Amos 9 - Introduction
_THE CERTAINTY OF THE DESOLATION. THE RESTORING OF THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID._ _Before Christ 787._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CERTAINTY OF THE DESOLATION. THE RESTORING OF THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID._ _Before Christ 787._... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON THE ALTAR— _Near the altar._ As this prophesy is against the kingdom of Israel, it is probable that this altar was dedicated to the purposes of idolatry, especially as God appears near it, in order to foretel its ruin, and consequently that of the kingdom of Israel. Instead of _lintel,_ we may... [ Continue Reading ]
THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL— _Into the lowest parts of the earth;_ the deepest cavern. See Psalms 139:8. &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL RISE UP, &C.— See on chap. Amos 8:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS HE THAT BUILDETH, &C.— See the note on Jeremiah 22:13 where it is remarked, from the _Observations,_ that the chief rooms of the houses in the East are those above. Perhaps our prophet refers to this circumstance, when he speaks of the heavens as God's _stories_ or _chambers;_ the most noble a... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that, in consequence of their infidelity and revolt, God regards them no otherwise than as Ethiopian... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL SIFT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL— This prophesy remarkably agrees with the present state of the Jews. "I will mingle and scatter the Israelites among all nations, just as good and bad grain are mingled in a sieve; but will so order it, that the good grain (the souls faithful to the grace of God) shal... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY, &C.— "After the fall of the kingdom of Israel, that of Judah shall continue for a long time in a flourishing state after their return from the captivity." But the prophesy has a still farther respect, and carries us beyond the times of the Babylonish captivity, to those of the Lord Jesu... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD, THE DAYS COME, &C.— In the note on Nehemiah 4:7 we have observed, that the Arabs frequently robbed the countryman of his seed-corn. They treat the fruit-trees after the same manner, and oblige the inhabitants of those countries to gather the fruits before they are ripe, when they apprehend a... [ Continue Reading ]