7Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame.
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And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God;
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. …
Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands;
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-15)The prophet had been ordered to set his face towards the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them , Ezek. 6:2. Then God was coming forth to contend with his people; but now that God is returning in mercy to them he must speak good words and comfortable words to these mountains, Ezek. 36:1 , 4 . You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord ; and what he says to them he says to the hills,…
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