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THE HOLY BIBLE
Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek, and Other Editions in Divers Languages
THE OLD TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Douay A.D. 1609 & 1610
and
THE NEW TESTAMENT First Published by the English College at Rheims A.D. 1582
With Annotations
The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner A.D. 1749-1752
THE PROPHECY OF AMOS
AMOS prophesied in Israel about the same time as Osee: and was called from following the cattle to denounce GOD'S judgments to the people of Israel, and the neighbouring nations, for their repeated crimes, in which they continued without repentance.
The prophet threatens Damascus, Gaza, Tyre, Edom, and Ammon with the judgments of God, for their obstinacy in sin.
The earthquake... Many understand this of a great earthquake, which they say was felt at the time that king Ozias attempted to offer incense in the temple. But the best chronologists prove that the earthquake here spoken of must have been before that time: because Jeroboam the second, under whom Amos prophesied, was dead long before that attempt of Ozias.
For three crimes-and for four... That is, for their many unrepented of crimes.-Ibid. I will not convert it... That is, I will not spare them, nor turn away the punishments I design to inflict upon them.
Melchom... The god or idol of the Ammonites, otherwise called Moloch, and Melech: which in Hebrew signifies a king, and Melchom their king.
The judgments with which God threatens Moab, Juda, and Israel for their sins, and their ingratitude.
I will screak... Unable to bear any longer the enormous load of your sins, etc. The spirit of God, as St. Jerome takes notice, accommodates himself to the education of the prophet and inspires him with comparisons taken from country affairs.
The evils that shall fall upon Israel for their sins.
Visit upon... That is, punish.
Evil in a city... He speaks of the evil of punishments of war, famine, pestilence, desolation, etc., but not of the evil of sin, of which God is not the author.
The Israelites are reproved for their oppressing the poor, for their idolatry, and their incorrigibleness.
Fat kine... He means the great ones that lived in plenty and wealth.
Armon... A foreign country; some understand it of Armenia.
A lamentation for Israel: an exhortation to return to God.
Bethel,-Galgal,-Bersabee... The places where they worshipped their idols.
Arcturus and Orion... Arcturus is a bright star in the north: Orion a beautiful constellation in the south.
With a smile... That is, with all ease, and without making any effort.
Did you offer, etc... Except the sacrifices that were offered at the first, in the dedication of the tabernacle, the Israelites offered no sacrifices in the desert.
A tabernacle, etc... All this alludes to the idolatry which they committed, when they were drawn away by the daughters of Moab to the worship of their gods. Num. 25.
The desolation of Israel for their pride and luxury.
The prophet sees, in three visions, evils coming upon Israel: he is accused of treason by the false priest of Bethel.
The locust, etc... These judgments by locusts and fire, which, by the prophet's intercession, were moderated, signify the former invasions of the Assyrians under Phul and Theglathphalasar, before the utter desolation of Israel by Salmanasar.
Jeroboam shall die by the sword... The prophet did not say this; but that the Lord would rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword: which was verified, when Zacharias, the son and successor of Jeroboam, was slain by the sword. 4 Kings 15.10.
I am not a prophet... That is, I am not a prophet by education: nor is prophesying my calling or profession: but I am a herdsman, whom God was pleased to send hither to prophesy to Israel.
The house of the idol... Viz., of the calf worshipped in Bethel.
Under the figure of a hook, which bringeth down the fruit, the approaching desolation of Israel is foreshewed for their avarice and injustices.
The certainty of the desolation of Israel: the restoring of the tabernacle of David, and the conversion of the Gentiles to the church; which shall flourish for ever.
His ascension... That is, his high throne.-Ibid. His bundle... That is, his church bound up together by the bands of one faith and communion.
As the children of the Ethiopians... That is, as black as they, by your iniquities.
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