Exo 10:12-15, Psa 105:34-35, Joe 1:4-7, 2:25, Amo 7:1-2, Rev 9:2-11 | TSK | STEP

2:25; Am 4:9The learned Bochart, and others, are of the opinion that the four Hebrew words, {gazam, yelek, arbeh, chasil}, respectively rendered the palmer-worm, locust, canker-worm and caterpillar, denote four different species of locusts. See on

Ex 10:4

the locust eaten.

Ex 10:12-15; De 28:38,42; 1Ki 8:37; 2Ch 6:28; 7:13

Ps 78:46; 105:34; Am 7:1; Re 9:3-7

the canker-worm eaten.

Na 3:15-17

the caterpillar.

Isa 33:4; Jer 51:14,27

Awake.

Isa 24:7-11; Am 6:3-7; Lu 21:34-36; Ro 13:11-14

weep.

11,13; Jer 4:8; Eze 30:2; Jas 5:1

for.

Isa 32:10-12; Lu 16:19,23-25

nation.

2:2-11,25; Pr 30:25-27

my.

Ps 107:34; Isa 8:8; 32:13; Ho 9:3

whose.

Pr 30:14; Re 9:7-10

laid.

12; Ex 10:15; Ps 105:33; Isa 5:6; 24:7; Jer 8:13; Ho 2:12; Hab 3:17

barked my fig-tree. Heb. laid my fig-tree for a barking.

Joel 2:25

that.

2-11; 1:4-7; Zec 10:6

Amos 7:1-2

1 The judgments of the grasshoppers,

4 and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos.

7 By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel.

10 Amaziah complains of Amos.

14 Amos shews his calling;

16 and Amaziah's judgment.

shewed.

4,7; 8:1; Jer 1:11-16; 24:1; Eze 11:25; Zec 1:20

he.

4:9; Ex 10:12-16; Isa 33:4; Joe 1:4; 2:25; Na 3:15-17

grasshoppers. or, green worms.{Govai,} in Arabic {gabee,} "locusts," probably in their caterpillar state, in which they are most destructive. This is supposed to have been an emblem of the first invasion of the Assyrians.

mowings.Or rather, feedings or grazings, as the people of the East make no hay. This was probably in the month of March, which is the only time of the year that the Arabs to this day feed their horses with grass.

when.

Ex 10:15; Re 9:4

O Lord.

5; Ex 32:11,12; 34:9; Nu 14:17-19; Jer 14:7,20,21; Da 9:19

Jas 5:15,16

by whom shall Jacob arise. or, who of (or for) Jacob shallstand?

Isa 51:19; Eze 9:8; 11:13

for.

Ps 12:1; 44:24-26; Isa 37:4; Jer 42:2; Zec 4:10

Revelation of John 9:2-11

there.

17; 14:11; Ge 15:17; 19:28; Isa 14:31; Joe 2:30; Ac 2:19

and the sun.

8:12; Ex 10:21-23; Joe 2:2,10

locusts.

Ex 10:4-15; Jud 7:12; Isa 33:4; Joe 1:4; 2:25; Na 3:15,17

as.

5,10,11; De 8:15; 1Ki 12:11; Eze 2:6; Lu 10:19

that they.

6:6; 7:3; Job 1:10,12; Ps 76:10; Mt 24:24; 2Ti 3:8,9

hurt.

8:7

but.Corrupt and idolatrous Christians; against whom the Saracens chiefly prevailed.

which.

7:3,4; 14:1; Ex 12:23; Job 2:6; Eze 9:4,6; Eph 4:30

it was.

13:5,7; Da 5:18-22; 7:6; Joh 19:11

they should not.That is, should not kill them as a political body, state, or empire; and accordingly, however they desolated the Greek and Latin churches, they could not extirpate them, nor gain possession of the empire.

11:7; Job 2:6

they should be.

five.Five prophetical months, each consisting of 30 days, and each day denoting a year, amount to 150 years; and accordingly, from the time that Mohammed began to propagate his imposture A.D. 612, the building of Bagdad, when they ceased from their ravages, A.D. 763, are just 150 years.

and their.

shall men.

6:16; 2Sa 1:9; Job 3:20-22; 7:15,16; Isa 2:19; Jer 8:3; Ho 10:8

Joh 4:8,9; Lu 23:30

the shapes.

Joe 2:4,5; Na 3:17

their faces.

Da 7:4,8

hair.

2Ki 9:30; Isa 3:24; 1Co 11:14,15; 1Ti 2:9; 1Pe 3:3

and their.

Ps 57:4; Joe 1:6