I will also break the bar of Damascus - In the East, every city was fortified; the gates of the stronger cities were cased in iron,…

I will break ...—The “bar” means the bolt of iron or bra with which the city was defended. But it is po ible that it may be used t…

It is strange that Amos said his words concerned Israel, and yet he now turns to speak of Damascus and the country of Syria. This seems inconsisten…

I will break also the bar of Damascus
Or bars, the singular for the plural, by which the gates of the city were barr…

GOD employed a shepherd, a herdsman, to reprove and warn the people. Those to whom God gives abilities for His services, ought not to be despised f…