18They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. …
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-20)We have here, I. The sins they were charged with, for which God brought this destruction upon them, and which served to justify God in it ( Lam. 4:13 , 14 ): It is for the sins of her prophets , and the iniquities of her priests . Not that the people were innocent; no, they loved to have it so (Jer. 5:31), and it was to please them that the prophets and priests did as they did; but the fault is ch…
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