Amos 3:9 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 3:9

Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: “Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst.”

BSB

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ASV

Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof.

KJV

Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Amos (420)

(Vers. 9, 10.) Make it heard in the houses of Azotus, and in the houses of the land of Egypt, and say: Gather yourselves together upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the many follies in the midst thereof, them that suffer wrong, and that oppress in the innermost parts thereof, and they have not known to do the right thing, saith the Lord: treasuring up iniquity and spoils in their houses.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Tumults - The seditious counsels, and rebellious conspiracies among them. The oppressed - Multitudes of oppressed ones, as the usurpers took it to be their interest to crush all they feared or suspected. In the midst - Yea, throughout the whole kingdom of Samaria.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If they have grown impudent in sin, let them bear the shame: " Publish it in Ashdod, in Egypt. " 1. Let them see how black the charge is, and how well proved. Let them observe the behaviour of the inhabitants of Samaria; let them look off from the adjacent hills, and they may see how rude and boisterous they are, and hear how loud they cry of their sin is, as was that of Sodom.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Publish - “ye,” they are the words of God, commissioning His prophets In (on) the palaces of Ashdod - , that is, on the flat roofs of their high buidings, from where all can hear And in (on) the palaces in the land of Egypt - Theodoret: “Since ye disbelieve, I will manifest to Ashdodites and Egyptians the transgressions of which ye are guilty.” Amos had already pronounced God’s sentence on “the palaces of Ashdod” and all Philistia, for their sins against Himself in His people (see the notes at Amo 1:6-8).

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הַשְׁמִ֙יעוּ֙	hash.Mi.'u	proclaim	H8085 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
אַרְמְנ֣וֹת	'ar.me.Not	[the] fortresses	H759 →
בְּאַשְׁדּ֔וֹד	be.'ash.Dod	in Ashdod	H795 →
וְעַֽל־	ve.'al-	and to	H5921 →
אַרְמְנ֖וֹת	'ar.me.Not	[the] fortresses	H759 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרָ֑יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
וְאִמְר֗וּ	ve.'im.Ru	and say	H559 →
הֵאָֽסְפוּ֙	he.'a.se.Fu	gather yourselves	H622 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָרֵ֣י	ha.Rei	[the] mountains of	H2022 →
שֹׁמְר֔וֹן	sho.me.Ron	Samaria	H8111 →
וּרְא֞וּ	u.re.'U	and see	H7200 →
מְהוּמֹ֤ת	me.hu.Mot	disturbances	H4103 →
רַבּוֹת֙	ra.bOt	great	H7227 →
בְּתוֹכָ֔הּ	be.to.Khah	in [the] midst of it	H8432 →
וַעֲשׁוּקִ֖ים	va.'a.shu.Kim	and oppression<s>	H6217 →
בְּקִרְבָּֽהּ׃	be.kir.Bah	in midst its	H7130 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 6:1
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
leads to
- James 5:5
  You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
- Isaiah 32:9–11
  Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
- Luke 12:17–20
  So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
- Amos 4:1
  Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
Through
Amos 1:8
I will cut off the ruler of Ashdod and the one who wields the scepter in Ashkelon. I will turn My hand against Ekron, and the remnant of the Philistines will perish,” says the…
leads to
- Ezekiel 25:16
  therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant along the coast.
Through
Amos 4:1
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
leads to
- Psalms 22:12
  Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
- Amos 6:1
  Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
Through
Amos 8:6
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
leads to
- Amos 2:6
  This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.

About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Amos