and though they go into captivity before their enemies, hoping to save their lives by surrendering to the foe, thence will I command the sword, wielded by those who hated them, and it shall slay them; and I will set Mine eyes upon them for evil and not for good, keeping them under observation without ceasing, so that escape would be an utter impossibility. The omnipresence and the almighty power of the Lord is further brought out.
Verse Amos 9:4. _I WILL SET MINE EYES UPON THEM FOR EVIL_] I will use that very _providence_ against them which before worked for their good. Should they look upward, they shall see nothing but the te...
CAPTIVITY - , at least, seemed safe. The horrors of war are over. Men enslave, but do not commonly destroy those whom they have once been at the pains to carry captive. Amos describes them in their mi...
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 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)...
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...
COMMAND THE SWORD. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:33. Deu 26:25). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 5:12. I WILL SET MINE EYES, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:10;...
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...
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....
Even in captivity they would not be safe; they might escape the destruction of the foe, but the Divine sword should yet overtake them. _before their enemies_ Driven before them, like a flock of sheep...
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...
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...
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. THOUGH THEY GO INTO...
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....
וְ אִם ־יֵלְכ֤וּ בַ † שְּׁבִי֙ לִ...
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...
"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...
Now when he says, _If they go into captivity among their enemies, I will there command the sword to slay them, _some interpreters confine this part to that foolish flight, when a certain number of the...
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...
AND THOUGH THEY GO INTO CAPTIVITY BEFORE THEIR ENEMIES,.... Alluding to the manner in which captives are led, being put before their enemies, and so carried in triumph; see Lamentations 1:5; though so...
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Ver. 4. _And though 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,...
THOUGH THEY GO INTO CAPTIVITY; those excluded from safety every where else may perhaps hope that yet the enemy may spare. Captives are the slaves, the possession of their conquering enemies; these mak...
Amos 9:4 go H3212 (H8799) captivity H7628 before H6440 enemies H341 (H8802) command H6680 (H8762) sword...
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...
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...
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
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...
2 Chronicles 16:9; Deuteronomy 28:63; Deuteronomy 28:64; Deuteronomy 28:65;...
Set my eyes — I will perpetually watch over them....