Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Amos 7:13
The king's court — To which therefore thou oughtest to shew more respect, and not thus to affront the king in his own house.
The king's court — To which therefore thou oughtest to shew more respect, and not thus to affront the king in his own house.
Verse Amos 7:13. _BUT PROPHESY NOT - AT BETH-EL_] He must not speak against idolatry, because that was the king's religion; and he who speaks against the king's religion must be an enemy to the state...
IT IS THE KING’S CHAPEL - Better, as in the English margin, “sanctuary.” It is the name for “the sanctuary” of God. “Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them” Exodus 25:8. “Ye shall r...
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...
EFFECT OF AMOS-' PUBLIC UTTERANCES. A historical episode is here interposed. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, interrupts the work of Amos, charging him, by twisting his words, with conspiracy (Amos 7:10...
CHAPEL. sanctuary, court: or, palace....
A historical episode, intimately connected with the preceding visions, and arising out of them. In particular, Amos, in explaining the last of these visions, had spoken so unambiguously, even, in appe...
_for it_is _the king's_ SANCTUARY, _and it_is A NATIONAL TEMPLE] Lit. _the temple of the kingdom_. Beth-el was the principal sanctuary of the northern kingdom, under the special patronage and support...
Jeroboam apparently took no account of the priest's message. Accordingly Amaziah himself endeavours to induce Amos to leave the country. _O thou seer_ or _gazer_(_ḥôzeh_, not _rô"eh_, -seer," 1 Samuel...
_AMAZIAH REBUKES AMOS -- AMOS 7:10-17:_ Amaziah the priest at Bethel sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel saying, "Amos is plotting against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put...
FOR IT IS THE KING'S CHAPEL, &C.— _Because this is the sanctuary of the king, and this is his palace_] Samaria was the place where the kings of Israel commonly dwelt: but they had a palace at Beth-el,...
CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDCORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS TEXT: Amos 7:10-17 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the mids...
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. BUT PROPHESY NOT AGAIN ANYMORE - (, "But ye ... commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not")....
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....
Jeroboam treated the charge made by Amaziah with indifference, or perhaps with awe: at least, with silence. And so the priest of Bethel takes upon himself to dismiss the prophet from the kingdom. The...
וּ בֵֽית־אֵ֔ל לֹֽא ־תֹוסִ֥יף עֹ֖וד לְ הִנָּבֵ
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...
_Sanctuary, or "palace." (Kimchi) --- The kings resided commonly in Samaria; but they came hither to practise their religion, and had a palace. (Calmet) --- The king's choice was all that Amasias rega...
Observe the awful character of this golden calf-priest. While carrying on a private charge against poor Amos to the king, he recommends him, as a kind friend, to run away from his station, and to gain...
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 as to the fifth argument, it is especially needful to dwell on it. _In Bethel, _he says, _add no more to prophesy, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is the house of the kingdom _Here only Ama...
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...
BUT PROPHESY NOT AGAIN ANY MORE AT BETHEL,.... He might prophesy any where, if he did not there, for what the priest cared, that so his honour and interest were not hurt. The reasons he gave were, FO...
But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it [is] the king's chapel, and it [is] the king's court. Ver. 13. _But prophesy not any more at Bethel_] Take heed of that; lest, by diffusing too much...
_Amaziah said, O thou seer, go flee_, &c. Thou that sayest thou art a prophet, get thee hence, where thou signifiest that thou art so much displeased with the actions of the people, and go _into the l...
but prophesy not again any more at Bethel, where his words naturally made it very uncomfortable for Amaziah; FOR IT IS THE KING'S L, a sanctuary established by the king, AND IT IS THE KING'S COURT, th...
THE PROPHET AT BETHEL...
CHAPEL: Or, sanctuary KINGS COURT: _ Heb._ house of the kingdom...
10-17 It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best frie...
Prophesy not again any more at Beth-el; as a friend I advise thou do not, and as having authority from the king, I do declare thou shalt not, prophesy in Beth-el. FOR IT IS THE KING'S CHAPEL, where I...
Amos 7:13 again H3254 (H8686) prophesy H5012 (H8736) Bethel H1008 kings H4428 sanctuary H4720 royal H4467 residence...
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...
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 7:10 I. There is something very wonderful, and at the same time most natural, in the expansion of mind which a man brought up as Amos was, acquires when he has been raised out of himself and has...
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...
_Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel._ THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE GENUINE PRIESTS OF A PEOPLE I. The conventional priest. Amaziah was chief priest of the royal sanctua...
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...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:10 If the plumb line according to which Israel was constructed was the Law, then the priesthood should have held Israel accountable to it (Deuteronomy 33:10;...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:12 When AMAZIAH called Amos a SEER, his intent may have been to show contempt. The term suggests, what was true, that Amos is not a member of the royal guild of prophets, who, sinc...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 7:10.] The prophet opposed at Bethel on account of these predictions. CONSPIRED] Heb. _banded_, implying that others joined. There is a charge of conspiracy and sedition; insinu...
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...
1 Kings 12:29; 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 13:1; Acts 4:17; Acts 4:18;...