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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
2...
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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-...
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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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HIGH PLACES. Used for idolatrous altars, &c.
ISAAC... ISRAEL. Used only by Amos in this sense. Put by Figure of
speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for the nation of Israel.
Compare Pe. Psalms 105:...
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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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_high places_ local sanctuaries, usually situated on eminences (1
Kings 14:23; 2 Kings 17:10 f.), a little outside the towns to which
they belonged (cf. 1 Samuel 9:12;...
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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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THE HIGH-PLACES OF ISAAC— That is, _of Beer-sheba,_ where Isaac
dwelt and built an altar to the Lord. See Genesis 26:25....
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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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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...
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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 HIGH PLACES OF ISAAC] i.e. Beersheba (Amos 5:5), which was
especially associated with Isaac (Genesis 27:23; Genesis 28:10).
10, 11. Amaziah, being a royal official, intervenes as soon as the
king'...
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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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HIGH PLACES OF ISAAC. — The name Isaac is here spelt somewhat
differently in the Hebrew from the form we have in Genesis. The LXX.
misunderstand the word, and render “altars of _laughter_,” in
accorda...
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וְ נָשַׁ֨מּוּ֙ בָּמֹ֣ות יִשְׂחָ֔ק וּ
מִקְדְּשֵׁ֥י...
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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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_Idol. Hebrew, "Isaac." (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "laughter." (Haydock)
--- Isaac had resided for some time at Bersabee, which was place
frequented by idolaters, chap. v. 5., and viii. 14. Josias overt...
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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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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 s...
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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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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 ther...
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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.
Ver. 9. _And the high places of Isaac...
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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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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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THE HIGH PLACES; the temples on high mountains built to idols, or for
the worship of God, though he forbade them. Of Isaac: the father is
here named, but his children are intended, all the seed of Isa...
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Amos 7:9 places H1116 Isaac H3446 desolate H8074 (H8738) sanctuaries
H4720 Israel H3478 waste H2717 (H8799) rise...
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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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RAISE
As prophesied and fulfilled, (2 Kings 15:10)....
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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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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 15:8; Amos 3:14; Amos 5:5; Amos 8:14; Genesis 26:23;...
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The high places — The temples on high mountains built to idols. Of
Isaac — The seed of Isaac....