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| Preface |
vii |
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| Chronological Table |
1 |
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| INTRODUCTION |
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| I. |
THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE |
3 |
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| II. |
THE PROPHET IN EARLY ISRAEL |
11 |
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1. From the Earliest Times till Samuel. |
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2. From Samuel to Elisha. |
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| III. |
THE EIGHTH CENTURY IN ISRAEL |
31 |
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| IV. |
THE INFLUENCE OF ASSYRIA UPON PROPHECY |
44 |
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| AMOS |
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| V. |
THE BOOK OF AMOS |
61 |
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| VI. |
THE MAN AND THE PROPHET |
73 |
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1. The Man and His Discipline (i. 1; iii. 3-8; vii. 14, 15). |
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2. The Word and its Origins (i. 2; iii. 3-8; and passim). |
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3. The Prophet and His Ministry (vii.; viii. 1-4). |
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| VII. |
ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES |
121 |
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Amos i. 3-ii.[Pg xvi] |
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| VIII. |
CIVILISATION AND JUDGMENT |
141 |
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Amos iii.-iv. 3. |
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| IX. |
THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL |
156 |
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Amos iv. 4-vi. |
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1. For Worship, Chastisement (iv. 4-13). |
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2. For Worship, Justice (v.). |
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3. “At Ease in Zion” (vi.). |
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4. A Fragment from the Plague (vi. 9, 10). |
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| X. |
DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? |
181 |
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Amos viii. 4-ix. |
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1. Earthquake, Eclipse and Famine (viii. 4-14). |
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2. Nemesis (ix. 1-6). |
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3. The Voices of Another Dawn (ix. 7-15). |
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| XI. |
COMMON-SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW |
196 |
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Amos iii. 3-8; iv. 6-13; v. 8, 9; vi. 12; viii. 8; ix. 5, 6. |
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| HOSEA |
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| XII. |
THE BOOK OF HOSEA |
211 |
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| XIII. |
THE PROBLEM THAT AMOS LEFT |
227 |
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| XIV. |
THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE |
232 |
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Hosea i.-iii. |
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| XV. |
THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL |
253 |
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Hosea iv.-xiv. |
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| XVI. |
A PEOPLE IN DECAY: I. MORALLY |
255 |
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Hosea iv.-vii. 7. |
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1. The Lord’s quarrel with Israel (iv.). |
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2. Priests and Princes Fail (v. 1-14). |
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3. Repentance Fails (v. 15-vii. 2). |
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[Pg xvii]4. Wickedness in High Places (vii. 3-7). |
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| XVII. |
A PEOPLE IN DECAY: II. POLITICALLY |
269 |
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Hosea vii. 8-x. |
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1. The Confusion of the nation (vii. 8-viii. 3). |
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2. Artificial Kings and Artificial Gods (viii. 4-13). |
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3. The Effects of Exile (ix. 1-9). |
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4. “The Corruption that is through Lust” (ix. 10-17). |
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5. Once More: Puppet-Kings and Puppet-Gods (x.). |
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| XVIII. |
THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD |
290 |
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Hosea xi. |
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| XIX. |
THE FINAL ARGUMENT |
299 |
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Hosea xii.-xiv. 1. |
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1. The People and Their Father Jacob (xii.). |
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2. The Last Judgment (xiii.-xiv. 1). |
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| XX. |
“I WILL BE AS THE DEW” |
308 |
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Hosea xiv. 2-10. |
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| XXI. |
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD |
318 |
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Hosea passim. |
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| XXII. |
REPENTANCE |
333 |
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Hosea passim. |
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| XXIII. |
THE SIN AGAINST LOVE |
346 |
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Hosea i.-iii.; iv. 11 ff.; ix. 10 ff.; xi. 8 f. |
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| MICAH |
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| XXIV. |
THE BOOK OF MICAH |
357 |
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| XXV. |
MICAH THE MORASTHITE |
375 |
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[Pg xviii]Micah i. |
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| XXVI. |
THE PROPHET OF THE POOR |
386 |
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Micah ii., iii. |
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| XXVII. |
ON TIME’S HORIZON |
400 |
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Micah iv. 1-7. |
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| XXVIII. |
THE KING TO COME |
408 |
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Micah iv. 8-v. |
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| XXIX. |
THE REASONABLENESS OF TRUE RELIGION |
419 |
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Micah vi. 1-8. |
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| XXX. |
THE SIN OF THE SCANT MEASURE |
426 |
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Micah vi. 9-vii. 6. |
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| XXXI. |
OUR MOTHER OF SORROWS |
435 |
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Micah vii. 7-20. |
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Index of Passages and Texts |
439 |
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Smith Expositor Minor Prophets Volume 1
THE BOOK
OF
THE TWELVE PROPHETS
COMMONLY CALLED THE MINOR
BY
GEORGE ADAM SMITH, D.D., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF HEBREW AND OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS
FREE CHURCH COLLEGE, GLASGOW
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.—AMOS, HOSEA AND MICAH
WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND A SKETCH OF PROPHECY IN EARLY ISRAEL
NEW YORK
A. C. ARMSTRONG AND SON
3 and 5 West Eighteenth Street
London: Hodder and Stoughton
1906
TO
HENRY DRUMMOND
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.