Done it - Either immediately by his own hand, or by the hands of those he employs. Whoever are the instruments, God is the principal agent. Out of his mouth both good and evil proceed.
3:7 Will do nothing - Usually the Lord doth no great thing for or against his people, without giving warning of it before it comes.
3:8 Hath roared - As a lion roareth when near his prey: so God hath terribly threatened what is near to be done. Prophesy - Amos can not but speak what he had heard.
3:9 Publish - Ye prophets invite strangers to come and observe what cause I have to do what I threaten. Tumults - The seditious counsels, and rebellious conspiracies among them. The oppressed - Multitudes of oppressed ones, as the usurpers took it to be their interest to crush all they feared or suspected. In the midst - Yea, throughout the whole kingdom of Samaria.
3:10 Store up - As men lay up wealth in their treasures, perverting judgment, first condemning the innocent, next seizing all his substance.
3:11 Therefore - Because of all the violence and rapine with other crying sins. An adversary - The Assyrian. Round about - Shall beset the whole land as one besieged city.
3:12 As the shepherd - As the shepherd doth hardly rescue a small part of a sheep or lamb from the lion, so a small part of the children of Israel, shall escape when Samaria is taken. The corner of a bed - Lying in some dark corner. Damascus - The chief city of Syria taken by Tiglath - Pilneser about the time when he wasted Israel. In a couch - Some few of the poor, shall escape, pitied by the enemy, when he finds them sick upon their couch.
3:13 Hear ye - Prophets. The God of hosts - Who is Lord of all, and hath all power in his hand.
3:14 Of Israel - The many and great transgressions of the ten tribes.
3:15 The winter - house - Which probably was in the chief city, whither the great men retired in the winter. The summer - house - The houses of pleasure, where the nobles and rich men spent the summer time. Of ivory - Beautified with ivory.
Amos Chapter 3 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
2 Heb. visit vpon.
4 Heb. giue foorth his voyce.
6 Or, not runne together. , Or, and shall not the L. doe somewhat?
9 Or, oppressions.
10 Or, spoile.
12 Heb. deliuereth. , Or, on the beds feete.
14 Or, punish Israel for.
* Courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania
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