The Vision of Fire. Another time the prophet saw a fire-phenomenon. Yahweh (Amos 7:4) called down a fire to punish (or judge). This devoured the great deep (Genesis 1:6 f.*), whence came the rivers and fountains, and would have devoured the tilled land, when the prophet interceded (Amos 7:5) and Yahweh relented (Amos 7:6).
Verse Amos 7:4. _THE LORD GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE_] Permitted _war_, both _civil_ and _foreign_, to harass the land, after the death of Jeroboam the second. These wars would have totally destroy...
GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE - that is, He “called” His people to maintain their cause with Him “by fire,” as He says, “I will plead” in judgment “with him” (Gog) “with” (that is,” by”) pestilence an...
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...
CALLED, &c.. was calling for fire, to contend [with Israel]. DID EAT UP. PART. would have eaten up the land. A PART. Hebrew. _hahelek,_ with 'eth. the very portion [of the earth given to Israel). Co...
The second vision. The devouring fire. _called to contend by fire_ Jehovah arraigns His people: and fire is the agent which he summons against them (cf. _to dispute_, or _litigate, with fire_, Isaiah...
_THE VISION OF FIRE -- AMOS 7:4-6:_ In a second vision the Lord showed Amos that He was going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on earth, including the ocean. It was a judgment by fire, and...
THE LORD GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE— In many places of Scripture war is denoted by _fire._ We observed, that after the death of Jeroboam the kingdom of Israel was laid waste by civil, and perhaps b...
PROPHECIES PRESENTED, Chapter S 7-9 CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDNOT ALIGNED WITH GOD'S STANDARD TEXT: Amos 7:1-9 1 Thus the Lord, Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in the beginning...
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIR...
7:4 inheritance. (c-29) Lit. 'lot,' 'portion,' Numbers 18:20 ....
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....
FIRE. — The poetical description of a yet more terrible calamity. God announces His intention of judging, _i.e.,_ punishing by fire (the word in E.V., “contend,” is to be understood in this sense). Fo...
כֹּ֤ה הִרְאַ֨נִי֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְ הִנֵּ֥ה...
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...
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, (d) and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. (d) Meaning, that God's indignation was inflamed...
_Part of the land, if the prophet had not interposed; (ver. 6.; Calmet) or rather civil wars desolated a great part of the kingdom, before the Lord was appeased. (Haydock) --- The fire foreshewed the...
The subject in these verses is the same, but the figure is changed. Under the image of fire, and so tremendous as to devour the great deep, the ruin of the people is set forth. But, here as before, th...
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 that God had not once only spared the people, but that when he was again prepared for vengeance, he still willingly deferred it, that, if possible, the people might willingly recover...
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...
THUS HATH THE LORD SHOWED UNTO ME,.... Another vision after this manner: AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE; gave out that he would have a controversy with his people Israel, and pro...
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Ver. 4. _And, behold, the Lord God_] Whose asterisk,...
_The Lord God called to contend by fire_, &c. This represented a sorer judgment than the former, and, in the opinion of some expositors, denoted the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried a great pa...
THE VISIONS OF THE GRASSHOPPERS, OF THE FIRE, AND OF THE PLUMB-LINE....
Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, in a second vision; AND, BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE, that is, He directed that the punishment was to be made by fire, AND IT DEVOURED THE GRE...
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...
THUS HATH THE LORD GOD SHOWED, _ in vision or hieroglyphic:_ see AMOS 7:1. AND, BEHOLD: see AMOS 7:1. CALLED TO CONTEND BY FIRE; declared he would judge as by fire: literally, say some, God would from...
Amos 7:4 Lord H136 GOD H3069 showed H7200 (H8689) Lord H136 GOD H3069 called H7121 (H8802) conflict...
THE SECOND VISION - THE CONSUMING FIRE (AMOS 7:4). We must remember that this was a vision not something that actually happened. It commenced with a fire from YHWH which ‘devoured the great deep'. As...
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
Amos 7:1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowing...
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...
_O Lord, forgive, I beseech Thee. .. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord._ INTERCESSION FOR PARDON PREVAILING I. Concerning intercession. 1. This intercession was made by Am...
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...
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...
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...
Amos 1:4; Amos 1:7; Amos 4:11; Amos 5:6; Amos 7:1;...
Shewed — In vision. Called — Commanded fire from heaven. A part — Of the land too....