1. 1. Ἀμὼς] Not the same name as the prophet Amos. The
final letter is in Heb. y, i.e. ts, sometimes represented by z, as in
Zephaniah; or in Amaziah, of whom tradition makes this Amoz the
brother, but on no ascertainable grounds. (The Heb. names of Tyre
and Zidon both begin with this letter. κατὰ] Either generally, ‘concerning Judah and ’: as
Ezek. xix. 4; or more definitely, ‘against,’ as in 2 Sam. i. 17, Matt.
11, Acts vi. 13. See Liddell and Scott on κατά, Α. 11. 5, 6; where
such instances as Plat. Apol. 37 B, Protag. 323 B (of persons) seem to
imply condemnation. 2. On the use of the aorist, see Vol. 1. Introd. ‘Methods of
Rendering,’ p. 43. ἐγέννησα] Scholz considers that the Lxx. probably read a verb
from root ἢν instead of ABBREV so Bp Lowth; but the Creek is a fairly
good rendering, cf. ἐξέθρεψα, xxiii. 4, Ezek. xxxi. 4, though it does not
correspond elsewhere to ABBREV 3. Cf. Jerem. viii. 7.