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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 7:4 - 7:4
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called to contend - that is, with Israel judicially (Job 9:3; Isa 66:16; Eze 38:22). He ordered to come at His call the infliction of punishment by “fire” on Israel, that is, drought (compare Amo 4:6-11), [Maurer]. Rather, war (Num 21:28), namely, Tiglath-pileser [Grotius].
devoured the ... deep - that is, a great part of Israel, whom he carried away. Waters are the symbol for many people (Rev 17:15).
did eat up a part - namely, all the land (compare Amo 4:7) of Israel east of Jordan (1Ch 5:26; Isa 9:1). This was a worse judgment than the previous one: the locusts ate up the grass: the fire not only affects the surface of the ground, but burns up the very roots and reaches even to the deep.