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Who rejoice - (Literally, “the rejoicers!” Amos, as is his custom, speaks of them with contempt and wonder at their folly, “the rejoicers!” …

A thing of nothing refers to the calf-worship, the idol that Israel is glorying and trusting in, the idolatrous travesty of the Et…

This verse will seem better connected with the last, if we bear in mind the view to which I have referred, for the Prophet inveighs again against t…

You who rejoice in a thing of nought
In their wealth and riches, which are things that are not, because of the uncer…

How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes