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Selected Verse: Amos 7:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Am 7:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end [03615] of eating [0398] the grass [06212] of the land [0776], then I said [0559], O Lord [0136] GOD [03069], forgive [05545], I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob [03290] arise [06965]? for he is small [06996]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
by whom shall Jacob arise?--If Thou, O God, dost not spare, how can Jacob maintain his ground, reduced as he is by repeated attacks of the Assyrians, and erelong about to be invaded by the Assyrian Pul (Kg2 15:19-20)? Compare Isa 51:19. The mention of "Jacob" is a plea that God should "remember for them His covenant" with their forefather, the patriarch (Psa 106:45).
he is small--reduced in numbers and in strength. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| It came to pass - In the vision. By whom - How shall any of Jacob escape, if thou dost cast him down? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| By whom shall Jacob arise? - The locusts, the symbols of the many enemies that had impoverished Jerusalem, having devoured much of the produce of the land, were proceeding, till, at the intercession of the prophet, they were removed. Then, seeing in the light of prophecy the nation in every sense brought low, he cries, "By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small." Calmet justly remarks: "After the death of Jeroboam the second, the kingdom, so flourishing and powerful before, was reduced to such weakness that it was obliged to have recourse to strangers for support. Menahem applied to Pul, king of Assyria, whence arose the final misery of the state. |
45 And he remembered [02142] for them his covenant [01285], and repented [05162] according to the multitude [07230] of his mercies [02617].
19 These two [08147] things are come [07122] unto thee; who shall be sorry [05110] for thee? desolation [07701], and destruction [07667], and the famine [07458], and the sword [02719]: by whom shall I comfort [05162] thee?
19 And Pul [06322] the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] came [0935] against the land [0776]: and Menahem [04505] gave [05414] Pul [06322] a thousand [0505] talents [03603] of silver [03701], that his hand [03027] might be with him to confirm [02388] the kingdom [04467] in his hand [03027].
20 And Menahem [04505] exacted [03318] the money [03701] of Israel [03478], even of all the mighty men [01368] of wealth [02428], of each [0259] man [0376] fifty [02572] shekels [08255] of silver [03701], to give [05414] to the king [04428] of Assyria [0804]. So the king [04428] of Assyria [0804] turned back [07725], and stayed [05975] not there in the land [0776].