Amos 7:9

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. AND THE HIGH PLACES - dedicated to idols. OF ISAAC. They boasted of their following the example of their forefather Isaac, in erecting high places at Beer-sheba (: cf. ; ); but he and Abraham erected them before the temple was appointed at Jerusalem, and to God; whereas they did so after the temple had been fixed as the only place for sacrifices, and to idols. In the Hebrew here Isaac is written with the Hebrew letter called sin (s), instead of the usual Hebrew letter called tsaade (ts); both forms mean laughter; the change of spellin...

It now follows, _And destroyed shall be the high places of Isaac, and overthrown shall be the sanctuaries _(some render _palaces) of Israel; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. _The Prophet here distinctly declares, that the people in vain trusted in their temples and superstitions, for by these they kindled the more against themselves the wrath of God. He would not indeed have expressly threatened the high places and the temples, unless the Israelites had provoked in this way, as I have already said, the vengeance of God against themselves, inasmuch as they had corrupted the true and lawful worship of God. _Destroyed then shall be the high places of Isaac _It may be asked, Why does he mention here the name of Isaac, which is rarely done by the Prophets? And there is also a change of one letter; for the word Isaac is commonly written with ץ, _tsade_, but here...

1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if the hand that should raise him be stretched out against him? See the power of prayer. See what a blessing praying people are to a land. See how ready, how swift God is to show mercy; how he waits to be gracious. Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defence to his sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall...

Verse Amos 7:9. _AND THE HIGH PLACES OF ISAAC SHALL BE DESOLATE_] Their total destruction is at hand. The _high place of Isaac_ was _Beer-sheba_, where Isaac had built an altar to the Lord, Genesis 26:25. This high place, which had been abused to idolatrous uses, was demolished by Josiah, king of Judah, as we read in 2 Kings 23:8, for _he defiled all the high places from Geba to Beersheba_. _I WILL RISE AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM_] The Lord had promised to Jehu, the ancestor of Jeroboam, that his family should sit on the throne of Israel to the _fourth generation_. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, was the _fourth_ in order after Jehu; and on him the threatening in this ve

THE HIGH PLACES OF ISAAC - He probably calls the ten tribes by the name of Isaac, as well as of Israel, in order to contrast their deeds with the blameless, gentle piety of Isaac, as well as the much-tried faithfulness of Israel. It has been thought too that he alludes to the first meaning of the name of Isaac. His name was given from the joyous laughter at the unheard-of promise of God, to give children to those past age; their high places should be a laughter, but the laughter of mockery . The “sanctuaries” were perhaps the two great idol-temples at Bethel and Dan, over against the one “sanctuary” of God at Jerusalem; the “high places” were the shrines of idolatry, especially where God had shown mercy to the patriarchs and Israel, but also all over the land. All were to be wasted, because all were idolatrous. I WILL RISE AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM WITH THE SWORD - God speaks after t...

EXPOSITION VERSE 1-CH. 9:10 Part III. FIVE VISIONS, WITH EXPLANATIONS, CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY. The afflictions are climactic, increasing in intensity. The first two symbolize judgments which have been averted by the prophet's intercession; the third and fourth adumbrate judgments which are to fall inevitably; and the fifth proclaims the overthrow of the temple and the old theocracy. AMOS 7:1 _§ 1. The first vision, of locusts, represents Israel as a field eaten down to the ground, but shooting up afresh, and its utter destruction postponed at the prophet's prayer._...

AND THE HIGH PLACES OF ISAAC SHALL BE DESOLATE,.... Such as the ten tribes of Israel, who descended from Isaac, built at Beersheba, in imitation of Isaac, and pleading his example; who worshipped there, though not idols, as they, but the true God; and in commemoration of his being bound upon an altar on Mount Moriah: but these, as the Septuagint version renders it, were "high places of laughter", ridiculous in the eyes of the Lord, despised by him, and so should be made desolate: AND THE SANCTUARIES OF ISRAEL SHALL BE LAID WASTE; the temples built for the calves at Dan and Bethel, and other places: AND I WILL RISE AGAINST THE HOUSE OF JEROBOAM WITH THE SWORD; or, as the Targum, "I will raise up against the house of Jeroboam those that slay with the sword;'' this was fulfilled by Shallum, who conspired against Zachariah the son of Jeroboam, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, whic...

RAISE As prophesied and fulfilled, (2 Kings 15:10)....

III. THE FIVE VISIONS OF THE PROPHET CHAPTER 7 Three Visions and the Opposition Against Amos _ 1. The vision of locusts (Amos 7:1) _ 2. The vision concerning the fire (Amos 7:4) 3. The vision of the plumbline (Amos 7:7) 4. Opposition against Amos (Amos 7:10) Amos 7:1. In the first vision Amos saw how the Lord prepared locusts (not grasshoppers as in the A.V. They started in with their destructive work, just as they did in the day of Joel. Then Amos interceded in behalf of the sinful nation, “O Lord, GOD, forgive, I beseech Thee, by whom

THE VISION OF THE WALL. The third vision is more difficult. The prophet saw (Amos 7:7) and behold, Yahweh stood by a wall of -'_ anak_, and in His hand -'_ anak._ -'_ Anak_ is usually translated plummet. By a wall that had once been found perpendicular, a plummet-wall, Yahweh stood with a plummet in His hand. What exact significance (Amos 7:8) had this plummet? Yahweh is tired of relenting; He will simply apply the plummet to His people, and once for all destroy an edifice which is no longer worthy to stand. Kent's omission of the first -'_ anak_ is an improvement: And behold the Lord was standing behind a wall, with a plumbline in His hand. Other Semitic languages seem to favour the view (so Marti) that -'_ anak_ may denote a hard or heavy kind of metal, possibly lead or steel. Marti translates, Thus