Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Amos 7:16
Verse Amos 7:16. Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord] While he was speaking in his own vindication, God seems to have inspired him with the awful prediction which he immediately delivers.
Verse Amos 7:16. Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord] While he was speaking in his own vindication, God seems to have inspired him with the awful prediction which he immediately delivers.
Amaziah then was in direct rebellion and contradiction against God. He was in an office forbidden by God. God’s word came to him. He had his choice; and, as people do, when entangled in evil courses,...
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...
DROP NOT, the. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:2). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 20:21; Ezekiel 20:2.
_drop not_thy word] The same expression, also used figuratively of a prophetic utterance, in Micah 2:6; Micah 2:11 and Ezekiel 20:46; Ezekiel 21:2 [Heb. 21:2, 7
Amos" retort....
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 had sought to silence Amos: Amos, speaking in the name of the God who had thus called him to be His prophet, so far from modifying or withdrawing his previous utterances, reaffirms them even m...
_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...
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...
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. THOU SAYEST ... DROP NOT THY WORD AGAINST THE HOUSE OF ISAA...
7:16 [words] (e-18) Lit. 'drop not.' see Job 29:22 ; Ezekiel 20:46 ; Ezekiel 21:2 ; Micah 2:6 ,...
THOU SAYEST] in opposition to what THE LORD said (Amos 7:17). DROP NOT _thy word_] don't let it drip, drip, drip, in imbecile and wearisome fashion (Micah 2:6; Micah 2:11;...
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....
DROP NOT. — A word used in the Song of Moses for “distil,” expressing persuasive and flowing discourse (Deuteronomy 32:2; Ezekiel 21:2; Ezekiel 21:7_;_...
וְ עַתָּ֖ה שְׁמַ֣ע דְּבַר ־יְהוָ֑ה אַתָּ֣ה אֹ
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...
_Drop. menaces, Ezechiel xx. 46. Septuagint, "thou shalt not disturb (Calmet) or threaten the house of Jacob." (St. Jerome) --- Idol; the calf, worshipped in Bethel. (Challoner) --- Hebrew, "Isaac," a...
Blessed be the Lord for making his servants faithful. Who but must admire the humbleness and modesty of Amos, in his account of his call to the ministry! And who but must be delighted with the firmnes...
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...
Amos having shown that he must obey God, who had committed to him the office of teaching, now turns his discourse to Amaziah, and points out what he would gain by his insolence in daring to forbid a P...
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...
NOW THEREFORE HEAR THOU THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... Which I have from him concerning thee, and which he has pronounced upon thee and thy family: THOU SAYEST, PROPHESY NOT AGAINST ISRAEL; when God has b...
Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac. Ver. 16. _Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord_] He...
_Now, hear thou the word of the Lord_ Who hath sent me, and whom thou contradictest; from him I have a message to thee also, which much concerns thee. _Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel_ Thou u...
Now, therefore, bear thou the word of the Lord, Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel and drop not thy word, Cf Ezekiel 21:2; Micah 2:6, AGAINST THE HOUSE OF ISAAC....
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...
NOW; when forbidden, Amos, undaunted, prophesieth to him that forbade him. HEAR THOU, Amaziah, who hast accused, yet pretendest to wish and advise my safety, the word of the Lord, who sent me, whom th...
Amos 7:16 hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 say H559 (H8802) prophesy H5012 (H8735) Israel...
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...
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 7:10 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...
1 Kings 22:19; 1 Samuel 15:16; Amos 7:13; Deuteronomy 32:2; Ezeki
The house of Isaac — The posterity of Isaac....