Amos 3:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? ”

Amos 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Can a bird fall in a snare - Again, the bird taken in the snare is the image of those drawn down from heaven, where ‘our conversation is Philippians 3:20 and the soul may rise free toward its G...
Amos 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(d) Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a (e) snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? (d) Can anything come without God's providenc...
Amos 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Responsibility and the Prophet's Obligation. Amos, after addressing the children of Israel, includes Judah by adding the whole family, unless this is a gloss, as it may be, since the inclu...
Amos 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

snare . net. Hebrew. phah . gin . a snare, or trap. Gin is short for the Old French engin, which is from Latin. ingeninm; hence, something ingenious.
Amos 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The third similitude now follows, Will a bird fall on the earth, he says, without a fowler? The Prophet means here that nothing happens without being foreseen by God; for as nets are laid fo...
Amos 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Can a bird fall in a snare - Can ye, as a sinful peopl...
Amos 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Can two walk, &c.— The similies in these verses have the same meaning, and they all tend to shew that calamities happen according to the appointing, permissive, or suffering will of God; and th...
Amos 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where no...
Amos 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Address 1-8. A call to attention. 9, 10. The oppressions practised by the powerful. 11-15 . The disasters which should overtake them, their sanctuary and their palaces. 1 . 'Race' w...
Amos 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Can a bird. — Better, Does the snare rise up from the ground, and take nothing at all? ” E.V. “take up” is due to ambiguity of the Hebrew. The idea is that Israel “like a silly dove” is falling in...
Amos 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CIVILIZATION AND JUDGMENT Amos 3:1-15 - Amos 4:3 WE now enter the Second Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 3-6. It is a collection of various oracles of denunciation, grouped partly by t...
Amos 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Lord's Word Must Come True Amos 3:1-15 The closer our relationship with God, the more searching His scrutiny and chastening. The sins of God's children which may seem of slight consequence...
Amos 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the declamations of Jehovah's judgment on all the nations, the prophet delivered his special message to Israel in a series of three discourses. In each the introductory word is, "...
Amos 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord is going on in his expostulations. He first shews, that by Israel's revolt that sweet communion between the Lord and his people was interrupted. Ca n two walk together except they be agreed?...
Amos 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him ?.... No, there must be a snare set, or a bird can never be taken in it; and that is done, not by chance, but with the design of...
Amos 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? Ver. 5. Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth?...
Amos 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Will a lion roar, &c., when he hath no prey? “Naturalists assert that when the lion sees his prey, he roars before he rushes on it; and that at this roaring many animals show great fear. He lik...
Amos 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Remonstrance with Israel. B. C. 790. 1 Hear this word that the L ORD hath spoken...
Amos 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A bird; a sparrow properly, one kind put for all sorts. Fall in a snare: these are taken by nets spread on the earth for that end, and these nets are watched by the fowler, attending till the bir...
Amos 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Covenant Relationship Between YHWH And His People ( Amos 3:1-8 ). The covenant relationship between YHWH and His people is revealed in this carefully constructed passage in which there is cons...
Amos 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .] Amos 3:3 . Two] The prophet and the Spirit of God. Israel did not believe that God threatened such denunciations by the prophets (ch. Amos 6:1-3 ; Amos 1:7-8 ). Amos spo...
Amos 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:1 . Against the whole family of the twelve tribes, which I brought up from Egypt. It was a laborious work to make them hear. The prophets did not confine their labours to local districts....
Amos 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

You only have I known of all the families of the earth. Sin in the highly-favoured This is shameful ingratitude. The honour and blessing conferred on the Israelites gave the stain of ingratitud...
Amos 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 Part II . THREE ADDRESSES PARTICULARIZING THE SINS OF ISRAEL AND ANNOUNCING IMMINENT JUDGMENT . Amos 3:1-30 § 1. First address: the pr...
Amos 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Ready to Punish
Amos 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:14 ; Ecclesiastes 9:12 ; Jeremiah 31:28
Amos 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Amos 3:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 3:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 3:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 3:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 3:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 3:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 3:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 3:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 3:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 3:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 3:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 3:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 3:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 3:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes