Amos — Chapter 7
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Verse 1
Locusts swarming in multitude signified the Assyrian soldiers inuading the ten tribes, as is recorded 4. Reg.18.
Verse 3
Salmanassar King of Assyrians hauing subdued the ten tribes, inuaded the Kingdō of Iuda, & besieged Ierusalem: but his armie was miraculously destroyed. 4. Reg.19.
Verse 4
This second vision of fire signified the captiuitie of the two tribes caried into Babylon. 4. Reg.14. & 25.
Verse 7
This third vision signified the calamities which the ten tribes suffered shortly after in the reigne of Manahem. 4. Reg.15.v.20.
Verse 10
False Prophets not induring the wholsome preaching of true Pastours falsely accuse them of rebellion, treason, and sedition.
Verse 11
In this also the false Prophet lyed; for Amos sayd not: Ieroboam shal dye by the sword: but that God would rise vpon the house of Ieroboam with the sword. v. 9. fulfilled when Zacharias the sonne of Ieroboam was slaine by Sellum. 4. Reg. 15.v.10.