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Verse Amos 9:9. _I WILL SIFT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AMONG ALL NATIONS_] I
will disperse them over the face of the earth; and yet I will so order
it that the _good_ shall not be _lost_; for though they sh...
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FOR LO! I WILL COMMAND! - Literally, “lo! see, I am commanding.”
He draws their attention to it, as something which shall shortly be;
and inculcates that He is the secret disposer of all which shall
b...
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CHAPTER 9
The Passing of a Kingdom and the Coming of the Kingdom
_ 1. The fifth vision: The passing of a kingdom (Amos 9:1) _
2. The coming of the kingdom (Amos 9:11)
Amos 9:1. In his fifth vision...
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THE RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE. This section is probably a
post-exilic appendix to the book. The point of view has changed, the
fate of Israel being quite different from that contemplated in the
rest...
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LO. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
THE LEAST GRAIN. Hebrew. _tzeror._. usage common to-day with the
_fellahheen_ (see James Niel's Palestine _Explored,_ p. 250).
EARTH. Hebrew Wets. Not...
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The nation must go into exile (Amos 4:2 f., Amos 5:27 &c.); it must
even be SHAKEN to and fro among the nations, as in a sieve: but no
sound grain of corn will fall to the ground and be lost. The
disp...
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An objection met. The Israelites were only too ready to argue (cf.
Amos 3:2; Jeremiah 7:1-15) that Jehovah, after the many marks of
favour which He had bestowed upon His people, would never cast them...
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_the house of Jacob … the house of Israel_ i.e. (cf. Amos 5:1; Amos
5:4; Amos 5:6; Amos 6:14; Amos 7:10;...
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Jehovah's eyes are against (Job 7:8) the sinful kingdom, whatsoever or
wheresoever it be, and He will destroy it from off the face of the
earth (Deuteronomy 6:15), save only, if the kingdom be that of...
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THE LORD HE IS GOD -- AMOS 9:7-10 : God wanted it understood that not
only was Israel dependent upon God but that the entire world stood in
total dependence on the Almighty. "Are you not like the Cush...
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DISCOURSE: 1194
THE SECURITY OF ALL GOD’S PEOPLE
Amos 9:9. _Lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel
among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve; yet shall not
the least grain...
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I WILL SIFT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL— This prophesy remarkably agrees
with the present state of the Jews. "I will mingle and scatter the
Israelites among all nations, just as good and bad grain are mingled...
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DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDDISRUPTION AND DISPERSION
TEXT: Amos 9:7-10
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Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of
Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Isr...
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THE CONCLUDING VISION AND A DISCOURSE. COMFORTABLE WORDS
1. The vision.
2-10. The discourse, declaring that none shall evade God's judgments
(Amos 9:2); that Israel stands in no peculiar relationship...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 9
GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
V1 I saw the *Lord standing by the *altar.
He said: ‘Hit the top of the columns....
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SIFT. — Literally, _shake to and fro._ That which is not chaff shall
be preserved and dispersed as seed. The race shall live, though the
kingdom be destroyed. This peculiar judgment is threatened in
L...
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כִּֽי ־הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֔ה וַ
הֲנִעֹ֥ותִי...
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3. THE VOICES OF ANOTHER DAWN
Amos 9:7
And now we are come to the part where, as it seems, voices of another
day mingle with that of Amos, and silence his judgments in the chorus
of their unbroken ho...
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THE DAY OF RESTORATION
Amos 9:1-15
The guilty will certainly be punished. If they enter the sacred place
of worship, even that will not shelter them, Amos 9:1. Flight and
concealment will be in vain....
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The final vision was of judgment executed. In this there was no
symbol, no sign. We hear the manifesto of Jehovah Himself. It is one
of the most awe-inspiring visions of the whole Bible.
The message p...
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For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the (h)
least grain fall upon the earth.
(h) Meaning that none of hi...
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_Ground, to be mixed with the good corn. --- Israel shall be purified
in captivity. (Calmet) --- Though many perished, God still preserved
his Church. (Worthington)_...
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"Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I
will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not
utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. (9) For,...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
"The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the...
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_THE GARNERING OF THE LEAST GRAIN_
‘I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is
sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the
earth.’
Amos 9:9
There is doubl...
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He afterwards adds, _For, lo, I will command, etc_. The Prophet here
confirms the former sentence; and hence I conclude that the second
part of the preceding verse is ironically expressed; for if he h...
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Chapter 9 presents Jehovah Himself as directing the judgment in such a
manner that Israel should in no wise escape it, God treating them as
He would the nations that were strangers to Him, as the Phil...
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FOR, LO, I WILL COMMAND,.... What follows; which is expressive of
afflictive and trying dispensations of Providence, which are according
to the will of God, by his appointment and order, and overruled...
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For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all
nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least
grain fall upon the earth.
Ver. 9. _For lo, I will command...
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_The eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom_ See Amos 9:4.
_Saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob_ God still
promises to preserve a remnant in the midst of his heaviest judgm...
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THE WICKED KINGDOM OVERTHROWN...
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For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel, shaking
them as in a colander, or sieve, AMONG ALL NATIONS, LIKE AS CORN IS
SIFTED IN A SIEVE, YET SHALL NOT THE LEAST GRAIN FALL UPON THE...
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SIFT:
_ Heb._ cause to move
GRAIN:
_ Heb._ stone...
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1-10 The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the
idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice,
it will overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace,...
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FOR, LO: as this confirms what the 8th verse promiseth, so it
requireth a very diligent and full attention of us. I WILL COMMAND, or
give a charge to all nations whither these exiled persons shall com...
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Amos 9:9 command H6680 (H8764) sift H5128 (H8689) house H1004 Israel
H3478 nations H1471 sifted H5128 ...
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YHWH WILL INEXORABLY DEAL IN JUDGMENT WITH HIS PEOPLE, WHO HAVE
FORGOTTEN WHO AND WHAT HE REALLY IS, AND THERE WILL THEREFORE BE NO
HIDING PLACE FOR THEM (AMOS 9:1).
There is something genuinely aweso...
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SIFT
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 72:1). _...
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CONTENTS: Final prophecy of dispersion of Israel and their ultimate
restoration and blessing in the kingdom age.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos.
CONCLUSION: The sword of war is the sword of divine vengeance,...
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Amos 9:1. _I saw the Lord standing upon the altar_ in Jerusalem, as in
Isaiah 6:1, and Ezekiel 9:3. Here the prophet heard the awful words,
that God would hunt the idolaters from all their hiding plac...
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_I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is
sifted in a sieve, yet shall net the least grain fall upon the earth._
WINNOWING
The winnowing of corn was effected in various ways...
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_Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of
Israel?_
SIN DISSOLVING THE UNION BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE
1. These verses strike at the root of all Israel’s fancied security.
They...
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A SIEVE
A sieve. Amos 9:9.
Do you know a sieve when you see it? If you go to the kitchen and
watch mother baking a cake or biscuits you will notice that she shakes
or rubs the flour through a tin th...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 9:1 This final vision has two parts, one negative
(vv. Amos 9:1) and the other positive (vv. Amos 9:11). God considers
wo
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
AMOS 9:9.] The figure explains how. FOR] God will disperse Israel,
shake them with other nations. Wheat and chaff are mixed together. The
wicked, chaff and dust, fall through the siev...
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EXPOSITION
AMOS 9:1
§ 6_. The fifth vision displays the Lord standing by the altar and
_commanding the destruction of the temple (Amos 9:1). No one shall
escape this judgment, flee whither he will (A...
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Now in chapter 9 the final prophecy of Amos, he said,
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel
of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all
of the...
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Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33...
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A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF AMOS
Amos 9:9
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We wish to suggest five things about the Prophet whom God used to
deliver His message to Israel.
1. AMOS, THE MAN. Our opening verse reads: "Th...
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The least grain — Though tumbled and tossed with the great violence,
yet the smallest, good grain, shall not be lost or destroyed....