And a: Abp. Newcome says that this obscure verse seems to describe the effects of the famine and pestilence during the siege of Samaria.
that burneth: Amos 8:3; 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Kings 23:16; Jeremiah 16:6
Hold: Amos 5:13; Numbers 17:12; 2 Kings 6:33; Ezekiel 24:21
for: Jeremiah 44:26; Ezekiel 20:39
we may not make: or, they will not make, or, have not made