Thus saith the LORD. Jehovah's words: not the words of Amos.. The prophetic formula. See App-82. See the twelve with Jehovah, in verses: Amos 3:6; Amos 3:9; Amos 3:11; Amos 3:13; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6; Amos 8:12; Amos 5:4; Amos 5:16; Amos 7:17. and the two with Adonai Jehovah in Amos 3:11; Amos 5:3.
three... four. Hebrew idiom to express several, or many (Job 33:29, margin) Compare Proverbs 30:15; Proverbs 30:18; Proverbs 30:21; Proverbs 30:29.
transgressions. Hebrew pasha. App-44.
turn away = turn it back, or avert it. the punishment thereof. There is no Ellipsis to be supplied, and no separate Hebrew word for "thereof". The Hebrew is lo' ashibennu,. will not cause it to turn back: i.e.. will not avert it.
The pronoun "it" is masculine, agreeing with and referring to earthquake (Amos 1:1), and means that Jehovah would not avert it. So in all the eight occurrences (verses: Amos 3:6; Amos 3:9; Amos 3:11; Amos 3:13; Amos 2:1; Amos 2:4; Amos 2:6).
thrashed Gilead. Compare Joe 8:14. The very term used in 2 Kings 13:7.
With. [as it were] with. Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. App-6.