John Trapp on Amos 3:11

Verſe 11. Therefore thus ſaith the Lord] And he ſaith it in great haſt and heat; as appeareth by that conciſe kind of expreſſion that he here uſeth after the manner of thoſe that are through-angry,Apoſiopeſis, ut Ques ego &c. and therefore ſay not much, but meane to do the more.

an adverſary round about the land] A diſtreſſer at every corner: that as all the borderers have beheld thy wickedneſſe, ſo ſhall they thy wretchedneſſe, by reaſon of the enemy and the avenger, who ſhall meet thee at every turne: and leave thee neither hope of better, nor place of worſe.

and he ſhall bring down thy ſtrength from thee] Thee in the feminine gender:At for Atta ex [illegible: 2 letters]agna perturbatione. Chiskuni. haply becauſe they ſhould be ſo infeebled, and impoveriſhed: Or elſe, to expreſſe the heat of Gods anger againſt them, as Num. 11.15. where meek Moſes being in a great paſſion of anger and grief together, ſaith to God, If Thou (in the feminine) deale thus with me, kill me I pray thee, out of hand &c. he was ſo out of meaſure moved, that he could not fill up his ſpeech, nor utter the laſt ſyllable.

thy ſtrength] Thy ſtrong-holds, or thy riches, thoſe treaſures of wickedneſſe wherein thou truſteſt Prov. 10.2. and verſe 15. The rich mans wealth is his ſtrong city. It is called his ſtrength becauſe he confideth in it, 1 Tim. 6.17. and becauſe he is enabled by it, to bring about his deſignes.

and thy palaces ſhall be ſpoyled] They ſhall be blown up, becauſe their foundation was laid upon fire-works, their morter mixt with blood, their materials raked together by rapine and robbery, their furniture, and thoſe ill-gotten goods therein hid and hoarded, ſhall be given hoſti non haeredi, not to thine heire but to thine enemy for a booty. An inheritance may be haſtily gotten at the beginning: but the end thereof ſhall not be bleſſed Prov. 20.21. As the partridge ſitteth on egges and hat[illegible: 2 letters]eth them not: ſo he that getteth riches and not by right, ſhall leave them in the middeſt of his daies and at his end be a foole Jer. 17.11. A poor foole God will make of him, ere he hath done with him, as he did of Balaam, Achan, Ahab, Gehezi, the rich man Luk. 12. and 16.