In this chapter we have, I. Judgment threatened, which the sinners shall not escape , which an almighty power shall inflict , which the people of Israel have deserved as a sinful people ; and yet it shall not be the utter ruin of their nation , for a remnant of good people shall escape, Amos 9:9.

We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar , the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice, and multitudes must fall as victims to his…

To him to whom all the prophets bear witness this prophet, here in the close, bears his testimony, and speaks of that day, those days that shall come, in which God will do great things for his church, by the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah, for the rejecting of which the rejection of the…