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The Bible Knowledge Commentary is a verse by verse, phrase by phrase walk through the entire Bible. This commentary explains problem passages, alleged discrepancies, customs, geographical locations, key Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek words. It includes for each book an introduction (discussion of author, historical background, purpose, features), outline, commentary, and bibliography. It contains over...

LORD God Almighty,” the great suzerain Warrior at the head of His armies, would crush His rebellious vassal. (Only in chaps. 3–6 does the title “the LORD God Almighty” occur in Amos.) Individuals who repented might yet be spared, but the nation as a whole was irrevocably doomed. In chapter 7 Amos began to describe the results of this coming judgment. Through a series of five visions (7:1, 4, 7; 8:1; 9:1), he pictured God’s total destruction of the land, its buildings, and its people. Throughout this