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Thus saith the LORD. Jehovah's words: not the words of Amos. . The prophetic formula. See App-82. See the twelve with Jehovah, in verses: Amo_3:6, Amo_3:9, Amo_3:11, Amo_3:13; Amo_2:1, Amo_2:4, Amo_2:6; Amo_8:12; Amo_5:4; Amo_5:16; Amo_7:17; and the two with Adonai Jehovah in Amo_3:11; Amo_5:3.
three . . . four. Hebrew idiom to express several, or many (Job_33:29, margin) Compare Pro_30:15, Pro_30:18, Pro_30:21, Pro_30:29.
transgressions. Hebrew pasha. App-44.
turn away = turn it back, or avert it. the punishment thereof. There is no Ellipsis to be supplied, and no separate Hebrew word for "thereof". The Hebrew is lo' ashibennu, I will not cause it to turn back: i.e. I will not avert it.
The pronoun "it" is masculine, agreeing with and referring to earthquake (Amo_1:1), and means that Jehovah would not avert it. So in all the eight occurrences (verses: Amo_3:6, Amo_3:9, Amo_3:11, Amo_3:13; Amo_2:1, Amo_2:4, Amo_2:6).
thrashed Gilead. Compare Joe_8:14. The very term used in 2Ki_13:7.
With = [as it were] with. Figure of speech Hypocatastasis. App-6.