For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land.
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Gill's Exposition
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword,.... Which was not saying truth; for Amos said not that Jeroboam should die by the sword, but that God would raise up the sword against his house…
Barnes' Notes
For thus Amos saith - Amos had said, “Thus saith the Lord;” he never fails to impress on them, whose words he is speaking. Amaziah, himself bound up in a system of falsehood and imposture, which,…
One would have expected, 1. That what we met with in the former part of the chapter would awaken the people to repentance, when they saw that they were reprieved in order that they might have space to…
Cambridge Bible
Jeroboam shall die by the sword This had not been said by Amos, at least, if the extant book of his prophecies contains all that he said upon the subject. It was the house of Jeroboamwhich Amos had…
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