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Amos 7:15
and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, giving him a direct call, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
and the Lord took me as I followed the flock, giving him a direct call, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
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...
EFFECT OF AMOS-' PUBLIC UTTERANCES. A historical episode is here interposed. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, interrupts the work of Amos, charging him, by twisting his words, with conspiracy (Amos 7:10...
TOOK ME: I.E., CALLED ME Prophets were called by Jehovah; not born prophets, or made prophets by man. See notes on 1 Samuel 10:5.Hebrews 1:1. AS. FOLLOWED, &c. Compare Psalms 78:70;...
It was while HE was engaged in the ordinary occupations of his rustic life, that he became conscious of a call, which he could not but obey (cf. Amos 3:8), to become the prophet of Jehovah's people, I...
Amos" retort....
A historical episode, intimately connected with the preceding visions, and arising out of them. In particular, Amos, in explaining the last of these visions, had spoken so unambiguously, even, in appe...
_AMAZIAH REBUKES AMOS -- AMOS 7:10-17:_ Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel saying, "Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put...
CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDCORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS TEXT: Amos 7:10-17 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the mids...
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. AND THE LORD TOOK ME AS I FOLLOWED THE FLOCK. So David was taken (2 Samuel 7:8; Psalms 7...
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...
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....
FOLLOWED THE FLOCK. — There is no hint of any lack of education or refinement (see Introduction) through the exclusion of any special aid derived from the training of earlier prophets. In this case Go...
וַ יִּקָּחֵ֣נִי יְהוָ֔ה מֵ אַחֲרֵ֖י הַ צֹּ֑אן
Amos 3:3, Amos 7:14 THE MAN AND THE PROPHET THE Book of Amos opens one of the greatest stages in the religious development of mankind. Its originality is due to a few simple ideas, which it propels...
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...
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...
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...
CHAPTER VII....
Blessed be the Lord for making his servants faithful. Who but must admire the humbleness and modesty of Amos, in his account of his call to the ministry! And who but must be delighted with the firmnes...
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...
_TAKEN INTO FELLOWSHIP_ ‘The Lord took me as I followed the flock.’ Amos 7:15 It was so with the shepherd-king. ‘He chose David also His servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: from following th...
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...
AND THE LORD TOOK ME AS I FOLLOWED THE FLOCK,.... Or "from behind" it u; a description of a shepherd, such an one Amos was, and in this employ when the Lord called him, and took him to be a prophet; h...
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. Ver. 15. _And the Lord took me, as I followed the flock_] As he took Elisha from the ploug...
_I was no prophet_ Not originally, or by study, or by any human designation; _neither was I a prophet's son_ Neither was I bred up at the schools of the prophets; as those usually were who took that o...
AS I FOLLOWED: _ Heb._ from behind...
10-17 It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best frie...
THE LORD, the great and jealous God, whom you oppose by idols, took me; by an extraordinary power of his Spirit took me off from my old, mean, and private employment and recess, and I could not withst...
Amos 7:15 LORD H3068 took H3947 (H8799) followed H310 flock H6629 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Go...
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...
Amos 7:10 I. There is something very wonderful, and at the same time most natural, in the expansion of mind which a man brought up as Amos was, acquires when he has been raised out of himself and has...
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...
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...
_The Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel._ THE MESSENGER FAITHFUL TO HIS MISSION Holy Scripture seldom teaches more impressively than...
_Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel._ THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE GENUINE PRIESTS OF A PEOPLE I. The conventional priest. Amaziah was chief priest of the royal sanctua...
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...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:10 If the plumb line according to which Israel was constructed was the Law, then the priesthood should have held Israel accountable to it (Deuteronomy 33:10;...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:15 THE LORD TOOK ME... THE LORD SAID TO ME. Amos was prophesying on God’s authority....
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 7:10.] The prophet opposed at Bethel on account of these predictions. CONSPIRED] Heb. _banded_, implying that others joined. There is a charge of conspiracy and sedition; insinu...
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...
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...
2 Samuel 7:8; Acts 1:8; Acts 4:20; Acts 5:20; Acts 5:29;...