Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
DENUNCIATION OF BOTH THE SISTER NATIONS (ESPECIALLY THEIR NOBLES) FOR WANTON SECURITY--ZION, AS WELL AS SAMARIA: THREAT OF THE EXILE: RUIN OF THEIR PALACES AND SLAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE: THEIR PERVERSE INJUSTICE. (Amos 6:1-14)
named chief of the nations--that is, you nobles, so eminent in influence, that your names are celebrated among the chief nations [LUDOVICUS DE DIEU]. Hebrew, "Men designated by name among the first-fruits of the nations," that is, men of note in Israel, the people chosen by God as first of the nations (Exodus 19:5; compare Numbers 24:20) [PISCATOR].
to whom . . . Israel came--that is, the princes to whom the Israelites used to repair for the decision of controversies, recognizing their authority [MAURER]. I prefer to refer "which" to the antecedent "Zion" and "Samaria"; these were esteemed "chief" strongholds among the heathen nations "to whom . . . Israel came" when it entered Canaan; Amos 6:2 accords with this.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 3:1
Isaiah 28:1
Isaiah 32:9-20
Jeremiah 31:7
Amos 3:3-6
Amos 3:12
Amos 6:1
Amos 6:7
Amos 6:8
Amos 6:14
Zephaniah 1:12
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