Amos 1:6

1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 21:17; 2 Chronicles 28:18; Acts 8:26; Amos 1:11; Amos 1:3; Amos 1:9; Ezekiel 25:15; Ezekiel 25:16; Ezekiel 35:5; Isaiah 14:29-31; Jeremiah 47:4; Jeremiah 47:5; Joel 3:6; Obadiah 1:11; Zechariah 9:5; Zephaniah 2:4-7

Related Commentaries of Amos 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Gaza - Was the southernmost city of the Philistines, as it was indeed of Canaan Genesis 10:19 of old, the last inhabited place at the beginning...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they (i) carried away cap...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Philistia. Philistia was another name to strike terror. The country is well represented by Gaza ( Amos 1:6 ), the southernmost and largest city of...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Gaza. Now Ghuzzeh, in- Philistia. the whole captivity . a wholesale captivity. captivity . captives. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjun...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos directs here his discourse against Gaza, which the Philistine occupied. It was situated in the tribe of Judah, towards the sea; but as the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For three transgressions of Gaza— Houbigant renders this in the same manner as the third verse; and so throughout the chapter. Instead of the whol...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away capti...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sins of Israel's Neighbours and the Punishments which Should Follow 1. We may paraphrase the main part of the sentence thus: 'The words of Amo...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

CURSE ON PHILISTIA. (6-8) The marginal reading is more literal, and points to the special bitterness of the proceedings of Philistia, here represe...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES Amos 1:3 - Amos 2:1-16 LIKE all the prophets of Israel, Amos receives oracles for foreign nations. Unlike them, how...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Outside Nations Shall Suffer Judgment Amos 1:1-10 Amos opens his prophecies with predictions against neighboring peoples, that Israel may be le...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The second verse of this first chapter gives the key to the book. Jehovah declared Himself in judgment. Beginning at the point farthest from Israel,...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Similar punishments are here held forth to Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Ekron, the chief cities of the Philistines, those bitter fees of the Church. T...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, for three transgressions of Gaza ,.... The chief city of the Philistines, and put for the whole country, and designs the inhabi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away [the punishment] thereof; because they carried away captive...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For three transgressions of Gaza , &c. From Syria he passes to Palestine, upon the coast of which Gaza was situated. It is one of the places thr...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 790. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Three transgressions: see Amos 1:3 . Gaza; the principal city of the Philistines; all the rest are to be understood; and here the city is name...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Seven Judgments Against The Neighbouring Nations, Including Judah ( Amos 1:3 to Amos 2:5 ). The announcing of YHWH's judgments on seven nations...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2). YHWH's Judgment On Philistia ( Amos 1:6-8 ). After Aram Israel's next most dangerous enemy had been Philistia, which included the city states...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 1:6 . Whole captivity] i.e. left none, but sold them to Edomites, the most deadly enemies to Israel: hence the greatne...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 1:1 . The words of Amos, written with his own hand. He does not name his parents, because they were plain country people. He was himself amo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 2:16 Part I. APPROACHING JUDGMENT. Verse 1-ch. 2:3 § 1. The nations bordering on the Holy Land are solemnly sum...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Damascus and Gaza
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus saith the Lord, For three transgressions of Gaza, the leading city-state of Philistia, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereo...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Carried away — All the Jews whom they had taken captive. Edom — Their most inveterate enemies. These Edomites were ever ready to enslave, and tyran...

⁶ Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captiveb the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom:

Related Commentaries of Amos 1:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 1:6