Verse 3
Thus saith the LORD. Jehovah's words: not the words of Amos. . The prophetic formula. See App-82 . See the twelve with Jehovah, in verses: Amos 3:6 , Amos 3:9 , Amos 3:11 , Amos 3:13 ; Amos 2:1 , Amos 2:4 , Amos 2:6 ; Amos 8:12 ; Amos 5:4 ; Amos 5:16 ; Amos 7:17 ; and the two with Adonai Jehovah in Amos 3:11 ; Amos 5:3 .
three . . . four. Hebrew idiom to express several, or many (Job 33:29 , margin) Compare Proverbs 30:15 , Proverbs 30:18 , Proverbs 30:21 , Proverbs 30:29 .
transgressions. Hebrew pasha. App-44 .
turn away = turn it back, or avert it. the punishment thereof. There is no Ellipsis to be supplied, and no separate Hebrew word for "thereof". The Hebrew is lo' ashibennu , I will not cause it to turn back: i.e. I will not avert it.
The pronoun "it" is masculine, agreeing with and referring to earthquake (Amos 1:1 ), and means that Jehovah would not avert it. So in all the eight occurrences (verses: Amos 3:6 , Amos 3:9 , Amos 3:11 , Amos 3:13 ; Amos 2:1 , Amos 2:4 , Amos 2:6 ).
thrashed Gilead. Compare Joe 8:14 . The very term used in 2 Kings 13:7 .
With = [as it were] with. Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. App-6 .
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