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Verse Amos 7:7. _WITH A PLUMBLINE IN HIS HAND._] This appears to be
intended as an emblem of strict justice, and intimated that God would
now visit them according to their iniquities....
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STOOD UPON - (Rather “over” “a wall” made by “a
plumbline;” lit. “a wall of a plumbline,” that is, (as our’s
has it) “made” straight, perpendicular, “by” it. The wall had
been “made by a lead” or “plu...
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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...
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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
plumm...
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THE LORD. One of the 134 passages in which the _Sopherim_ say they
altered Jehovah of the primitive text to Adonai (App-32).
MADE, &c.: i.. [made perpendicular] by. plummet.
PLUMBLINE. plummet. Occu...
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_upon_ or leaning _over_(cf. Amos 9:1), i.e. (R.V.) BESIDE. The
prophet sees Jehovah _stationed_(Genesis 28:13; Isaiah 3:13 a, Isaiah
21:8 b),...
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The third vision. The plumb-line. Here Amos does not see the calamity
itself, but only the symbol that it is decreed (cf. the almond-tree,
and the seething pot, in Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 1:13)....
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_THE VISION OF THE PLUMB LINE -- AMOS 7:7-9:_ The third vision was
that of the Lord Himself standing on a wall with a plumb line in His
hand. The plumb line had been used to measure the straightness o...
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UPON A WALL MADE BY A PLUMB-LINE— Literally, _Upon a wall of a
plumb-line;_ or, erected by a plumb-line, in order to be perpendicular
and firm. God is exhibited in this vision, as erecting, or as
repa...
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PROPHECIES PRESENTED, Chapter S 7-9
CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDNOT ALIGNED WITH GOD'S STANDARD
TEXT: Amos 7:1-9
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Thus the Lord, Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in
the beginning...
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Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a
plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD UPON A WALL MADE BY A PLUMB-LINE -
namely, perpendicular....
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THREE VISIONS AND AN INTERRUPTION
1-9. The visions.
10-17. The interruption.
There are two senses in which the word 'Vision' may be used of one of
the forms of Hebrew prophecy. In the first sense a...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 7
V1 This is what the *Lord the Ruler showed me.
He was preparing a large number of *locusts....
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WALL MADE BY A PLUMBLINE — _i.e.,_ a perpendicular wall, the
stability of the kingdom being represented by the closely-fitting
well-jointed stones of a lofty wall. Right in the heart of this
strong-bu...
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כֹּ֣ה הִרְאַ֔נִי וְ הִנֵּ֧ה אֲדֹנָ֛י
נִצָּ֖ב...
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5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY
Amos 7:1 - Amos 8:1
We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought
to trace to its source the Word which came to the Man. It now remains
for us...
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THE HERDSMAN'S MESSAGE
Amos 7:1-17
The _king's mowings_ were the earliest yield of the grasslands, which
were exacted by him. Our King also has His mowings, when He takes to
Himself our dearest and...
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In this division the prophet gave a fivefold vision of judgment,
introduced in the first four cases by the words, "The Lord God showed
me." The last vision was of Jehovah Himself. The vision of the lo...
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Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a
plumbline, (e) with a plumbline in his hand.
(e) Signifying that this would be the last measuring of the people,
and that he wou...
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We have here a third sermon of the Prophet in figure, and to the same
amount as the former. The similitude of measuring is adopted, and
probably it was here meant to shew the time limited thereby 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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This vision opens more clearly to us what the Prophet meant before,
and what was the object of his doctrine: his intention was to show the
people that what they had gained by their obstinacy was only...
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God had long waited patiently. More than once He had been on the point
of giving Israel up to judgment. The intercession of the prophet, that
is to say, of the Spirit of Christ which wrought in the pr...
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THUS HE SHOWED ME,.... A third vision, which was in the following
manner:
AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD UPON A WALL [MADE] BY A PLUMBLINE, WITH A
PLUMBLINE IN HIS HAND: this "wall" was the people of Is...
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Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a
plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand.
Ver. 7. _This he showed me, and behold_] See Amos 7:4 .
_ The Lord stood upon a wall ma...
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_The Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line_ A wall strongly and
beautifully built. God's judgments are sometimes represented in
Scripture by a line and a plummet, to denote that they are measure...
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THE VISIONS OF THE GRASSHOPPERS, OF THE FIRE, AND OF THE PLUMB-LINE....
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Thus He showed me, in a third vision; AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD STOOD UPON
A WALL MADE BY A PLUMB-LINE, one which was built upright and according
to all the rules of the craft, WITH A PLUMB-LINE IN HIS HA...
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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 submis...
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THUS HE SHEWED ME: AND, BEHOLD: see AMOS 7:1. THE LORD; the great God,
who had long tried Israel, and often spared. STOOD UPON A WALL;
possibly it may denote his fixed purpose now to proceed to demoli...
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Amos 7:7 showed H7200 (H8689) Lord H136 stood H5324 (H8737) wall H2346
line H594 line H594 hand...
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THE THIRD VISION. THE VISION OF THE PLUMB-LINE AND THE RESULTING
RESPONSE (AMOS 7:7).
In this third vision YHWH carried some kind of measuring device as He
stood beside a wall, presumably with the pur...
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THE FOUR VISIONS (AMOS 7:1 TO AMOS 8:14).
In a similar way to the seven judgments in Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:5,
followed by the expanded judgment on Israel, which all initially follo
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CONTENTS: Threatening judgments. The prophet's intercession no longer
to prevail. Amos charged before the king and his answer.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos, Amaziah, Jeroboam.
CONCLUSION: God's patience, wh...
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Amos 7:1. _He formed grasshoppers,_ which are the same as the locusts.
_After the king's mowings._ It is supposed that the first grass, or
the proud corn cut with the scythe, was a tribute to the king...
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_The Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in
His hand._
GOD IN RELATION TO HUMAN WORK
All men are workers, the world is “full of labour.” The words
suggest two facts in relat...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:1 Visions of Judgment. In the final section of
the book, Amos turns from speech to sight. He tells of visions he has
received from God that confirm the nation’s situation. The firs...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:7 The third picture that God SHOWED Amos was of
a PLUMB LINE held against a WALL. A plumb line is a string with a
weight fastened to its end. When the string is placed b
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CRITICAL NOTES.] SHOWED] three visions in this ch. LOCUSTS (Amos 7:1)
the first; “all inward tuitions produced by the Spirit of God, which
set forth the primitive judgments of God” [_Keil_]. BEGIN.] T...
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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...
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Now the Lord showed unto Amos certain judgments whereby He could bring
His judgment against Israel. These were shown to Amos, no doubt, in
the form of a vision.
And thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto...
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2 Kings 21:13; 2 Samuel 8:2; Ezekiel 40:3; Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 34:11
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By a plumb — line — Strongly and beautifully built....