Marginal Notes in the KJV (1611)
Amos 7:2
by whom shall Jacob arise?:
Or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand?
by whom shall Jacob arise?:
Or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand?
Verse Amos 7:2. _BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE?_] The _locusts_, the symbols of the many enemies that had impoverished Jerusalem, having devoured much of the produce of the land, were proceeding, till, a...
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...
THE VISION OF THE LOCUSTS. On one occasion the prophet saw (Amos 7:1) and behold, Yahweh formed locusts at the beginning of the coming up of the late spring grass (_lekesh_, RV latter growth), the gra...
BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac and Vulgate, read "who shall raise up Jacob'? " JACOB. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of the Su...
The first vision. The devouring locusts....
The locusts had eaten up all the HERB _of the land_(Exodus 10:12; Exodus 10:15), when Amos intercedes on behalf of his people, urging its inability to recover itself, if the work of destruction should...
_THE VISION OF LOCUST -- AMOS 7:1-3:_ The Lord showed Amos that he was going to send locusts to attack the crops of Israel. This would happen after the king has already been given his share of the gra...
DISCOURSE: 1193 GOD’S CONDESCENSION TO PRAYER Amos 7:2. _Then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, sai...
BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE?— After the death of Jeroboam the second, the kingdom of Israel, formerly so flourishing and powerful, fell into a state of weakness, which induced it to have recourse to str...
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...
And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. THEN I SAID, O LOR...
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....
THE GRASS OF THE LAND. — The same word is used in the original in Genesis 1:11, signifying herbs and vegetables. Amos saw the first wave of disaster in the destruction of the food of the people, and h...
וְ הָיָ֗ה אִם ־כִּלָּה֙ לֶֽ אֱכֹול֙ אֶת
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...
_When. Septuagint, "If it shall eat up," &c. (Haydock) --- Little. After Jeroboam II, the kingdom fell to decay, when Manahem called in the Assyrians. (Calmet)_...
The Prophet is here preaching by figure, in vision perhaps it might be; and by a multitude of grasshoppers, he points out the certain ruin of the country by famine. If we compare this scripture with t...
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...
But we must supply this prophecy or vision to its proper time. I doubt not, and I think that I can gather this from certain considerations, that the Prophet here compares the time which had preceded t...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, [THAT] WHEN THEY HAD MADE AN END OF EATING THE GRASS OF THE LAND,.... That is, the grasshoppers or locusts; when in the vision it seemed to the prophet that almost all the grass o...
And it came to pass, [that] when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he [is] small. Ver. 2. _When th...
_When they had made an end of eating the grass_ With us grasshoppers are not hurtful, but those in our text were _locusts_, as the word גבי, here used, is rendered, Isaiah 33:4: in which sense the wor...
And it came to pass that, "when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, all the plants which came up at that time, in the rest of the season, THEN I SAID, O LORD GOD, FORGIVE, I BESEECH...
THE VISIONS OF THE GRASSHOPPERS, OF THE FIRE, AND OF THE PLUMB-LINE....
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...
Either visionally, the whole scheme represented both locusts, grass, herbs, and corn, and it represented the grass as almost all eaten up, and the locusts ready to fall upon the corn, and all that rem...
Amos 7:2 finished H3615 (H8765) eating H398 (H8800) grass H6212 land H776 said H559 (H8799) Lord...
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
THE FIRST VISION - THE LOCUST SWARM (AMOS 7:1). In this vision ‘the Lord YHWH' showed Amos the forming of a huge swarm of locusts which devoured the vegetation of the whole land. Amos, a farmer himsel...
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...
_By whom shall Jacob arise?_ THE DUTY OF CHRISTIANS TOWARDS THE JEWS These words were used as a plea for Israel before God, and proved successful. 1. Jacob is fallen. And great was his fall. He stoo...
_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...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:2 PLEASE FORGIVE. In spite of the severity of all that Amos had said, he took no pleasure in the people’s suffering. He pleaded earnestly that God would show mercy....
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 7:5; Daniel 9:19; Exodus 10:15; Exodus 32:11; Exodus 32:12;...
It came to pass — In the vision. By whom — How shall any of Jacob escape, if thou dost cast him down?...