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John Gill's Exposition on Amos 8:12
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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they shall wander from sea to sea, etc.] From the sea of Tiberias, or Galilee; or from the Dead sea, the lake Asphaltites; or from the Red sea, which was to the south of the land of Israel, to the great sea, which is to the west, as Aben Ezra: so the Targum, “from the sea to the west;” that is, to the Mediterranean sea: and from the north even to the east; proceeding from the south to the west, they shall turn from thence to the north, and so to the east, which describes the borders of the land of Canaan, (<043403>Numbers 34:3-12); and the sense is, that they shall go to and fro; throughout the whole land, and all over it, to seek the word of the Lord; not the written word, but the interpretation of it; doctrine from before the Lord, as the Targum; the preaching of the word, or ministers to instruct them in it; or the word of prophecy, and prophets to tell them when it would be better times, and how long their present distress should last: and shall not find [it]; there should be no ministry, no preaching, no prophesying; as never since among the ten tribes, so it has been the case of the Jews, the two tribes, upon the rejection of the Messiah; the Gospel was taken from them; no tidings could they hear of the Messiah, though they ran to and fro to find him, it being told them Lo, here, and Lo, there; (see <430734> John 7:34-36 <421722>Luke 17:22).
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