Amos 7
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Chapter 7
Chapter Overview:
Verses:
Threatened judgments turned aside by the prayer of Amos, ver. 1 - 6.
Yet at length they are sentenced to utter ruin, ver. 7 - 9.
Amaziah accuses Amos, ver. 10 - 13.
Amos justifies himself and denounces the judgment of God against Amaziah, ver. 14 - 17.
| 7:1 | Thus - This is the first of five prophetic representations of what was coming upon this people. The latter growth - The shooting up of the first growth being too luxuriant, they often eat it down with cattle; but if the second growth were eat up, it marred the whole harvest.Mowed - It is supposed the first mowing of the corn in the blade was for the king's use; and after this the second springing grew up to the harvest. |
| 7:2 | It came to pass - In the vision. By whom - How shall any of Jacob escape, if thou dost cast him down? |
| 7:3 | Repented - This is spoken after the manner of men. |
| 7:4 | Shewed - In vision. Called - Commanded fire from heaven.A part - Of the land too. |
| 7:7 | By a plumb - line - Strongly and beautifully built. |
| 7:8 | Set a plumb - line - I will exactly measure the whole ten tribes.Pass by them - I will no more forbear, but will pull down all that is faulty. |
| 7:9 | The high places - The temples on high mountains built to idols.Of Isaac - The seed of Isaac. |
| 7:10 | In the midst - Openly, and publickly, endeavouring to stir up Israel to sedition or rebellion. The land - The people cannot bear all his harsh predictions. |
| 7:11 | Jeroboam shall die - He nowhere said so, but spake of his house distinguished from his person, as ver. 9 . |
| 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. |
| 7:14 | No prophet - Not originally, or by study, or by any human designation. An herdman - By breeding and occupation I was and still am, an herdman. Sycamore fruit - This fruit was good food for man, or cattle. |
| 7:16 | The house of Isaac - The posterity of Isaac. |
| 7:17 | In a polluted land - Among the Heathen.Israel - The ten tribes. |