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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Amos 8:10

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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baldness--a sign of mourning (Isa 15:2; Jer 48:37; Eze 7:18). I will make it as . . . mourning of an only son--"it," that is, "the earth" (Amo 8:9). I will reduce the land to such a state that there shall be the same occasion for mourning as when parents mourn for an only son (Jer 6:26; Zac 12:10).
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