The Lord God. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4. See note on Amos 1:8.
sworn, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 22:16) Compare Jeremiah 51:14.
By Himself. by His soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
saith the LORD the God of Hosts. [is] the oracle of Jehovah,
the God of Hosts. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.
I abhor. Hebrew. taab,. Homonym, with two meanings. Here, to abhor. In Psalms 119:20; Psalms 119:40; Psalms 119:174, to desire or long for.
excellency. Figure of speech Ampliatio. It was once such (Compare Amos 8:7; Psalms 47:4.Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:21), but is now no longer so.
all that is therein. the fulness thereof