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CHAPTER VII
_In this chapter God represents to Amos, by three several_
_visions, the judgments he is about to bring on Israel. The_
_first is a plague of locusts, threatening to cut of the hopes_...
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AND BEHOLD HE FORMED - (that is, He was forming.) The very least
things then are as much in His infinite Mind, as what we count the
greatest. He has not simply made “laws of nature,” as people
speak,...
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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...
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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...
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THE LORD GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.
BEHOLD... LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
FORMED. was forming.
GRASSHOPPERS. LOCUSTS. Compare Nahum 3:17.
THE KING'S MOWINGS. Exacted by the k...
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_Thus_ DID _the Lord_ JEHOVAH SHEW _me_ The same formula, Amos 7:4_;
Amos 7:7_, Amos 8:1. Cf. "shewed me" (also in the description of a
vision), Jeremiah 24:1; Zechariah 3:1. Lit. _caused me to see_,...
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_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...
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HE FORMED GRASSHOPPERS— _Locusts._ Houbigant. See the notes on Joel
1:2 and the introductory note to this prophet....
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PROPHECIES PRESENTED, Chapter S 7-9
CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDNOT ALIGNED WITH GOD'S STANDARD
TEXT: Amos 7:1-9
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Thus the Lord, Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in
the beginning...
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed 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 mowings.
Amos...
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7:1 locusts (b-13) Heb. _ gob_ . see Nahum 3:17 ....
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GRASSHOPPERS] RV 'Locusts.' THE LATTER GROWTH may possibly mean the
grass which springs in Palestine after the late rains in March-April.
We cannot be quite certain whether the king's MOWINGS or 'shea...
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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.
This was after the king h...
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Each of the visions is introduced with closely resembling words. For
“grasshopper,” read _locusts._ The phrase “king’s mowings”
suggests that the king claimed tyrannically the first-fruits of the
hay...
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כֹּ֤ה הִרְאַ֨נִי֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה וְ
הִנֵּה֙ יֹוצֵ֣ר גֹּבַ֔י בִּ תְחִלַּ֖ת
עֲלֹ֣ות הַ לָּ֑קֶשׁ וְ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed (a)
grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth;
and, lo, [it was] the latter growth (b) after the king's mowing...
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The locust, &c. These judgments by locusts and fire, which by the
prophet's intercession were moderated, signify the former invasions of
the Assyrians under Phul and Theglathphalassar, before the utte...
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CONTENTS
The Prophet is going on in this Chapter, in the Lord's name, to preach
to the people of their sins, when he is interrupted by Amaziah the
priest, who informs the king against him. Amos conti...
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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...
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Amos shows in this chapter that God had already often deferred the
punishments which he had yet determined to inflict on the people; and
thus he reminds the Israelites of their perverseness, inasmuch...
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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...
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THUS HATH THE LORD SHOWED UNTO ME,.... What follows in this and the
two Chapter s, before the prophet delivered what he heard from the
Lord; now what he saw, the same thing, the ruin of the ten tribes...
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed 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 mowings.
Ver....
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_Thus hath the Lord showed unto me_ The Lord also showed me the
following things. Here the prophet mentions the first of five
prophetic representations of what was coming upon this people. _He
formed...
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Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, in visions and pictures shown
by the Spirit of God, AND, BEHOLD, HE FORMED GRASSHOPPERS IN THE
BEGINNING OF THE SHOOTING UP OF THE LATTER GROWTH, of the second c...
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GRASSHOPPERS:
Or, green worms...
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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...
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AMOS CHAPTER 7 The judgment of the grasshoppers, AMOS 7:1, and of the
fire, are diverted by the intercession of Amos, AMOS 7:4. By a wall
and plumbline is signified the desolation of Israel, AMOS 7:7....
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Amos 7:1 Lord H136 GOD H3069 showed H7200 (H8689) formed H3335 (H8802)
swarms H1462 beginning H8462 crop H5927 (H8800) H3954 crop H3954 after
H310 kings H4428 mowings H1488
showed - Amos 7:4, Amos 7:...
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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 himse...
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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 mowin...
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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, w...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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 symboliz...
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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...
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Amos 4:9; Amos 7:4; Amos 7:7; Amos 8:1; Exodus 10:12; Ezekiel 11:25;
Isaiah 33:4; Jeremiah 1:11; Jeremiah 24:1; Joel 1:4;...
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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...