Though this prophet appeared a little before Isaiah, yet he was not, as some have mistaken, that Amos who was the father of Isaiah , for in the Hebrew their names are very different; their families too were of a different character, for Isaiah was a courtier, Amos a country-farmer.

Here is, I. The general character of this prophecy. It consists of the words which the prophet saw. Are words to be seen? Yes, God’s words are; the apostles speak of the word of life, which they had not only heard, but which they had seen with their eyes, which they had looked upon, and which their…

What the Lord says here may be explained by what he says Jer. 12:14, Thus said the Lord, against all my evil neighbours that touch the inheritance of my people Israel, Behold, I will pluck them out.