Amos 9:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: ”

Amos 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He had contrasted heaven and hell, as places impossible for man to reach; as I David says, “If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there: If l make my bed in hell, behold Thee” Psalms 139:8 . Now, of p...
Amos 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the (c) serpent, and...
Amos 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of an Avenging God. The last vision impresses upon Amos the anger and omnipotence of the supreme ruler and judge. Yahweh is seen ( Amos 9:1 ) stationed by or over the altar ( i.e. of Be...
Amos 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now as to what he says, I will command the serpent to bite them, some understand by נחש, nuchesh, not a serpent on hand, but the whale, or some other marine animal, as the leviathan, whi...
Amos 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he...
Amos 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and...
Amos 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Concluding Vision and a Discourse. Comfortable Words 1. The vision. 2-10 . The discourse, declaring that none shall evade God's judgments ( Amos 9:2-6 ); that Israel stands in no peculiar re...
Amos 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Serpent. — On this expression, i.e., the “waterserpent,” comp. Isaiah 27:1 .
Amos 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. NEMESIS Amos 9:1-6 There follows a Vision in Bethel, the opening of which, "I saw the Lord," immediately recalls the great inauguration of Isaiah. He also "saw the Lord"; but how different t...
Amos 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Day of Restoration Amos 9:1-15 The guilty will certainly be punished. If they enter the sacred place of worship, even that will not shelter them, Amos 9:1 . Flight and concealment will be...
Amos 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final vision was of judgment executed. In this there was no symbol, no sign. We hear the manifesto of Jehovah Himself. It is one of the most awe-inspiring visions of the whole Bible. The message...
Amos 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: h...
Amos 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel ,.... One of the highest mountains in the land of Israel; in the woods upon it, and caves in it: I will search and take them out from thence :...
Amos 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he...
Amos 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though they dig into hell , &c. Here the subject is enlarged upon to impress it more deeply on the minds of all that read or hear it. Though they hide themselves in the deepest holes or caverns...
Amos 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. B. C. 784. 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar:...
Amos 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel; one high woody mountain, shelter and hiding-place for wild beasts, by a figure put for all the rest; if they think to be safe where wild beasts fin...
Amos 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Judgment Against Israel And Their False Altar is Certain And sure ( Amos 9:1-4 ). There is an interesting and possibly significant comparison between Amos 9:1 here and 1 Kings 13:1 (pos...
Amos 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos sees God standing , fixed in purpose, by the altar. Posts ] Thresholds ( Isaiah 6:4 ). Cut ] Human victims demanded; wounded with fragments of broken columns (cf. Psalms 6...
Amos 9:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 9:2-4 What a variety, what a reduplication of expression in order to represent as utterly impossible that the parties who are here threatened could escape the vengeance of their God! It matte...
Amos 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:1 . I saw the Lord standing upon the altar in Jerusalem, as in Isaiah 6:1 , and Ezekiel 9:3 . Here the prophet heard the awful words, that God would hunt the idolaters from all their hidi...
Amos 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Though they dig into hell, thence shall Mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. The danger of impenitence In this passage God manifests His determina...
Amos 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 9:1-30 § 6 . The fifth vision displays the Lord standing by the altar and commanding the destruction of the temple ( Amos 9:1 ). No one shall escape this judgment, flee whi...
Amos 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wicked Kingdom Overthrown
Amos 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 27:1 ; Jeremiah 16:16 ; Jeremiah 23:23 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; Job 34:22 ; Psalms 139:9-11
Amos 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The serpent — The crocodile or shark.

Amos 9:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 9:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 9:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 9:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 9:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 9:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 9:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 9:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 9:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 9:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 9:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 9:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 9:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 9:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 9:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes