Amos 3:9

3:9

Make this announcement <08085> [Publish.]

Ashdod <0795> [Ashdod.]

hills <02022> [the mountains.]

Observe <07200> [and behold.]

oppressive <06217> [oppressed. or, oppressions.]

Amos 7:8

7:8

Amos <05986> [Amos.]

Tin ............. tin <0594> [a plumbline.]

This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities.

place <07760> [I will set.]

<03254> [I will not.]

Amos 8:2

8:2

Amos <05986> [Amos.]

basket <03619> [A basket.]

end <07093> [the end.]

There is here not only an allusion to the nature of the summer fruit, which must be eaten as soon as gathered, but also a paronomasia upon the words {kayitz,} "summer fruit," and {ketz,} "an end."

<03254> [I will not.]

Amos 9:1

9:1

saw <07200> [I saw.]

altar <04196> [upon.]

Strike <05221> [Smite.]

tops of the support pillars <03730> [lintel. or, chapiter, or knop. cut them. or, wound them. in the head.]

run away <05127> [shall not flee.]