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Amos 1:2. The Lord will roar— Some commentators have observed that the prophet Amos makes use of comparisons taken from lions and other animals, because he himself had been conversant in forests and among different animals. Instead of habitations, we may read pleasant pastures.

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Amos 1:3. I will not turn away the punishment thereof— I will not revoke it; that is, the voice which denounced their destruction. Houbigant renders the verse, After three transgressions of Damascus, I will not bear that which was the fourth; because, &c. The prophet first threatens the people of Syria, the capital of which was Damascus, for the several transgressions which they had committed, and particularly for their cruelties exercised against the Israelites by Hazael and Benhadad. 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 13:7.

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Amos 1:5. I will break also the bar of Damascus— See 2 Kings 16:9. The bar means the gates or fortifications. Houbigant, instead of, The house of Eden, reads The house of pleasure; and for Kir, he translates Cyrene.

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Amos 1:6. For three transgressions of Gaza— Houbigant renders this in the same manner as the third verse; and so throughout the chapter. Instead of the whole captivity, we may read, a peaceable captivity; that is to say, a captivity not taken in war, but by sleight and deceit; or a perfect captivity; that is, not to be recovered. See Amos 1:9.

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Amos 1:12. But I will send a fire, &c.— Teman and Bozrah were two principal cities of Idumea. This expression imports their intire conquest and destruction. The ancient country of the Edomites was afterwards called Arabia Petraea; whence they were expelled by the Nabatheans, and never could recover it; but were forced to settle themselves in the southern parts of Judaea. Prideaux.

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