Publish — Ye prophets invite strangers to come and observe what cause I have to do what I threaten. Tumults — The seditious counsels, and rebellious conspiracies among them. The oppressed — Multitudes of oppressed ones, as the usurpers took it to be their interest to crush all they feared or suspected. In the midst — Yea, throughout the whole kingdom of Samaria.
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Amos 3:9
9 Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressedb in the midst thereof.