Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The children of Ammon - The country of the Ammonites lay to the east of Jordan, in the neighborhood of Gilead. Rabbah was its capital.
Because they have ripped up - This refers to some barbarous transaction well known in the time of this prophet, but of which we have no distinct mention in the sacred historians.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Amos 1:13:
Deuteronomy 2:37
Zephaniah 2:8
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