Amós 1:15

15 Y su rey
y sus príncipes irán juntos al destierro»,
dice el Señor
.

Amós 1:15 Meaning and Commentary

Amos 1:15

And their king shall go into captivity
Not only the common people that are left of the sword shall be carried captive, but their king also. This was, Baalis their last king, who was accessary to the murder of Gedaliah, ( Jeremiah 40:14 ) ; whom the king of Babylon had set over the remnant of the Jews left in Judea; which might provoke him to send Nebuzaradan his general against him, who put his country to fire and sword, destroyed his chief city Rabbah, and carried him and his nobles into captivity. Some understand this of Milchom, or Moloch, the god of the children of Ammon, who should be so far from saving them, that he himself should be taken and carried off; it being usual with the conquerors to carry away with them the gods of the nations they conquered; see ( Jeremiah 48:7 ) ( 49:3 ) . So Ptolemy Euergetes king of Egypt, having conquered Callinicus king of Syria, carried captive into Egypt the gods he then took, ( Daniel 11:8 ) ; and it was usual with the Romans to carry the gods of the nations captive which they conquered, and to carry them in their triumphs as such; so Marcellus was blamed for rendering the city of Rome envied and hated by other nations, because not men only, but the gods also, were carried in pomp as captives: and of Paulus Aemylius it is said, that the first day of his triumph was scarce sufficient for the passing along of the captive statues, pictures, and colosses, which were drawn on two hundred and fifty chariots ^F11: he and his princes together, saith the Lord:
which is repeated, and especially the last words added, for the confirmation of it. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, read, "their priests and their princes", as in ( Jeremiah 49:3 ) . This was fulfilled five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, as Josephus ^F12 relates.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Vid. Plutarch. in Vita Marcelli & Aemylii.
F12 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7. Vid. Judith i. 12.

Amós 1:15 In-Context

13 Esto es lo que dice el Señor
:
«¡Los habitantes de Amón han pecado una y otra vez
y no permitiré que queden sin castigo!
Cuando atacaron a Galaad para extender sus fronteras,
con sus espadas abrieron a las mujeres embarazadas.

14 Por lo tanto, haré caer fuego sobre los muros de Rabá
y todas sus fortalezas serán destruidas.
La batalla vendrá sobre ellos con gritos,
como un torbellino en una tormenta impetuosa.

15 Y su rey
y sus príncipes irán juntos al destierro»,
dice el Señor
.