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Amos
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Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying: See also: Amos 2:10Jeremiah 8:3Micah 3:1“I have chosen only you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.” See also: Deuteronomy 7:6Exodus 19:5-6Deuteronomy 10:15Do two walk together, unless they have agreed? See also: 2 Corinthians 6:14-16Genesis 17:1Genesis 5:22Will a lion roar in the thicket, when he has no prey? Does a young lion cry out of his den, if he has caught nothing? See also: Hosea 11:10Psalms 104:21Amos 1:2Can a bird fall in a trap on the earth, where no snare is set for him? Does a snare spring up from the ground, when there is nothing to catch? See also: Ecclesiastes 9:12Daniel 9:14Jeremiah 31:28Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it? See also: Isaiah 45:7Zephaniah 1:16Isaiah 14:24-27Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. See also: John 15:15Genesis 18:17Psalms 25:14The lion has roared. Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken. Who can but prophesy? See also: Amos 3:4Jeremiah 20:9Acts 4:20Proclaim in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, “Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and see what unrest is in her, and what oppression is among them.” See also: Amos 4:1Amos 6:1Amos 1:8“Indeed they don’t know to do right,” says the LORD, “Who hoard plunder and loot in their palaces.” See also: Zephaniah 1:9Jeremiah 4:22Psalms 14:4Therefore the Lord GOD says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.” See also: 2 Kings 18:9-112 Kings 17:3-6Amos 6:14The LORD says: “As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued who sit in Samaria on the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed.” See also: 1 Samuel 17:34-37Romans 11:4-5Isaiah 31:4“Listen, and testify against the house of Jacob,” says the Lord GOD, the God of Armies. See also: Deuteronomy 30:18-192 Kings 17:131 Thessalonians 4:6“For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground. See also: 2 Kings 23:15Hosea 10:5-82 Chronicles 34:6-7I will strike the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory will perish, and the great houses will have an end,” says the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 36:221 Kings 22:39Amos 6:11
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Notes · Haydock (1859, public domain)21 notes
Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Amos 3:1
Ver. 1. Family, including all the posterity of Jacob. W. He afterwards addresses the ten tribes in particular. S. Jer. C.
↑ 1Amos 3:2
Ver. 2. Known, with love, (H.) and favoured with the law, &c. Above all, styling you my people.
Ex. xix. 6. Ezec. xx. 5. C. Visit. That is, punish. Ch. I will treat you like my children, that I may spare you in eternity. C.
↑ 2Amos 3:3
Ver. 3. Agreed? As t hey cannot do this well, so neither can man be acceptable to God, unless he keep his laws. W. The prophet here proves his mission, intimating that if he were not inspired, he would soon be open to detection. He had been banished from Bethel. C. 7. By many similes, he shows that the event will prove the sincerity of his character, and that he cannot resist the holy spirit which is in him.
↑ 3Amos 3:4
Ver. 4. Nothing? Thus, shall I inveigh against your crimes, if there were no need?
↑ 4Amos 3:5
Ver. 5. Somewhat? When the prophet speaks, has he no reason? God shews that he has sent him, by inflicting the punishments which he denounces.
↑ 5Amos 3:6
Ver. 6. Afraid. Yet you can hear these terrible truths without consternation! Will you therefore escape? C. Evil. He speaks of the evil of sin, of which God is not the author. Ch. All evil of punishment is sent by God, either to reclaim sinners or to be the beginning of sorrows, if they die impenitent. W. You know that He rewards or punishes. If, therefore, what I foretell come to pass, do not blame me.
↑ 6Amos 3:7
Ver. 7. Prophets. In vain then would you silence them. C. ii. 12, and vii. 12. He always tends to the conclusion. v. 8. C.
↑ 7Amos 3:9
Ver. 9. Azotus. Sept. "Assyrians." Follies. Sept. "wonders." Let you greatest enemies know what crimes you commit against yourselves (H.) and others.
↑ 9Amos 3:11
Ver. 11. About, As oxen tread out corn, going round a tree. C. Sept. "Tyre even all round, thy land shall be a desert." Tsar means "Tyre and tribulation,"
according to S. Jerom's master. H.
↑ 11Amos 3:12
Ver. 12. Ear: things of small value. Thus few even of the poor will escape the Assyrians. M.
Damascus. Some render "couch side." But there is no proof of this being accurate. Jeroboam II.
subdued Damascus, and reigned in prosperity. Who would then have thought that Israel should so soon be removed into Media? C. Sept. "overagainst the tribe of Juda, and in Damascus, priests hear," &c. They probably left hares, (H.) "couches," (Aquila) untranslated, and some person has substituted
"priests." S. Jer. Only the miserable M. or fugitives escape the enemy.
H.
↑ 12Amos 3:14
Ver. 14. Bethel. Manahem seems to have sent one of the calves to engage Phul to come to his assistance. Osee x. 5. and 4 K. xv. 19. Salmanasar had both.
Osee viii. 5. Josias afterwards defiled the profane altars. 4 K. xxiii. 15.
Horns, made of brass, which the Assyrians carried off. C. The fairest possessions of sinners will at last perish. W.
↑ 14Amos 3:15
Ver. 15. Winter. Sept. "winged house," to keep off cold, (S. Jer.) or to give air. C.
Summerhouse. The noblemen had such is cooler regions. M. The kings of Persia passed the summer at Ecbatana. Xen. Cyr. viii. Palladius (i. 12.) orders that the summer apartments must look to the north. Ivory. Many ornaments of this nature appeared in them, (C.) whence Achab's palace was so called. 3 K. xxii. 39. H.
↑ 15Amos 3:1
Ver. 1. Family, including all the posterity of Jacob. W. --- He afterwards addresses the ten tribes in particular. S. Jer. C.
↑ 1Amos 3:2
Ver. 2. Known, with love, (H.) and favoured with the law, &c. Above all, styling you my people.
Ex. xix. 6. Ezec. xx. 5. C. --- Visit. That is, punish. Ch. --- I will treat you like my children, that I may spare you in eternity. C.
↑ 2Amos 3:3
Ver. 3. Agreed? As t hey cannot do this well, so neither can man be acceptable to God, unless he keep his laws. W. --- The prophet here proves his mission, intimating that if he were not inspired, he would soon be open to detection. He had been banished from Bethel. C. 7. By many similes, he shows that the event will prove the sincerity of his character, and that he cannot resist the holy spirit which is in him.
↑ 3Amos 3:6
Ver. 6. Afraid. Yet you can hear these terrible truths without consternation! Will you therefore escape? C. --- Evil. He speaks of the evil of sin, of which God is not the author. Ch. --- All evil of punishment is sent by God, either to reclaim sinners or to be the beginning of sorrows, if they die impenitent. W. --- You know that He rewards or punishes. If, therefore, what I foretell come to pass, do not blame me.
↑ 6Amos 3:9
Ver. 9. Azotus. Sept. "Assyrians." --- Follies. Sept. "wonders." Let you greatest enemies know what crimes you commit against yourselves (H.) and others.
↑ 9Amos 3:11
Ver. 11. About, As oxen tread out corn, going round a tree. C. --- Sept. "Tyre even all round, thy land shall be a desert." Tsar means "Tyre and tribulation,"
according to S. Jerom's master. H.
↑ 11Amos 3:12
Ver. 12. Ear: things of small value. Thus few even of the poor will escape the Assyrians. M. ---
Damascus. Some render "couch side." But there is no proof of this being accurate. Jeroboam II.
subdued Damascus, and reigned in prosperity. Who would then have thought that Israel should so soon be removed into Media? C. --- Sept. "over-against the tribe of Juda, and in Damascus, priests hear," &c. They probably left hares, (H.) "couches," (Aquila) untranslated, and some person has substituted
"priests." S. Jer. --- Only the miserable M. or fugitives escape the enemy.
H.
↑ 12Amos 3:14
Ver. 14. Bethel. Manahem seems to have sent one of the calves to engage Phul to come to his assistance. Osee x. 5. and 4 K. xv. 19. Salmanasar had both.
Osee viii. 5. Josias afterwards defiled the profane altars. 4 K. xxiii. 15. ---
Horns, made of brass, which the Assyrians carried off. C. --- The fairest possessions of sinners will at last perish. W.
↑ 14Amos 3:15
Ver. 15. Winter. Sept. "winged house," to keep off cold, (S. Jer.) or to give air. C.
--- Summer-house. The noblemen had such is cooler regions. M. --- The kings of Persia passed the summer at Ecbatana. Xen. Cyr. viii. --- Palladius (i. 12.) orders that the summer apartments must look to the north. --- Ivory. Many ornaments of this nature appeared in them, (C.) whence Achab's palace was so called. 3 K. xxii. 39. H.
↑ 15License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses