Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Amos 7:4

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4. called to contend —that is, with Israel judicially ( Job 9:3 ; Isaiah 66:16 ; Ezekiel 38:22 ). He ordered to come at His call the infliction of punishment by "fire" on Israel, that is, drought (compare Ezekiel 38:22- : ), [MAURER]. Rather, war ( Numbers 21:28 ), namely, Tiglath-pileser [GROTIUS]. devoured the . . . deep —that is, a great part of Israel, whom he carried away. Waters are the symbol for many people ( Numbers 21:28- : ). did eat up a part —namely, all the land (compare Amos 4:7 ) of Israel east of Jordan ( 1 Chronicles 5:26 ; Isaiah 9:1 ). This was a worse judgment than the previous one: the locusts ate up the grass: the fire not only affects the surface of the ground, but burns up the very roots and reaches even to the deep. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-7" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-amo-7-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/amo-7-4

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological