Amos 8:14

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".

Related Commentaries of Amos 8:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who swear - Literally, “the swearing,” they who habitually swear. He assigns, at the end, the ground of all this misery, the forsaking of God. Go...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

They that swear by the sin (i) of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, (k) The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Development of the Theme of Amos 3. This section, which re-echoes Amos 2:6-8 , has been regarded as a conglomeration of rather loosely-connected f...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He afterwards mentions the reason why the Lord would inflict such punishments on his people; it was, because they had prostituted themselves to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They that swear by the sin of Samaria— The calf set up at Beth-el by Jeroboam. Instead of, The manner of Beer-sheba, Houbigant reads very properl...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Ripe Fruit, followed by a Fifth Address 1-3. The vision. 4-14 . The address, denouncing dishonest traders ( Amos 8:4-6 ), thre...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thy God, O Dan, liveth. — Translate, By the life of thy God, O Dan, and by the life of the way of Beersheba. On such forms of oath, see Note on...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1. EARTHQUAKE, ECLIPSE, AND FAMINE Amos 8:4-14 "Hear this, ye who trample the needy, and would put an end to the lowly of the land, saying, Whe...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Worst Famine of All Amos 8:1-14 What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing, yet so readily corrupted and diseased....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The next vision, that of the basket of summer fruit, indicated the im minence of the judgment. Jehovah declared that the end was come, that He would...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful sound is here! And how dreadfully awful in that land, that parish, that people, that family, or person, in whom it is fulfilled. A fami...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They that swear by the sin of Samaria ,.... The calf at Bethel, which was near Samaria, and which the Samaritans worshipped; and was set up by their...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They that swear by the sin of Samaria That is, by the calf which Jeroboam set up as an object of worship at Beth-el, not far from Samaria, commit...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Spiritual Famine Threatened; Judgments Threatened. B. C. 785....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They that swear by; who now do, as formerly they have done, trust in, sacrifice to, and swear by; who are obstinate idolaters, and trust to those l...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Fourth Vision - The Vision Of The Basket Of Summer Fruit Indicating That Israel Were About To Be Harvested ( Amos 8:1-14 ). In his fourth visi...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Consequences Of The Judgment ( Amos 8:8-14 ). For these people there would be a heavy price to pay because of their sins. The land would tremb...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 8:11 . Famine ] The light and comfort of God’s word shall fail; they despise now what they shall look for i...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 8:1 . A basket of summer fruit. The Lord would not wait till the vintage; he would cause their sun, as a nation, to set at noon, and rise no...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 8:1-30 § 5. In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord shows that the people is ripe for judgment. Explai...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Last Admonition of the Lord
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

They that swear by the sin of Samaria, namely, the golden calf of Bethel, and say, Thy god, O Dan, the other golden calf in the extreme northern ci...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 12:28 ; 1 Kings 12:29 ; 1 Kings 12:32 ; 1 Kings 13:22-34 ; 1 Kings 14:16 ; 1 Kings 16:24 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; 2 Kings 10:29 ; Acts...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — Who sacrifice to and swear by the calves at Dan and Beth — el. By the sin — Who say the idol at Dan is the true and living God. The manner —...

¹⁴ They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The mannerb of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

Related Commentaries of Amos 8:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 8:14