Israel reproved for BEFORE CHRIST 787. e ch. 1. 2. f Acts 4. 20. & 5.20, 29. 1 Cor. 9. 16. 2 Or, oppressions. g Jer. 4. 22. AMOS, IV. 8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord Gon 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 up violence 3 Or, spoil. and 3 robbery in their palaces. h 2 Kings 17. 3, 6. & 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be 18. 9, 10, 11. even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. 12 Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth 4 Heb. delivereth. 5 Or, on the bed's feet. 6 Israel for. 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 '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 for, punish visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth-el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 1 Jer. 36.22. k Judg. 3. 20. 11 Kings 22. 39. a Ps. 22. 12. Ezek.39.18. 15 And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD. b Ps. 89. 35. us drink. Jer. 16. 16. Hab. 1. 15. d Ezek. 12. 5,12. 7 Or, ye shall cast away the things of the palace. e Ezek. 20. 39. f Hos. 4. 15. & 12. 11. ch. 5. 5. g Num. 28. 3,4. h Deut. 14. 28. 2 The Lord Gon hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. 3 And dye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. 4 Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgres 8 Heb. three sion; and & bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: idolatry and incorrigibleness. 7 And also I have withholden the Hag. 2. 17. 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; but they were not satisfied: "yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 9 °I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: 3 when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 10 I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have 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 you, as God overthrew " Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: "yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. 13 For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. CHAPTER V. 1 A lamentation for Israel. 4 An exhortation to repentance. 21 God rejecteth their hypocritical service. H EAR ye this word which I a take up against you, even a lamenta tion, O house of Israel. 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. 3 For thus saith the Lord GoD; AMOS, VI. The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. 4 For thus saith the Lord unto b2Chr.15.2. the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and Jer. 29. 13. ver. 6. c Is. 55. 3. d ch. 4. 4. e ch. 8. 14. Hos. 4. 15, & 10. 8. g ver. 4. h ch. 6. 12. 1 Job 9. 9. & 38.31. Ps. 104.20. 1 Job 38. 34. ch. 9. 6. m ch. 4. 13. 2 Heb. spoil. ■ Is. 29. 21. ye shall live: 5 But seek not dBeth-el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el shall come to nought. 6& Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, 8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, kand maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: mThe LORD is his name: 9 That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. 10 They hate him that rebuketh 01 Kings 22. in the gate, and they abhor him 8. p Deut. 28. 30, 38, 39. Mic. 6. 15. Zeph. 1. 13. Hag. 1. 6. 3 Heb. vineyards of desire. q ch. 2. 6. 4 Or, a ransom. r Is. 29. 21. ch. 2.7. ch. 6. 10. that speaketh uprightly. 11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: Pye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted 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 a 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 Mic. 3. 11. of hosts, shall be with you, tas ye u Ps. 34. 14. & 97.10. have spoken. 15 Hate the evil, and love the Rom. 12.9. good, and establish judgment in the Ex. 32. 30. 2 Kings 19. 4. Joel 2. 14. gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman y Jer. 9. 17. to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be Israel's hypocritical service. wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the Lord. 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 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 2 smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings 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. with super- 5 m That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instru-20uaver. ments of musick, like David; 6 That drink wine in bowls, and Chr.23.5. 3 Or, in bowls of wine. Israel is threatened. BEFORE CHRIST 787. • Gen. 37.25. 2 Heb. breach. 7 pJer. 51. 14. Heb. 6. 13, 17. 9 Pe. 47. 4. Ezek. 24.21. ch. 8.7. 8 Heb. the fulness thereof. r ch. 5. 13. ch. 8. 3. 4 Or, they will not, or, have not. t Is. 55. 11. u ch. 3. 15. 5 Or, AMOS, VII. anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. SP The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. 9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. 10 And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. 11 For, behold, the LORD Commandeth, "and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the droppings. little house with clefts. 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? Hos. 10. 4. for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness ch. 5. 7. y Jer. 5. 15. Num. 34.8. 1 Kings 8. 65. into hemlock: 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 But, behold, I will raise up 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 Hemath unto the 6 Or, vali'ey. river of the wilderness. Her rejection typified. ed unto me: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. 7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. 8 And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. BEFORE CHRIST 787. c ver. 2, 3. dSee2Kinga 1s. 28. 17. ech. 8. 2. 21.13. & 34. 11. Lam. 2. 8. Mic. 7. 18. sheba, Gen. 26. 23. & 46. 1. ch. 5. 5. & 8. 14. & Fulfilled, 2 Kings 15. 10. 82. 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired 1 Kings12. against thee in the midst of the house 12 King314. of Israel: the land is not able to bear 23. all his words. 11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: 13 But prophesy not again any more at Beth-el: 1 for it is the king's 2 chapel, and it is the king's court. 14 Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I ma prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: 15 And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD Zech. 13. 5. said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. 16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and • drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 17 P Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity Thus hath the Lord GOD shew-forth of his land. 4 Or, wild fiys. 5 Heb. from behind. Ezek.21.2. Mic. 2. 6. P. See Jer.28. 12. & 29. 21, 25, 31, 32, q Is. 13. 16. Lam. 5.11. Hos. 4. 13. Zech. 14. 2. AMOS, VIII. 1 By a basket of summer fruit is shewed the propinquity of Israel's end. 4 Oppression reproved. 11 A famine of the word threatened. T HUS hath the Lord GoD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD Unto Ezek.7.2. me, "The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. cch. 5. 23. 2 Heb. shall howl. 3 And the songs of the temple 2 shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GoD: there shall be many dch.6.9.10. dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth 3 with silence. 3 Heb. be silent. e Ps. 14. 4. Prov. 30.14. 4. Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, & making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and * falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for hsilver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, mas by the flood of Egypt. 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Gon, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. 13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. | Israel's desolation foretold. swear by the sin 14 They that of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. CHAPTER IX. 1 The certainty of the desolation. 11 The restoring of the tabernacle of David. I BEFORE CHRIST 787. Hos. 4. 15. t Deut. 9.21. 2 Heb. way: See Acts 9.2. & 18.25. 3 Or, chapiter,or, knop. 4 Or, wound SAW the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and a cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last them. of them with the sword: bhe that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: 3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them : 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. 8 Heb.cause to move. 9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain Heb.stone. fall upon the earth. The restoring of the BEFORE CHRIST 787. rch. 6. 3. s Acts 15. 16, 17. 2 Heb. hedge, or, wall. t Obad. 19. n Num. 24. 18. 3 Heb. upon whom my name is called. w Lev. 26.5. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 587. a Is. 21. 11. & 34. 5. Ezek.25.12, 13, 14. Joel 3. 19. OBADIAH. tabernacle of David. overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop 3 sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. BEFORE CHRIST 787. 2 Heb. draweth forth. wine. x Joel 3. 18. 3 Or, new 14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and "they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, 33-36. and eat the fruit of them. 15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD 13 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall | thy God. OBADIAH. 1 The destruction of Edom, 3 for their pride, 10 and for their wrong unto Jacob. 17 The salvation and victory of Jacob. THE vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GoD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador Jer. 49.14, is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. Mal. 1. 3. • 2 Kings 14.7. d Is. 14. 13, 14,15. Rev. 18. 7. e Job 20. 6. Jer. 49. 16. & 51.53. Amos 9. 2. f Hab. 2. 9. & Jer. 49.9. h Deut. 24. 21. Is. 17. 6. & 24. 13. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? 4° Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, h would they not leave * some grapes? 6 How are the things of Esau gleanings? searched out! how are his hidden LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy mighty men, O "Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have * looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou havet rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. y Jer. 30. 3. z Is. 61. 4. & 65. 21. Ezek. 36. Is. 60. 21. Jer. 32. 41. Ezek.34.28. Joel 3. 20. BEFORE CHRIST cir. 587. m Ps. 76. 5. Amos 2. 16. Jer. 49.7. Gen.27.41. Ezek.25.12. Ps. 137.7. & 35. 5. Amos 1. 11. pEzek.35.9. Mal. 1. 4. 4 Or, carried away his substance. Nah. 3. 10. q Joel 3.3. 5 Or, do not behold, &c. r Ps. 22. 17. & 54.7. & 59.10. Mic. 4. 11. &7.10. Ps. 37. 13. & 137.7. t Job 31. 29. Prov. 17. 5. & 24. 17, 18. Mic. 7. 8. 6 Heb. thy 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in magnified the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their 'substance in the day of their calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: 7 Or, forces. 8 Or, shut ир. P. 31. 8. Ezek.30.3. Joel 3. 14. Hab. 2. 8. * Ezek. 35. 15. |