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Amos 1:1
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This is the message of Amos, one of the shepherds from the city Tekoa. He saw visions about Israel during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Joash was king of Israel. This was two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he saw in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
These are the words of Amos, one of the shepherds from the town of Tekoa. He saw this vision about Israel two years before the earthquake. It was at the time Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa, which he saw [in a divine revelation] 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
The wordis of Amos ben these, that was in the schepherdis thingis of Thecue, whiche he siy on Israel, in the daies of Osie, king of Juda, and in the daies of Jeroboam, sone of Joas, kyng of Israel, bifor twei yeeris of the erthe mouynge.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
These are the words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders of Tekoa-what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, in the days when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.
I am Amos. And I raised sheep near the town of Tekoa when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. Two years before the earthquake, the Lord gave me several messages about Israel,
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; what he saw about 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 earth-shock.
The words of ‘Amos, one of the sheep owners in T'koa, which he saw concerning Isra'el in the days of ‘Uziyah king of Y'hudah and Yarov‘am the son of Yo'ash, king of Isra'el, two years before the earthquake;
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen of Tekoa, which hee sawe concerning Israel, in the daies of Uzziah King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash king of Israel, two yere before the earthquake.
This message was given to Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa in Judah. He received this message in visions two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II, the son of Jehoash, was king of Israel.
These are the words of Amos, a shepherd of Tekoa, which he received in special dreams about Israel two years before the earth shook. Uzziah was king of Judah then, and Jeroboam the son of Joash was the king of Israel.
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The wordes of Amos, who was among the heardmen at Tecoa, which he sawe vpon Israel, in the dayes of Vzziah king of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioash King of Israel, two yeere before the earthquake.
THE words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, - of which (words) he had vision concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Thecua: which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds of Teko'a, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzzi'ah king of Judah and in the days of Jerobo'am the son of Jo'ash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The wordes of Amos, who was among the sheepheardes at Thecua, whiche he sawe vpon Israel in the dayes of Ozia king of Iuda, and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas king of Israel, two yere before the earth quake.
The words of Amos which came to him in Accarim out of Thecue, which he saw concerning Jerusalem, in the days of Ozias king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
These are the words of Amos, a shepherd from the town of Tekoa. Two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel, God revealed to Amos all these things about Israel.
The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The words of `Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Yisra'el in the days of `Uzziyah king of Yehudah, and in the days of Yarov`am the son of Yo'ash king of Yisra'el, two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the shepherds from Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah the king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Jehoash, two years before the earthquake.
Words of Amos -- who hath been among herdsmen of Tekoa -- that he hath seen concerning Israel, in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the shaking;
These are the sermons, that were shewed vnto Amos (which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua) vpon Israel, in the tyme of Osias kynge of Iuda, & in the tyme of Ieroboa ye sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel, two yeare before ye earthquake
The Message of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, that he received on behalf of Israel. It came to him in visions during the time that Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam II son of Joash was king of Israel, two years before the big earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders 2 Kings 3:4">[fn] 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.
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he beheld in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The words: Jeremiah 1:1, Jeremiah 7:27
who: Amos 7:14, Exodus 3:1, 1 Kings 19:19, Psalms 78:70-72, Matthew 4:18, 1 Corinthians 1:27
Tekoa: 2 Samuel 14:2, 2 Chronicles 11:6, 2 Chronicles 20:20, Jeremiah 6:1
he saw: Isaiah 1:1, Micah 1:1
in the: 2 Kings 14:21, 2 Kings 15:1, 2 Kings 15:2, Azariah, 2 Chronicles 26:1-23, Hosea 1:1, Matthew 1:8, Matthew 1:9
and in: Amos 7:9-11, 2 Kings 14:23-29
the earthquake: Zechariah 14:5
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 16:19 - with the sheep 2 Kings 14:16 - Jeroboam 1 Chronicles 2:24 - Tekoa 2 Chronicles 26:3 - Uzziah Nehemiah 3:5 - the Tekoites Isaiah 2:1 - saw Isaiah 34:2 - the indignation Jeremiah 2:31 - see ye Jeremiah 9:26 - Egypt Lamentations 1:21 - thou wilt Ezekiel 36:7 - the heathen Revelation 6:12 - there
Cross-References
And God saw the light, that it was good, and God separated between the light and darkness.
And God called the light, Day. And He called the darkness, Night. And there was evening, and there was morning the first day.
And God said, Let the earth sprout tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed, the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it on the earth. And it was so.
And the earth bore tender sprouts, the plant seeding seed according to its kind, and the fruit tree producing fruit according to its kind, whichever seed is in it. And God saw that it was good.
And God made the two great luminaries: the great luminary to rule the day, and the small luminary and the stars to rule the night.
And God set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,
And there was evening, and there was morning the fourth day.
And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarmers having a soul of life; and let the birds fly over the earth, on the face of the expanse of the heavens.
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas; and let the birds multiply in the earth.
And to every beast of the earth, and to all birds of the heavens, and to every creeper on the earth which has in it a living soul, every green plant is for food. And it was so.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The words of Amos,.... Not which he spoke of or for himself, but from the Lord; all the prophecies, visions, and revelations made unto him, are intended:
who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa; which was not in the tribe of Asher, as Kimchi; nor of Zebulun, as Pseudo-Epiphanius i; but in the tribe of Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:5. It lay to the south, and was six miles from Bethlehem. Mr. Maundrell k says it is nine miles distant, to the south of it; and, according to Jerom l, it was twelve miles from Jerusalem; though he elsewhere m says, Thecua, or Tekoa, is a village at this day, nine miles from Aelia or Jerusalem, of which place was Amos the prophet, and where his sepulchre is seen: either there is a mistake of the number, or of Aelia for Bethlehem; the former rather seems to be the case; according to Josephus n, it was not far from the castle of Herodium. The Misnic doctors o speak of it as famous for oil, where the best was to be had; near to it was a wilderness, called the wilderness of Tekoa; and Jerom p says, that beyond it there was no village, nor so much as huts and cottages, but a large wilderness, which reached to the Red sea, and to the borders of the Persians, Ethiopians, and Indians, and was full of shepherds, among whom Amos was; whether he was a master herdsman, or a servant of one, is not said. The word is used of the king of Moab, who is said to be a "sheepmaster", 2 Kings 3:4; he traded in cattle, and got riches thereby; and so the Targum here renders it,
"who was lord or master of cattle;''
and Kimchi interprets it, he was a great man among the herdsmen; and so it was a piece of self-denial to leave his business, and go to prophesying; but rather he was a servant, and kept cattle for others, which best agrees with Amos 7:14; and so is expressive of the grace of God in calling so mean a person to such a high office. The word used signifies to mark; and shepherds were so called from marking their sheep to distinguish them, which seems to be the work of servants; and, in the Arabic language, a kind of sheep deformed, and of short feet, are so called:
which he saw concerning Israel; or, against Israel q, the ten tribes, to whom he was sent, and against whom he prophesied chiefly; for he says very little of Judah. Words are more properly said to be spoken or heard; but here they are said to be seen; which shows that not bare words are meant, but things, which the prophet had revealed to him in a visionary way, and he delivered; see Isaiah 2:1;
in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; who was also called Azariah, 2 Kings 15:1;
and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel; so he is called to distinguish him from Jeroboam the son of Nebat; this king was the grandson of Jehu; he was, as Jerom says, before Sardanapalus reigned over the Assyrians, and Procas Sylvius over the Latines:
two years before the earthquake; which was well known in those times, and fresh in memory. Zechariah speaks of it many years after, from whom we learn it was in the days of Uzziah, Zechariah 14:5. The Jewish writers generally say that it was when Uzziah was smote with leprosy for invading the priest's office; and was in the year in which he died, when Isaiah had a vision of the glory of the Lord, and the posts of the house moved, Isaiah 6:1; and with whom Josephus r agrees; who also relates, that the temple being rent by the earthquake, the bright light of the sun shone upon the king's face, and the leprosy immediately seized him; and, at a place before the city called Eroge, half part of a mountain towards the west was broken and rolled half a mile towards the eastern part, and there stood, and stopped up the ways, and the king's gardens; but this cannot be true, as Theodoret observes; since, according to this account, Amos must begin to prophesy in the fiftieth year of Uzziah; for he reigned fifty two years, and he began his reign in the twenty seventh year of Jeroboam, 2 Kings 15:1; who reigned forty one years, 2 Kings 14:23; so that Uzziah and he were contemporary fourteen years only, and Jeroboam must have been dead thirty six years when it was the fiftieth of Uzziah; whereas they are here represented as contemporary when Amos began to prophesy, which was but two years before the earthquake; so that this earthquake must be in the former and not the latter part of Uzziah's reign, and consequently not when he was stricken with the leprosy.
i De Vita Prophet. c. 12. k Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 88. l Proem. in Amos & Comment. in Jer. vi. 1. m De locis Hebr. in voce Elthei, fol. 91. B. n De Bello Jud. l. 4. c. 9. sect. 5. o Misn. Menachot, c. 8. sect. 3. p Proem. in Amos. q ×¢× ×שר×× "contra Israelem", so some in Drusius. r Antiqu. l. 9. c. 10. sect. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen - âAmos begins by setting forth his own nothingness, and withal the great grace of his Teacher and Instructor, the Holy Spirit, referring all to His glory.â He, like David, Peter, Paul, Matthew, was one of âthe weak things of the world, whom God chose to confound the mighty.â He was himself a herdsman only âamong herdsmen;â but the words which he spake were not his own. They were words which he saw, not with eyes of flesh, but âwith that vision wherewith words can be seen, the seerâs vision in the mind.â They were âwords concerning,â or rather âupon Israel,â heavy words coming upon the heavy transgressions of Israel. The Hebrew word âsawâ is not of mere sight, but of a vision given by God. Amos only says that they were âhisâ words, in order immediately to add, that they came to him from God, that he himself was but the human organ through which God spake.
Two years before the earthquake - This earthquake must plainly have been one of the greatest, since it was vividly in peopleâs memories in the time of Zechariah, and Amos speaks of it as âthe earthquake.â The earthquakes of the east, like that of Lisbon, destroy whole cities. In one, a little before the birth of our Lord , âsome ten thousand were buried under the ruined houses.â This terrific earthquake (for as such Zechariah describes it) was one of the preludes of that displeasure of God, which Amos foretold. A warning of two years, and time for repentance, were given, âbefore the earthquakeâ should come, the token and beginning of a further shaking of both kingdoms, unless they should repent. In effect, it was the first flash of the lightning which consumed them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET AMOS
Chronological Notes relative to this Book
-Year from the Creation, according to Archbishop Usher, 3217.
-Year of the Julian Period, 3927.
-Year since the Flood, 1561.
-Year from the foundation of Solomon's temple, 225.
-Year since the division of Solomon's monarchy into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, 188.
-Year since the first Olympic games were celebrated in Elis by the Idaei Dactyli, 667.
-Year since the restoration of the Olympic games at Elis by Lycurgus, Iphitus, and Cleosthenes, 97.
-Year before the conquest of Coroebus at Olympia, vulgarly called the first Olympiad, 11.
-Year before the building of Rome, according to the Varronian computation, 34.
-Year before the birth of Christ, 783.
-Year before the vulgar era of Christ's nativity, 787.
-Cycle of the Sun, 7.
-Cycle of the Moon, 13.
-Twenty-eighth and last year of Caranus, the founder of the kingdom of Macedon.
-Twenty-third year of Nicander, king of Lacedaemon, of the family of the Proclidae.
-Twenty-seventh year of Alcamenes, king of Lacedaemon, of the family of the Eurysthenidae.
-Eleventh year of Ardysus, king of Lydia.
-Eleventh year of Agamestor, perpetual archon of the Athenians.
-Tenth year of Amulius Sylvius, king of the Albans.
-Fifth year of Telestus, monarch of Corinth.
-Sixth year of Sosarmus, king of the Medes, according to some chronologers.
-Thirty-ninth year of Jeroboam II., king of Israel.
-Twenty-fourth year of Uzziah, king of Judah.
CHAPTER I
This chapter denounces judgments against the nations bordering
on Palestine, enemies to the Jews, viz., the Syrians, 1-5;
Philistines, 6-8;
Tyrians, 9, 10;
Edomites, 11, 12;
and Ammonites, 13-15.
The same judgments were predicted by other prophets, and
fulfilled, partly by the kings of Assyria, and partly by those
of Babylon; though, like many other prophecies, they had their
accomplishment by degrees, and at different periods. The
prophecy against the Syrians, whose capital was Damascus, was
fulfilled by Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria; see 2 Kings 16:9.
The prophecy against Gaza of the Philistines was accomplished
by Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18:8; by Pharaoh, Jeremiah 47:1;
and by Alexander the Great; see Quintius Curtius, lib. iv.
c. 6. The prophecy against Ashdod was fulfilled by Uzziah, 2 Chronicles 26:6;
and that against Ashkelon by Pharaoh, Jeremiah 47:5.
All Syria was also subdued by Pharaoh-necho; and again by
Nebuchadnezzar, who also took Tyre, as did afterwards
Alexander. Nebuchadnezzar also subdued the Edomites,
Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 25:21; Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 27:6.
Judas Maccabeus routed the remains of them, 1Macc 5:3;
and Hyrcanus brought them under entire subjection. The
Ammonites were likewise conquered by Nebuchadnezzar. The
earthquake, which the prophet takes for his era, is perhaps
referred to in Zechariah 14:5,
and also in Isaiah 5:25.
Josephus ascribes it to Uzziah's invasion of the priestly
office; see 2 Chronicles 26:16.
NOTES ON CHAP. I
Verse Amos 1:1. The words of Amos — This person and the father of Isaiah, though named alike in our translation, were as different in their names as in their persons. The father of Isaiah, ××××¥ Amots; the prophet before us, ×¢××ס Amos. The first, aleph, mem, vau, tsaddi; the second, ain, mem, vau, samech. For some account of this prophet see the introduction.
Among the herdmen — He seems to have been among the very lowest orders of life, a herdsman, one who tended the flocks of others in the open fields, and a gatherer of sycamore fruit. Of whatever species this was, whether a kind of fig, it is evident that it was wild fruit; and he probably collected it for his own subsistence, or to dispose of either for the service of his employer, or to increase his scanty wages.
Before the earthquake. — Probably the same as that referred to Zechariah 14:5, if ×רעש haraash do not mean some popular tumult.
