Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 9:8

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 9:8 - 9:8

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Amos 9:8 - 9:8

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9:1 - 9:1
9:2 - 9:2
9:3 - 9:3
9:4 - 9:4
9:5 - 9:5
9:6 - 9:6
9:7 - 9:7
9:8 - 9:8
9:9 - 9:9
9:10 - 9:10
9:11 - 9:11
9:12 - 9:12
9:13 - 9:13
9:14 - 9:14
9:15 - 9:15

eyes ... upon the sinful kingdom - that is, I am watching all its sinful course in order to punish it (compare Amo 9:4; Psa 34:15, Psa 34:16).

not utterly destroy the house of Jacob - Though as a “kingdom” the nation is now utterly to perish, a remnant is to be spared for “Jacob,” their forefather’s sake (compare Jer 30:11); to fulfil the covenant whereby “the seed of Israel” is hereafter to be “a nation for ever” (Jer 31:36).