Amos 9:4

command the sword. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:33. Deu 26:25). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 5:12.

I will set Mine eyes, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:5). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 44:11.

evil. calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. Compare Amos 3:6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Set my eyes — I will perpetually watch over them.

⁴ And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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

Sermon Bible 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 9:4