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Amos 9:2
Though they dig into hell, in the uttermost depths of the universe, thence shall Mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down, Cf Psalms 139:7;
Though they dig into hell, in the uttermost depths of the universe, thence shall Mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down, Cf Psalms 139:7;
Verse Amos 9:2. _THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL_] Though they should get into the deepest caverns; _though they climb up to heaven _- get to the most inaccessible heights; I will drag them up from the one,...
Height or depth are alike open to the Omnipresent God. The grave is not so awful as God. The sinner would gladly “dig through” into hell, bury himself, the living among the dead, if so he could escape...
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...
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...
THE VISION OF AN AVENGING GOD. The last vision impresses upon Amos the anger and omnipotence of the supreme ruler and judge. Yahweh is seen (Amos 9:1) stationed by or over the altar (_i.e._ of Bethel)...
THOUGH THEY DIG, &c. Note the Figure of speech Catabasis (Ap'. 6). HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol_. The grave. App-35. Compare Psalms 139:8, &c, CLIMB UP. Compare Job 20:6; Jeremiah 51:53.
Amos 9:1. The fifth vision, the smitten sanctuary. The people are all assembled for worship in their sanctuary: Jehovah is seen standing by the altar, and commanding the building to be so smitten that...
Two examples of places, inaccessible to man, in which they are pictured hyperbolically as seeking to escape the Divine hand; Sheol, the deep and cavernous (Isaiah 14:15) abode of the dead, which was l...
In whatever direction they flee, wherever they essay to hide themselves, and even though they should be in captivity in the enemy's land, they will not be able to elude the Divine anger....
GOD'S JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL -- AMOS 9:1-4 : The people of Israel had been unfaithful to God. They had worshipped idols, taken advantage of the poor, been dishonest in business and been very violent. Now...
THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL— _Into the lowest parts of the earth;_ the deepest cavern. See Psalms 139:8. &c....
DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDTHOROUGH AND INESCAPABLE TEXT: Amos 9:1-6 1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break th...
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL, THENCE SHALL MINE HAND TAKE THEM - though the...
HELL] Heb. _Sheol_, the abode of the departed....
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...
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....
DIG. — For this expression _break_ should be substituted. “Hell,” or rather, _Hades_ (_Sheôl_), the dark abode of the gathered dead, is contrasted with “heaven,” the abode of light. Escape from the un...
אִם ־יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִ שְׁאֹ֔ול מִ שָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣י
2. NEMESIS Amos 9:1 There follows a Vision in Bethel, the opening of which, "I saw the Lord," immediately recalls the great inauguration of Isaiah. He also "saw the Lord"; but how different the Attit...
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....
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...
_Hell; to the deepest caves, where they used to flee, Psalm cxxxviii. 8._...
"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 them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he...
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...
Here the Prophet denounces horrible punishments; but not without reason, for there was astonishing torpidity in that people, as there is usually in all hypocrites when they have any shadow of excuse....
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...
THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL, THENCE SHALL MINE HAND TAKE THEM,.... That is, they that endeavour to make their escape from their enemies, though they seek for places of the greatest secrecy and privacy;...
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: Ver. 2. _Though they dig into hell, &c._] No starting hole shall secure the...
_Though they dig into hell_, &c. Here the subject is enlarged upon to impress it more deeply on the minds of all that read or hear it. Though they hide themselves in the deepest holes or caverns of th...
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,...
When David would describe the omnipresence of God, PSALMS 139:7, he doth it most elegantly in almost the same manner as our inspired herdman here doth. Wherever these seek to hide themselves from the...
Amos 9:2 dig H2864 (H8799) hell H7585 hand H3027 take H3947 (H8799) up H5927 (H8799) heaven...
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...
YHWH'S JUDGMENT AGAINST ISRAEL AND THEIR FALSE ALTAR IS CERTAIN AND SURE (AMOS 9:1). There is an interesting and possibly significant comparison between Amos 9:1 here and 1 Kings 13:1 (possibly as kno...
HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
Amos 9:2 What a variety, what a reduplication of expression in order to represent as utterly impossible that the parties who are here threatened could escape the vengeance of their God! It matters no...
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,...
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...
_Though they dig into hell, thence shall Mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down._ THE DANGER OF IMPENITENCE In this passage God manifests His determination...
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
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 9:2 Two groups of opposites: SHEOL (the underworld) vs. HEAVEN; and CARMEL (the mountaintop) vs. THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA. In short, there
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos sees God STANDING, fixed in purpose, by the altar. POSTS] Thresholds (Isaiah 6:4). CUT] Human victims demanded; wounded with fragments of broken columns (cf. Psalms 68:21; Habakk...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 28:13; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 49:16;...
Hell — The center of the earth, or the depth of hell....