Amos. Note this personal touch.
set, &c. i.e. measure [the doings of Israel] with the plummet of righteousness
and judgment. Compare 2 Kings 21:12.Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 34:11.Lamentations 2:8, &c.
pass by them. forgive them.
Amos. Note this personal touch.
set, &c. i.e. measure [the doings of Israel] with the plummet of righteousness
and judgment. Compare 2 Kings 21:12.Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 34:11.Lamentations 2:8, &c.
pass by them. forgive them.
8 And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: