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

“ 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, as by the flood of Egypt. ”

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

Shall not the land tremble for this? - o : “For the greater impressiveness, he ascribes to the insensate earth sense, indignation, horror, trembling. For all creation feels the will of its Creat...
Amos 8:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 (f) drowned, as [by] the flood of Egypt. (f) That...
Amos 8:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Development of the Theme of Amos 3. This section, which re-echoes Amos 2:6-8 , has been regarded as a conglomeration of rather loosely-connected fragments ( cf. G. A. Smith). The prophet addresse...
Amos 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

flood. Hebrew. or . Referring to the overflowing of the Nile. drowned . subside.
Amos 8:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He confirms what the last verse contains in other words: and the question is emphatical, for it is a double affirmation. A question, we know, is usually put, when there is no measure of doubt o...
Amos 8:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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, as by the flood of Egypt. Shall not the...
Amos 8:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And shall rise up, &c.— And destruction shall rise up like a flood; and it shall be dissolved and drowned as by the river of Egypt. The prophet here refers to the great earthquake, whereof he...
Amos 8:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, as by the flood of Egypt. Shall n...
Amos 8:8 - 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 8:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall not the land ... ? — The rendering should be, The whole of it rises as the Nile, surges and subsides (or sinks ) as the Egyptian Nile. The solid land shall rise up in earthquake, like th...
Amos 8:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? Amos 8:4-9 WE now enter the Third Section of the Book of Amos: Chapter s 7-9. As we have already treated the first part of it-the group of four visions, which probably forme...
Amos 8:8 - 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 8:8 - 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 8:8 - 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 8:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Shall not the land tremble for this ,.... For this wickedness committed, in using the poor with so much inhumanity? may not an earthquake be expected? and which happened two years after Amos began t...
Amos 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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, as [by] the flood of Egypt. Ver. 8. Sh...
Amos 8:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Shall not the land tremble Shall not the state, or government, and all the people of the land, be terribly afraid, and greatly troubled; for this This , that you have done, O house of Israel, in s...
Amos 8:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Sin and Doom of Oppressors. B. C. 785. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy...
Amos 8:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall not the land tremble? either literally, are not such sins and judgments enough to shake the very foundations of the earth? Or, metonymically, the land for the people of it, as after in the ve...
Amos 8:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision - The Vision Of The Basket Of Summer Fruit Indicating That Israel Were About To Be Harvested ( Amos 8:1-14 ). In his fourth vision Amos was shown a basket of summer fruit (e.g. f...
Amos 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 8:4 . Hear ] The nobles hated reproof. Swallow ] Heb. gape after, earnestly desire ( Job 7:2 ); pant after goods as wild beasts for prey. They sought to rid the land of a...
Amos 8:8 - 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 8:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy. Avarice I. It is execrable in its spirit. 1. It is sacrilegious. Bad as Israel was, it still kept up the mere observances of religion, yet these ob...
Amos 8:8 - 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 8:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Last Admonition of the Lord
Amos 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:5 ; Amos 8:10 ; Amos 9:5 ; Daniel 9:26 ; Habakkuk 3:5-8 ; Haggai 2:6 ; Haggai 2:7 ; Hosea 10:5 ; Hosea 4:3 ; Isaiah 24:19 ; Isaiah 24:20 ; Isaiah 5:25 ; Isaiah 8:7 ; Isaiah 8:8 ;...
Amos 8:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The land — The people of it. For this — This that you have done, and this that God will do. And it — The judgment, the displeasure of God, shall rise and grow like a mighty wasting flood. It — The...

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

Amos 8:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

Amos 8:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amos 8:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Amos 8:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

Amos 8:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Amos 8:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 8:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Amos 8:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes