For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
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Gill's Exposition
For, behold, the Lord commandeth,.... Hath determined and ordered the judgment before, and what follows: Kimchi paraphrases it, hath decreed the earthquake, as in Amo 3:15; of which he understands the…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord commandeth and He will smite - Jerome: “If He commandeth, how doth He smite? If He smiteth, how doth He command? In that thing which He “commands” and enjoins His ministers, He Himself is…
Adam Clarke
He will smote the great house with breaches - The great and small shall equally suffer; no distinction shall be made; rich and poor shall fall together; death has received his commission, and he will…
In the former part of the chapter we had these secure Israelites loading themselves with pleasures, as if they could never be made merry enough; here we have God loading them with punishments, as if…
Cambridge Bible
For behold, &c. The words give the reason for Amo 6:6, rather than for Amo 6:9-10, which describe merely an episode in the ruin.
commandeth viz. the human agents, by whose instrumentality (cf. Isa…
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