John Trapp on Amos 7:16

Verſe 16. Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord,] Hear, thou deſpiſer and wonder, and periſh: for I work a work in thy dayes, a work which thou wilt in no wiſe beleeve, though a man declare it unto thee, Acts 13.41. But whether thou wilt hear, or forbear, beleeve or otherwiſe, thy doom is determined, and ſhall bee pronounced. Hear, therefore, and give ear: be not proud, Ezek. 3.27. for the Lord hath ſpoken it. Oh that thou wouldſt give glory to the Lord, and confeſſe thy ſinne! Oh that thou wouldſt ſubmit to Divine juſtice, implore his mercy,Jer. 13.15, 16. and putting thy mouth in the duſt, ſay as once that good man did, Veniat, veniat, verbum Domini, Melc. Ad. & ſubmittemus, ei ſexcenta ſi nobis eſſent eolla. Let the Lord ſpeak, for his ſervant heareth! But becauſe there is little hopes of that, ſtand forth and hear thy ſentence, and the evil that ſhall befall thee, as ſure as the coat is on thy back, or the heart in thy body. For hath the Lord ſpoken, and ſhall he not do it?

Thou ſayeſt propheſie not,] By a bold countermand to that of God in the former verſ. Go, propheſie, &c. But wee to him that ſtriveth with his maker: Eſay 45.9. let the potſherd ſtrive with the p[illegible: 1 letter]tſherds of the earth, let men meddle with their matches,Eccleſ. 6.10, and not with him that is mightier then they.

and drop not thy word,] which is as ſharp as vineger, and nitre. Or, though it were as ſweet as honey, yet it would cauſe pain to exulcerate parts, when dropped upon them.

againſt the houſe of Iſaac.] though commanded ſo to do verſe 9. Toothleſſe truths would be better diſgeſted.