Amos 2:11

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets - Amos turns from outward mercies to inward, front past to present, from miracles of power to miracles...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of (i) your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD....
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Sin and Doom of Israel. Suddenly the prophet turns and confronts Israel. The benighted heathen nations have sinned and must be punished. What o...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I raised up , &c . Not till the priests had failed in their duty to teach the law. See Leviticus 10:8 ; Leviticus 10:11 . Deuteronomy 33:8 ;...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

He now subjoins, I have raised from your sons Prophets, and Nazarites from your young or strong men, (for בחרים, becharim, as we have els...
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And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD....
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's Sins and Ingratitude 6-8. Israel is now threatened in the same form as the rest, but Amos 2:6-16 were not spoken by Amos at Bethel; the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

God added to the mercies of His providence, the transcendent blessings of special revelation. The prophets of Israel were numerous, and renowned, and...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

neither Shall Israel Escape Amos 2:6-16 First the prophet enumerates Israel's sins. They were unjust to the poor, carrying their extortions to...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus uttered the word of God concerning the surrounding nations, thereby revealing the fact of His government over all, the prophet turned to...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord having reckoned with all the neighboring nations, Israel's sworn foes, and having also begun with Judah, now takes in hand her sister Israel...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I raised up of your sons for prophets ,.... Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell things to come, but...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. [Is it] not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. Ver...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I raised up your sons for prophets Such were Moses, Joshua, Samuel, and many others; and of your young men for Nazarites Who, by devoting themsel...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Remonstrance with Israel. B. C. 790....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I raised up; gave prophetic endowments, stirred up their minds, commissioned them to prophesy, and carried them through by an undaunted courage giv...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Judgment on Israel ( Amos 2:6-16 ). While this judgment on Israel certainly initially follows the previous sevenfold pattern it is distinct...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Had Transgressed In Spite Of All That YHWH Had Done For Them ( Amos 2:9-12 ). YHWH then described how great their debt was to Him. The land o...
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CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 2:6 . Israel] The ten tribes the main object of the prophecy. First, prevalent crimes of injustice and oppression, sha...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks. Sin as ingratitude Thes...
The Biblical Illustrator

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Divine appointments and their frustration The sin and folly of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 2:1-30 Judgment on Moab. Amos 2:1 Moab . The prophet now denounces the other nation connected by ties of blood with...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Against Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I raised up of your sons for prophets, a distinction which they had evidently not appreciated, and of your young men for Nazarites, this also b...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:1 ; 1 Kings 18:4 ; 1 Kings 19:16 ; 1 Kings 20:13 ; 1 Kings 20:35 ; 1 Kings 20:41 ; 1 Kings 22:8 ; 1 Samuel 19:20 ; 1 Samuel 3:20...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nazarites — Persons who bound themselves to a very sober and holy life; either for some certain time, or for their whole life.

¹¹ And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Related Commentaries of Amos 2:11

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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

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 2:11