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Amos 8:1 open_in_new
the Lord GOD. Heb, Adonai Jehovah. See note on Amos 1:8
summer fruit. Hebrew kayitz. ripe, "summer" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for ripe fruits characterizing the summer. Compare 2 Samuel 16:2.Jeremiah 40:12.
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Amos 8:2 open_in_new
Amos. See note on Amos 7:8.
summer fruit... The end. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia (App-6), for emphasis. Compare Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:12. Hebrew. kayitz hakketz, meaning that ripe was the fruit; ripe will be the time
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. IT.
The end. See note above.
pass by. forgive, as in Amos 7:8.
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Amos 8:4 open_in_new
swallow up. devour.
the needy. a needy one. Hebrew 'ebyon. See note on. poverty", Proverbs 6:11.
make. to fail. destroy, or cause to cease.
the poor. meek ones. Hebrew 'amah, See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11,
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Amos 8:5 open_in_new
the new moon. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 10:10, &c.) the sabbath. Ref to Pentateuch (Exodus 20:10). App-92. Stopping their business for. day.
set forth wheat. Hebrew. wheat market: "wheat" being put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the place where it is kept. open granaries, or sell grain. hp
ephah. Measuring the goods. See App-51.
shekel. Weighing the money. See App-51.
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Amos 8:6 open_in_new
buy the poor, &c. See note on Amos 2:6.
the poor. impoverished ones. Hebrew. dal (plural) See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.
the needy. a needy one. Hebrew. ebyon, as in Amos 8:4.
sell. sell [as good wheat].
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Amos 8:7 open_in_new
hath sworn, &c. See note on Amos 6:8.
the Excellency of Jacob: i.e. by Himself, as in Amos 6:8. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 15:7). App-92. Compare Amos 4:2; Amos 6:8; Hosea 5:5; Hosea 7:10.
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Amos 8:8 open_in_new
flood. Hebrew. or. Referring to the overflowing of the Nile.
drowned. subside.
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Amos 8:9 open_in_new
cause the sun. This determines the time of the fulfilment of this "threatening". See Isaiah 13:10; Isaiah 59:9; Isaiah 59:10; Jeremiah 15:5.Joel 2:2; Joel 3:15.Micah 3:6. Can this refer to the earthquake of Amos 1:1.
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Amos 8:10 open_in_new
your feasts. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 12:14; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 23:16; Leviticus 23). App-92.
sackcloth. baldness. The outward symbols of mourning. Compare Amos 8:3.Isaiah 15:2.Ezekiel 7:18.
it: i.e. the land.
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Amos 8:11 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos, App-6.
of hearing, &c. Compare 1 Samuel 3:1; Psalms 74:9; Ezekiel 7:26,
words, With 'eth. the very words. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word" (singular)
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Amos 8:12 open_in_new
wander. Hebrew go tottering, or staggering.
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Amos 8:13 open_in_new
virgins. Hebrew. bethulah (plural) See note on Genesis 24:43.
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Amos 8:14 open_in_new
sin.. guilt., trespass. Hebrew asham. App-44. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the idol itself.
Dan... Beer-sheba. The two places where the calves were set up (1 Kings 12:26-30).
manner. mode [of worship]; Acts 9:2. So used in Acts 16:17; Acts 18:25-26; Acts 19:9; Acts 19:23; Acts 24:14.
they: i.e. the two calves, or "they that swear".