Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Since they had broken the covenant, they stood no nearer to Him than the heathen. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, this being a deed for which He alone should receive credit, and the Philistines from Caphtor, from the island of Crete, and the Syrians from Kir? very likely a province of Assyria.
Verse Amos 9:7. _CHILDREN OF THE ETHIOPIANS_] Or _Cushites_. Cush was the son of Ham, Genesis 10:6; and his descendants inhabited a part of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix. All this stock was universa...
ARE YE NOT AS CHILDREN OF THE ETHIOPIANS UNTO ME, O CHILDREN OF ISRAEL! - Their boast and confidence was that they were children of the patriarch, to whom God made the promises. But they, not followin...
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)...
children. sons. SAITH THE LORD [is] Jehovah's oracle. BROUGHT UP ISRAEL. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 13:3; Exodus 13:9; Exodus 13:14; Exo
An objection met. The Israelites were only too ready to argue (cf. Amos 3:2; Jeremiah 7:1-15) that Jehovah, after the many marks of favour which He had bestowed upon His people, would never cast them...
THE LORD HE IS GOD -- AMOS 9:7-10 : God wanted it understood that not only was Israel dependent upon God but that the entire world stood in total dependence on the Almighty. "Are you not like the Cush...
ARE YE NOT AS CHILDREN OF THE ETHIOPIANS— Amos, to take away from the Israelites their false presumption, that the Lord was too much interested in their preservation to prevent their total ruin, says...
DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDDISRUPTION AND DISPERSION TEXT: Amos 9:7-10 7 Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith Jehovah. Have not I brought up Isr...
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from K...
9:7 Ethiopians (f-8) Heb. 'Cushites.' Caphtor, (a-33) See Genesis 10:14 ....
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....
ETHIOPIANS. — Israel had presumed on the special favour of Jehovah. The prophet asks them whether, after all, they are better or safer than the Ethiopians, whom they despised. He who led Israel from E...
הֲ לֹ֣וא כִ בְנֵי֩ כֻשִׁיִּ֨ים אַתֶּ֥ם לִ֛י
3. THE VOICES OF ANOTHER DAWN Amos 9:7 And now we are come to the part where, as it seems, voices of another day mingle with that of Amos, and silence his judgments in the chorus of their unbroken ho...
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...
[Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians (e) unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from (f) Caphtor, and the Syria...
Ethiopians. That is, as black as they, by your iniquities. (Challoner) Chus was father of the Scythians, Arabs, &c. Yet none of these nations were under the peculiar protection of God. The Israelites...
"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...
The Prophet shows here to the Israelites that their dignity would be no defense to them, as they expected. We have indeed seen in many places how foolish was the boasting of that people. Though they w...
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...
[ARE] YE NOT AS CHILDREN OF THE ETHIOPIANS UNTO ME, O CHILDREN OF ISRAEL? SAITH THE LORD,.... And therefore had no reason to think they should be delivered because they were the children of Israel, of...
Amos 9:7 [Are] ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syri...
_Are ye not as the children of the Ethiopians_, &c. The prophet, to take away from the Israelites their false confidence, that the Lord was too much interested in their preservation to permit their to...
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,...
ARE YE NOT, who glory in your descent from Abraham, and are in truth the natural descendants of Israel, and think very highly of yourselves on this account, slighting all other nations, and presuming...
Amos 9:7 people H1121 Ethiopia H3569 children H1121 Israel H3478 says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 up H5927 ...
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...
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...
_Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel?_ SIN DISSOLVING THE UNION BETWEEN GOD AND HIS PEOPLE 1. These verses strike at the root of all Israel’s fancied security. They...
_The Lord God is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt._ GOD AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF JUSTICE I. He does it with the greatest ease. The Almighty has no difficulty. Never can there be any misca...
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 9:7 CUSHITES (or Nubians), who lived south of Egypt, were considered to be living at the end of the world. All peoples are under God’s care. ⇐
_HOMILETICS_ CRITICAL NOTES.] AMOS 9:7. AS CHILDREN] No longer highly favoured Israelites, but acting like Cushites. Their election of no avail. They had become like the heathen, accursed as Ham, bla...
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 Kings 16:9; Amos 1:5; Amos 2:10; Deuteronomy 2:23; Exodus 12:51;...
The Arabians — A wild, thievish, and servile nation. Have not I brought — And whereas you boast my kindness to you, bringing you out of Egypt, and thereupon conclude, God cannot leave you whom he hath...