Amos 8:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the songs of the temple shall be howlingsa in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. ”

Amos 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The songs of the temple shall be howlings - Literally, “shall howl.” It shall be, as when mirthful music is suddenly broken in upon, and, through the sudden agony of the singer, ends in a shriek...
Amos 8:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with (b) silence. (b) There will be none...
Amos 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Basket of Summer Fruit. The account of the visions is now resumed. This time the prophet sees a basket of summer fruit ( Amos 8:1 ), and Yahweh explains ( Amos 8:2 ) that the summ...
Amos 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

temple. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads temples". be . become, saith the Lord GOD . [is] Adonai. Jehovah's oracle. dead bodies . corpses. See notes on Amos 6:9 ; Amos 6:10...
Amos 8:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet touches the Israelites here, in an indirect way, for taking such delight in their superstitions as to sing in their prosperity, as though God was favorable to them; for the unbeliev...
Amos 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. The songs of the temple - I...
Amos 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And the songs of the temple— And the singers of the palace shall howl, &c. Houbigant. As Amos prophesies against Israel, not against Judah, the temple cannot be meant here. See Amos 8:8-9 o...
Amos 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. The songs of the temple...
Amos 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Ripe Fruit, followed by a Fifth Address 1-3. The vision. 4-14 . The address, denouncing dishonest traders ( Amos 8:4-6 ), threatening earthquakes, eclipse, mourning, a painful...
Amos 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Temple. — The word thus rendered ( hêchal ) also signifies “palace,” and this is probably the meaning in this passage. The “songs” have been already spoken of in Amos 6:5 . The construction of the...
Amos 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4 We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought to trace to its source the Word which came to the Man. It now re...
Amos 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Worst Famine of All Amos 8:1-14 What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the rapidity with whi...
Amos 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next vision, that of the basket of summer fruit, indicated the im minence of the judgment. Jehovah declared that the end was come, that He would not pass by them any more. This announcement was...
Amos 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

When devotion itself is out of tune by the heart being under no influences of grace; alas! what a sacrifice of fools is then offered! Sabbaths are burdens, ordinances tiresome, prayer a drudgery, in...
Amos 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day , saith the Lord God ,.... Not the songs sung by the Levites in the temple of Jerusalem, this prophecy respects the ten tribes only; but t...
Amos 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence. Ver. 3. And the songs of...
Amos 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings , &c. Houbigant renders it, And the singers of the palace shall howl , the word היכל, signifying palace as well as temple; and as Amos prophesi...
Amos 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of Summer Fruit. B. C. 785. 1 Thus hath the Lord G OD shewed unto me: and be...
Amos 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The songs; which were composed by choicest wits, and set to sweetest tunes, and chanted out by most skilful singers to the best musical instruments. Of the temple; either to take in Judah, and fo...
Amos 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision Of Approaching Judgment ( Amos 8:1-3 ). Amos 8:1 ‘ Thus the Lord YHWH showed me, and, behold, a basket of summer fruit.' Once more we have emphasis on ‘the Lord YHWH'. The One Who w...
Amos 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The visions continued from ch. Amos 7:9 Amos 8:2 . Summer ] Late fruit, fully ripe ( 2 Samuel 16:1 ; Micah 7:1 ); a symbol of a people ripe for judgment Amos 8:3 . Howl ....
Amos 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:1 . A basket of summer fruit. The Lord would not wait till the vintage; he would cause their sun, as a nation, to set at noon, and rise no more. Amos 8:5 . That we may sell corn making t...
Amos 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 8:1-30 § 5. In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment. Explaining this revelation, Amos denounces the oppressio...
Amos 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Basket of Summer-Fruit.
Amos 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 4:10 ; Amos 6:10 ; Amos 6:9 ; Amos 5:23 ; Amos 8:10 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 10:6 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Jeremiah 22:18 ; Jeremiah 9:21 ; Jeremiah 9:22 ; Joel 1:11 ; Joel 1:13 ; Joel 1:5 ;...
Amos 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With silence — So great will be the cruelty of the enemy, that they dare not bury them, or if they do, it must be undiscerned.

Amos 8:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 8:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 8:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 8:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 8:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 8:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 8:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 8:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 8:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 8:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 8:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 8:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 8:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 8:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 8:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 8:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 8:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 8:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes