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Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, ed. 1, or (from A to J) ed. 2. [114] … Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, ed. 1, or (from A to J) ed. 2. shall be dried up] as the blood runs cold through terror, so Amos pictures the sap of plants and trees as ceasing to flow, when Jehovah’s thunder is heard pealing over the land. Cf. Nahum 1:4.
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Consequently the close of the verse contains the epexegesis...
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7 So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will...
- 1 Samuel 12
17 “Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the...
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The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which...
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The Book of Amos . Amos, a Jew, but prophesying (B.C....
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Others say that Hosea, or Uzziah, the son of Amaziah, struck...
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The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa. In...
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Amos. A'MOS (עָמום, a burden; ᾿Αμώς; Amos), a native of...
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Judgments on Israel’s Neighbors - The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. And he said: “The Lord roars from Zion, And utters His voice from Jerusalem; The pastures of the shepherds mourn, And the top of ...
From Zion. Not from Dan and Bethel, the seats of idolatrous worship, but from Jerusalem, the abode of his presence. The habitations; better, the pastures. It is only natural that Amos, the shepherd, should use such terms to express the idea that the whole land, from Jerusalem on the south to Carmel on the north, should feel the vengeance of the ...
2 He said: “The Lord roars from Zion. and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers.”. Judgment on Israel’s Neighbors. 3 This is what the Lord says: “For three sins of Damascus, even for four, I will not relent.
Amos 1:2. ESV And he said: "The Lord roars from Zion and utters his voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the top of Carmel withers." NIV He said: "The Lord roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds dry up, and the top of Carmel withers." NASB And he said, 'The Lord roars from Zion, And ...
This Zion will be located on the American continent (see Article of Faith 10). For a broader listing of references concerning the geographical location of Zion, see Bible Dictionary, s.v. “Zion.” See also Notes and Commentary on Joel 2:1. (8-4) Amos 1:3–2:16. The Lord Will Pour Out Judgments
NET Bible Amos said: "The LORD comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds' pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers." New Heart English Bible He said: "The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds will mourn, and the top of Carmel will wither."
