Amos 7:15
took <03947> [took.]
me ... tending <0310> [as I followed. Heb. from behind. Go.]
Amos 9:10
sinners <02400> [the sinners.]
Disaster <07451> [The evil.]
Amos 1:5
break <07665> [break.]
Wicked Valley <0206 01237> [the plain of Aven. or, Bikath-aven.]
Probably Heliopolis, now Baalbek, situated between Libanus and Antilibanus, 56 miles N. W. of Damascus, according to Antoninus, and celebrated for its temple of the sun.
Beth <05731 01004> [the house of Eden. or, Beth-eden.]
Probably the village of Eden, in Mount Lebanon, marks the site of this place. It is delightfully situated by the side of a most rich and cultivated valley, contains about 400 or 500 families, and is, according to modern authorities, about 20 miles S. E. of Tripoli, and five miles from the cedars.
people <05971> [the people.]
Amos 3:6
alarm <07782> [a trumpet.]
people <05971> [and the people.]
fear <02729> [be afraid. or, run together. shall there.]
That is, Shall there be any evil, or calamity, (not moral evil,) inflicted on a wicked city, which does not proceed from me, as the effect of my wrath? These animated interrogatives were intended to convince the people that they had cause for alarm, as their monstrous iniquities called down the vengeance of God to punish them with these calamities.
Lord ... responsible <06213 03068> [the Lord hath not done it? or, and shall not the Lord do somewhat?]
Amos 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
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 9:14
bring back <07725> [I will bring.]
rebuild <01129> [build.]
plant <05193> [plant.]
