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he said. Thus writing the words down.
The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. This title is not the usual one in this book.
roar = roar as a. lion, or thunder. It is always, when predicated of the Lord, connected with the end of Gentile dominion. Compare Jer_25:30, Joe_3:16.
utter = give out.
habitations = pastures.
shepherds. Not the same word as in Amo_1:1, but the usual word (raah = tenders).
top of Carmel. Mount Carmel in the north, thus embracing the whole land; now Jebel Kurmul; not Carmel in Judah (south of Hebron); now el Kurmul. Compare 1Sa_25:2. Isa_33:9.
wither = be dried up.