he said. Thus writing the words down.
The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. This title is not the usual one in this book.
roar. roar as a. lion, or thunder. It is always, when predicated of the Lord, connected with the end of Gentile dominion. Compare Jeremiah 25:30; Joel 3:16.
utter. give out.
habitations. pastures.
shepherds. Not the same word as in Amos 1:1, but the usual word (raah. tenders).
top of Carmel. Mount Carmel in the north, thus embracing the whole land; now Jebel Kurmul. not Carmel in Judah (south of Hebron); now el Kurmul. Compare 1 Samuel 25:2.Isaiah 33:9.
wither. be dried up.