Amos 3:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. ”

Amos 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Surely the Lord God will do - For the Lord God “doeth” Nothing, but He revealeth His secret unto His servants the prophets - So our Lord saith, “And now I have told you before it come to pass...
Amos 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he (h) revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (h) God does not deal with the Israelites as he does with other people: for he always warns them...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Surely . [No:] for. Compare Job 31:18 ; Micah 6:4 . The reason follows and is explained. the Lord GOD. See note on Amos 1:7 . will do . doeth. Hebrew. 'asah = work, execute ( Exodus 12:12...
Amos 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

But he had before spoken of the sound of the trumpet; for every excuse was thereby taken away from the Israelites, as God had not only recalled them to the right way by his scourges but also pr...
Amos 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Surely the Lord God will do nothing - In reference to the punishment, correction, or blessing of his p...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret - namely, His purpose, hidden...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely the Lord ... — In this, and the preceding verse, the future tense should be replaced by a present. Render doeth nothing, and in Amos 3:6 is a trumpet sounded ... are not afraid ... is...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely the Lord God will do nothing ,.... In the world, in a nation or city; no remarkable event has happened, or shall happen, to the sons of men: but he revealeth his secret unto his servants th...
Amos 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. Ver. 7. Surely the Lord God will do nothing ] i.e. hardly anything. He loveth to foresignify, to...
Amos 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord will do nothing, but he revealeth , &c. As if he had said, You cannot complain of your not being forewarned of these calamities coming upon you, for God hath not done, nor will do any t...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Surely, since that, or, forasmuch as, the Lord God will do nothing; usually the Lord doth no great tiring for or against his people, neither brings great judgments upon them for sin, nor bestows gr...
Amos 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - 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 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord Ready to Punish
Amos 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:19-23 ; 2 Kings 22:13 ; 2 Kings 22:20 ; 2 Kings 3:17-20 ; 2 Kings 6:12 ; Daniel 10:21 ; Daniel 11:2 ; Daniel 9:22-27 ; Genesis 18:17 ; Genesis 6:13 ; John 15:15 ; Psalms 25:14...
Amos 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Will do nothing — Usually the Lord doth no great thing for or against his people, without giving warning of it before it comes.

Amos 3:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 3:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 3:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 3:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 3:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 3:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 3:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 3:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 3:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 3:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 3:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 3:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 3:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 3:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 3:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 3:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 3:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 3:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes