Amos 1:2 KJV
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Scofield Notes
- roar"Roar," etc. Cf. Isa 42:13; Jer 25:30–33; Hos 11:10; Hos 11:11; Joel 3:16. It will be found that wherever the phrase occurs it is connected with the...
Matthew Henry
- Judgments against the Syrians, Philistines, Tyrians, Edomites, and AmmonitesGOD 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 for their...
Thompson Chains
- ZionSee the chain from 2 Samuel 5:7 · 6 links
- God's VoiceSee the chain from Genesis 3:8 · 6 links
- ShepherdsSee the chain from Genesis 4:2 · 12 links
- Mt. CarmelSee the chain from 1 Kings 18:19 · 5 links
Parallel Passages
- Isaiah 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
- Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Joel 3:16 The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel.
- Isaiah 42:13 The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies.
- Jeremiah 12:4 How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.
- Jeremiah 25:30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
- Amos 9:3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
- 1 Samuel 25:2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
- Proverbs 20:2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
- Isaiah 33:9 The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
- Isaiah 35:2 It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God.
- Jeremiah 14:2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
- Jeremiah 50:19 And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.
- Hosea 13:8 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
- Joel 1:9–13 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn. …
- Joel 1:16–18 Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? …
- Joel 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
- Amos 3:7–8 Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. …
- Amos 4:7–8 And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. …
- Nahum 1:4 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
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Topics
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible810–784 BC · Amos, in the days of Uzziah and Jeroboam II
Places
- ZionTown · today Jerusalem · Location well established
- JerusalemTown · Location well established
- CarmelMountain · also Mount Carmel · Location well established
- Places in Amos 1 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- ZionSunny; height, one of the eminences on which Jerusalem was built. It was surrounded on all sides, except the north, by deep valleys, that...
- JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
- CarmelA park; generally with the article, “the park.” (1.) A prominent headland of Central Palestine, consisting of several connected hills...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And he said וַיֹּאמַר wayyōʾmar אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- The LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- will roar יִשְׁאָג yišʾāg שָׁאַג Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- from Zion מִצִיּוֹן miṣiyyôn צִיּוֹן Proper name · with preposition
- and utter יִתֵּן yittēn נָתַן Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- his voice קוֹלוֹ qôlô קוֹל Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- from Jerusalem וּמִירוּשָׁלִַם ûmîrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name · with and, preposition
- and the habitations נְאוֹת nĕʾwōt נָאָה Noun · feminine plural construct
- of the shepherds הָרֹעִים hārōʿîm רָעָה Verb · qal active participle, masculine plural · with the
- shall mourn וְאָבְלוּ wĕʾābĕlû אָבַל Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural · with and
- and the top רֹאשׁ rōʾš רֹאשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of Carmel הַכַּרְמֶל hakkarmel כַּרְמֶל Proper name · with the
- shall wither וְיָבֵשׁ wĕyābēš יָבֵשׁ Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
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