John Trapp on Amos 6:8

Verſe 8. The Lord God hath ſworn by himſelf] Heb. by his ſoul, which is himſelf: ſith whatſoever is in God, is God. So chap. 4.2. Gen 22.16. Heb. 6.16.17. Or, He hath ſworn by his ſoule, that is Seriè & ex animo Seriouſly and heartily. Among the Heathens ex animi ſui ſententia was inſtead of an oath.

ſaith the Lord God of hoſts] who hath power enough in his hand to performe what he hath ſo ſolemnly aſſured.

I abhorr the excellency (or, the pomp and pride) of Jacob] So Baſil ſpeaking of the Weſtern Church, Odi faſtum iſtius Eccleſiae ſaith He, I hate their pride. This he elſewhere calleth [non-Latin text not transcribed] the Weſtern brow (from the fore-head, that ſeat of pride and arrogancy) which at length occaſioned that lamentable ſeparation of the Eaſterne or Greek church from communion with the Latine:Field. Gerſon. Carlton. the other foure Patriarks dividing themſelves from the biſhop of Rome. Pride is an odious evill; fitly compared by One to a great ſwelling in the body, which unfits it for any good ſervice: and is apt to putrify, and break, and run with loathſome and foule matter: ſo doth Pride diſable the ſoule from doing duty, and at laſt breaks forth into odious deeds, abominable to God and Man. There are that by Excellency or Glory here underſtand their glorious Temple, and other priviledges, wherein they ſo much gloried. See Pſal. 47.5. But Mercer thinks it rather meant of the ten tribes then of the two, whoſe crown of pride is elſewhere taxed Eſay. 28.1. Hoſ. 7.10. The pride of Iſrael teſtifieth to his face, it breaketh out in his forehead, as a great maſter-pock.

therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein] Heb. with the fulneſſe thereof: both perſons and things are all forfeited, and ſhall be ſeized by the enemy; be the city of Samaria never ſo rich a Cargazon, ſo full a Magazine of Men and meanes, I will ſhut them up (ſo the word ſignifieth) after a ſtrait ſiege, into the enemies hand, who ſhall make a ſpoyle of them.