Commentary on Amos

Name: Commentary on Amos
Author: Jerome

Jerome (342–420)

Three Books of Commentaries on the Prophet Amos by Saint Jerome of Stridon, Priest

Latin Text from public domain Migne Editors, Patrologiae Cursus Completus.

Translated into English using ChatGPT.

Table of Contents

Prologue

Book One

1:1

1:2

1:3

1:4

1:5

1:6-8

1:9-10

1:11-13

1:14-15

2:1-3

2:4-5

2:6-8

2:9-11

2:12

2:13-16

3:1-2

3:3-8

3:9-10

3:11

3:12-13

3:14-15

Book Two

4:1-3

4:4-6

4:7-8

4:9

4:10

4:11

4:12-13

5:1-2

5:3

5:4-5

5:6

5:8-9

5:10

5:11-13

5:14-15

5:16-17

5:18-20

5:21-22

5:23

5:24

5:25-27

6:1

Book Three

6:2-6

6:7-11

6:12-14

7:1-3

7:4-6

7:7-9

7:10-13

7:14-17

8:1-3

8:4-6

8:7-8

8:9-10

8:11-12

9:1

9:2-5

9:6

9:7-8

9:9-10

9:11-13

9:14-15

Prologue

The prophet Amos, who follows Joel, is the third of the twelve prophets, but he is not the same person as the father of the prophet Isaiah whom we read about. The name Amos is written with the first and last letter of his name, Aleph and Sade, and it means strong and robust. However, the name Isaiah is written with Ain and Samech, and it means a people torn away: the middle letters Mem and Vau are common to both names. But for us, who do not have such a distinction between vowels and the letter s, which has three forms in Hebrew, these and other names seem to be common, which are distinguished among the Hebrews…

Commentary on Amos

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