Amos 1:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plaina of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. ”

Amos 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will also break the bar of Damascus - In the East, every city was fortified; the gates of the stronger cities were cased in iron, that they might not be set on fire by the enemy; they were fast...
Amos 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto...
Amos 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Damascus. It is Yahweh who speaks by the mouth of the prophets. The mention of Damascus, the capital of the Aramaean or Syrian kingdom, would at once arrest attention, for until recently Israel had...
Amos 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the bar. Note the Figure of speech Metalepsis (App-6), by which "bar" is put by Figure of speech Metalepsis , App-6, for the gates, and then the gates put for defence of the city. Compare Deute...
Amos 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He then adds, I will break in pieces the bar of Damascus The Prophet confirms what he had already said; for Damascus, being strongly fortified, might have seemed unassailable. By bar, the Pro...
Amos 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto...
Amos 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I will break also the bar of Damascus— See 2 Kings 16:9 . The bar means the gates or fortifications. Houbigant, instead of, The house of Eden, reads The house of pleasure; and for Kir,...
Amos 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 the people of Syria shall go into captivity...
Amos 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amos, describing what he saw in prophetic vision.'...
Amos 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will break ... — The “bar ” means the bolt of iron or brass with which the city was defended. But it is possible that it may be used of persons, i.e., princes or leaders (comp. Hosea 4:18 ; H...
Amos 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, however, he arranges these oracles not after, but bef...
Amos 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Outside Nations Shall Suffer Judgment Amos 1:1-10 Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be led to appreciate her guilt and to bear the approach...
Amos 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel, the prophet delivered his messages to the nations...
Amos 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord begins with Damascus, one of the most ancient enemies of Israel when in Canaan. The three or four transgressions means many and for every one of which the Lord will account with them, and a...
Amos 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Amos 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto...
Amos 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael God's judgments are often compared to fire. But perhaps the expression may here signify, that the fine palaces of Hazael, and his son and successor B...
Amos 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. 3 Thus saith the L ORD ; For three transgressions...
Amos 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I, the mighty God, as Amos 1:4 , will break, weaken and shake into pieces, the bar; literally, the bar with which the city gates were shut, and both fastened and strengthened, Judges 16:3...
Amos 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). YHWH's Judgment On Damascus ( Amos 1:3-5 ). YHWH's judgment on Damascus, a city (representing Aram) which had proved through the years to be Israel's most dangerous enemy, would be because of...
Amos 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 1:3 . Three] The numbers serve to denote the multiplicity of sins, “ungodliness in its worst form” [ Luther ]. Turn ] Reverse, to make a thing go back, to withdraw it (...
Amos 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 1:1 . The words of Amos, written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself among the herdmen of Tekoa, a small city twelve mile...
Amos 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 2:16 Part I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. Verse 1-ch. 2:3 § 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly summoned to judgment. Amos 1:1 , Amos 1:2...
Amos 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Damascus and Gaza
Amos 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 16:9 ; Amos 9:7 ; Isaiah 43:14 ; Jeremiah 50:36 ; Jeremiah 51:30 ; Lamentations 2:9 ; Nahum 3:13
Amos 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The bar — Literally the bar with which the city gates were shut, and fastened. Of Eden — Some royal seat, of the kings of Syria. Kir — Kir of Media, Isaiah 22:6 , thither did Tiglath — Pilneser ca...

Amos 1:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 1:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 1:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 1:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 1:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 1:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 1:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 1:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 1:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 1:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 1:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 1:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 1:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 1:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 1:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 1:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 1:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 1:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 1:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 1:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes