7. pant after . . . dust of . . . earth on . . . head of . . . poor —that is, eagerly thirst for this object, by their oppression to prostrate the poor so as to cast the dust on their heads in mourning on the earth (compare 2 Samuel 1:2 ; Job 2:12 ; Ezekiel 27:30 ). turn aside . . . way of . . . meek —pervert their cause ( Amos 5:12 ; Job 24:4 [GROTIUS]; Isaiah 10:2 ). a man and his father —a crime "not so much as named among the Gentiles" ( Isaiah 10:2- : ). When God's people sin in the face of light, they often fall lower than even those who know not God. go in unto the same maid —from Amos 2:8 it seems likely "the damsel" meant is one of the prostitutes attached to the idol Astarte's temple: prostitution being part of her filthy worship. to profane my . . . name —Israel in such abominations, as it were, designedly seeks to insult God. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"
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source-manifest/jfb— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)- evidence_grade: T_theological