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A Personal and Fitting Judgment
Commentators explain that the horrifying judgment on Amaziah's family was not random. His wife would suffer the horrors of war, his children would be killed, and his land seized. This personal and devastating punishment was a direct consequence of his attempt to silence God's prophet and his participation in idolatry. The punishment was specifically tailored to his sin.
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 7:17
18th Century
Theologian
Your wife shall be a harlot - These were, and still are, among the horrors of war. His own sentence comes last, when he had seen th…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 7:17
19th Century
Bishop
Harlot.— This doom on Amaziah’s wife is to be regarded as the hideous consequence of war. She will be ravished. By the polluted la…
John Gill
On Amos 7:17
17th Century
Pastor
Therefore thus says the Lord: For withstanding the prophet of the Lord, and forbidding him to speak in his name against t…
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Matthew Henry
On Amos 7:10–17
17th Century
Minister
It is nothing new for the accusers of fellow believers to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and tr…