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**the Lord GOD.** Heb, Adonai Jehovah. See note on [Amos 1:8](../../../kjv/amos/1/8)
**summer fruit.** Hebrew kayitz = ripe, "summer" being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for ripe fruits characterizing the summer. Compare [2 Samuel 16:2](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/2) .[Jeremiah 40:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/40/12) .

**Amos.** See note on [Amos 7:8](../../../kjv/amos/7/8) .
**summer fruit . . . The end** . Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ), for emphasis. Compare [Jeremiah 1:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/11) , [Jeremiah 1:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/12) . Hebrew. *kayitz hakketz,* meaning that *ripe was* the fruit; *ripe* will be the time
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . IT.
**The end.** See note above.
**pass by** = forgive, as in [Amos 7:8](../../../kjv/amos/7/8) .

**temple.** The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads temples".
**be** = become,
**saith the Lord GOD** = [is] Adonai. Jehovah's oracle.
**dead bodies** = corpses. See notes on [Amos 6:9](../../../kjv/amos/6/9) , [Amos 6:10](../../../kjv/amos/6/10) .
**cast them forth** , i.e. and burn them.
**with silence** = with "Hush! "as in [Amos 6:10](../../../kjv/amos/6/10) .

**swallow up** = devour.
**the needy** = a needy one. Hebrew 'ebyon. See note on ' poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**make. to fail** = destroy, or cause to cease.
**the poor** = meek ones. Hebrew 'amah, See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) ,

**the new moon.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Numbers 10:10](../../../kjv/numbers/10/10) , &c.) the sabbath. Ref to Pentateuch ([Exodus 20:10](../../../kjv/exodus/20/10) ). App-92 . Stopping their business for a day.
**set forth wheat.** Hebrew = wheat market: "wheat" being put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the place where it is kept = open granaries, or sell grain. hp
**ephah.** Measuring the goods. See App-51 .
**shekel.** Weighing the money. See App-51 .

**buy the poor, &c.** See note on [Amos 2:6](../../../kjv/amos/2/6) .
**the poor** = impoverished ones. Hebrew. *dal* (plural) See note on "poverty", [Proverbs 6:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/6/11) .
**the needy** = a needy one. Hebrew. *ebyon* , as in [Amos 8:4](../../../kjv/amos/8/4) .
**sell** = sell [as good wheat].

**hath sworn, &c.** See note on [Amos 6:8](../../../kjv/amos/6/8) .
**the Excellency of Jacob:** i.e. by Himself, as in [Amos 6:8](../../../kjv/amos/6/8) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 15:7](../../../kjv/exodus/15/7) ). App-92 . Compare [Amos 4:2](../../../kjv/amos/4/2) ; [Amos 6:8](../../../kjv/amos/6/8) . [Hosea 5:5](../../../kjv/hosea/5/5) ; [Hosea 7:10](../../../kjv/hosea/7/10) .

**flood.** Hebrew. *or* . Referring to the overflowing of the Nile.
**drowned** = subside.

**cause the sun.** This determines the time of the fulfilment of this "threatening". See [Isaiah 13:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/13/10) ; [Isaiah 59:9](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/9) , [Isaiah 59:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/59/10) . [Jeremiah 15:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/5) .[Joel 2:2](../../../kjv/joel/2/2) ; [Joel 3:15](../../../kjv/joel/3/15) .[Micah 3:6](../../../kjv/micah/3/6) . Can this refer to the earthquake of [Amos 1:1](../../../kjv/amos/1/1) ?

**your feasts.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 12:14](../../../kjv/exodus/12/14) ; [Exodus 23:15](../../../kjv/exodus/23/15) , [Exodus 23:16](../../../kjv/exodus/23/16) . [Leviticus 23](../../../kjv/leviticus/23) ). App-92 .
**sackcloth. baldness.** The outward symbols of mourning. Compare [Amos 8:3](../../../kjv/amos/8/3) .[Isaiah 15:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/15/2) .[Ezekiel 7:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/18) .
**it:** i.e. the land.

**Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos,* App-6 .
**of hearing,** &c. Compare [1 Samuel 3:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/3/1) , [Psalms 74:9](../../../kjv/psalms/74/9) ; [Ezekiel 7:26](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/26) ,
**words,** With *'eth = the* very words. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "word" (singular)

**wander.** Hebrew go tottering, or staggering.

**virgins.** Hebrew. *bethulah (plural)* See note on [Genesis 24:43](../../../kjv/genesis/24/43) .

**sin.** = guilt., trespass. Hebrew asham. App-44 . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the idol itself.
**Dan . . . Beer-sheba** . The two places where the calves were set up ([1 Kings 12:26-30](../../../kjv/1-kings/12/26-30) ).
**manner** = mode [of worship]; [Acts 9:2](../../../kjv/acts/9/2) . So used in [Acts 16:17](../../../kjv/acts/16/17) ; [Acts 18:25-26](../../../kjv/acts/18/25-26) ; [Acts 19:9](../../../kjv/acts/19/9) , [Acts 19:23](../../../kjv/acts/19/23) ; [Acts 24:14](../../../kjv/acts/24/14) .
**they** : i.e. the two calves, or "they that swear".

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