Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Amos 7:11
Die by the sword. — So far as the words of the prophecy are concerned, it was not accurate to say that Amos had threatened Jeroboam with the sword.
Die by the sword. — So far as the words of the prophecy are concerned, it was not accurate to say that Amos had threatened Jeroboam with the sword.
FOR THUS AMOS SAITH - Amos had said, “Thus saith the Lord;” he never fails to impress on them, whose words he is speaking. Amaziah, himself bound up in a system of falsehood and imposture, which, bein...
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...
JEROBOAM SHALL DIE, &c. This charge was not true. Compare Acts 17:6; Acts 24:5. Note what Amaziah omitted to repeat....
_Jeroboam shall die by the sword_ This had not been said by Amos, at least, if the extant book of his prophecies contains all that he said upon the subject. It was _the house of Jeroboam_which Amos ha...
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...
_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...
JEROBOAM SHALL DIE BY THE SWORD— We do not read above that Amos said this; and as the sacred histories do not inform us that Jeroboam died by the sword, it is most likely this was a falsehood raised b...
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...
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. FOR THUS AMOS SAITH - whereas Amos spoke not in his own name, but, "Thus sa...
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....
כִּי ־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר עָמֹ֔וס בַּ † חֶ֖רֶב...
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...
_Sword. the prophet did not say this, but that the Lord would rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword; which was verified when Zacharias, the son and successor of Jeroboam, was slain by t...
This is an interesting passage in the history of Amos, and deserves to be particularly considered. It seems that this Amaziah, priest of Bethel, was priest of the golden calves at Bethel which Jeroboa...
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 our Prophet is wholly silent as to the answer of the king: it is therefore probable, either that the king was not much excited, — or that he dared not openly to take away the life of Amos; for he...
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...
FOR THUS AMOS SAITH, JEROBOAM SHALL DIE BY THE SWORD,.... Which was not saying truth; for Amos said not that Jeroboam should die by the sword, but that God would raise up the sword against his house o...
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. Ver. 11. _For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, &c._] When did...
_Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam_ This was a priest not of the tribe of Levi, but such a one as those were whom Jeroboam I. had consecrated to perform the idolatrous services at Be...
For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, for this was actually included in the statement of verse 9, AND ISRAEL SHALL SURELY BE LED AWAY CAPTIVE OUT OF THEIR OWN LAND. Amaziah purposely s...
THE PROPHET AT BETHEL...
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...
THUS AMOS SAITH; so Amaziah falsely reports the prophet. JEROBOAM SHALL DIE BY THE SWORD: he no where said so, nor did he insinuate so much, but spake of his house distinguished from his person, as AM...
Amos 7:11 Amos H5986 said H559 (H8804) Jeroboam H3379 die H4191 (H8799) sword H2719 Israel H3478 surely...
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;...
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...
2 Kings 17:6; Acts 6:14; Amos 6:7; Amos 6:8; Amos 7:9;...
Jeroboam shall die — He nowhere said so, but spake of his house distinguished from his person, as Amos 7:9....