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Verse Amos 9:5. _THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS_ IS _HE_] So powerful is he
that a touch of his hand shall _melt_ or dissolve _the land_, and
cause all its _inhabitants to mourn_. Here is still a reference to...
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And who is He who should do this? God, at whose command are all
creatures. This is the hope of His servants; from where Hezekiah
begins his prayer, “Lord of hosts, God of Israel” Isaiah 37:16.
This is...
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CHAPTER 9
The Passing of a Kingdom and the Coming of the Kingdom
_ 1. The fifth vision: The passing of a kingdom (Amos 9:1) _
2. The coming of the kingdom (Amos 9:11)
Amos 9:1. In his fifth vision...
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THE VISION OF AN AVENGING GOD. The last vision impresses upon Amos the
anger and omnipotence of the supreme ruler and judge. Yahweh is seen
(Amos 9:1) stationed by or over the altar (_i.e._ of Bethel)...
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THE LORD GOD, Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. App-4. See note on Amos 1:8.
dwell. The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads dwelleth".
flood. See notes on Amos 8:8....
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Amos 9:1. The fifth vision, the smitten sanctuary. The people are all
assembled for worship in their sanctuary: Jehovah is seen standing by
the altar, and commanding the building to be so smitten that...
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THE LORD GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL -- AMOS 9:5-6 : Amos gave an amazing
picture of God's judgment. He said, "When the LORD God All-Powerful
touches the earth, it melts, and its people mourn. God makes the e...
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AND IT SHALL RISE UP, &C.— See on chap. Amos 8:8....
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DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDTHOROUGH AND INESCAPABLE
TEXT: Amos 9:1-6
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I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the
capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break th...
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And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up
wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of E...
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THE CONCLUDING VISION AND A DISCOURSE. COMFORTABLE WORDS
1. The vision.
2-10. The discourse, declaring that none shall evade God's judgments
(Amos 9:2); that Israel stands in no peculiar relationshi...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 9
GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
V1 I saw the *Lord standing by the *altar.
He said: ‘Hit the top of the columns.
I wa...
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Accumulate in grand imagery the majesty, power, and irresistible
resources of the Lord, who has at length become their enemy. The very
world itself melts, as Sinai did, at His touch.
The word “is” sh...
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וַ אדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה הַ צְּבָאֹ֗ות הַ
נֹּוגֵ֤עַ בָּ † אָ֨רֶץ֙ וַ תָּמֹ֔וג
וְ אָבְל֖וּ...
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2. NEMESIS
Amos 9:1
There follows a Vision in Bethel, the opening of which, "I saw the
Lord," immediately recalls the great inauguration of Isaiah. He also
"saw the Lord"; but how different the Attit...
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THE DAY OF RESTORATION
Amos 9:1-15
The guilty will certainly be punished. If they enter the sacred place
of worship, even that will not shelter them, Amos 9:1. Flight and
concealment will be in vain...
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The final vision was of judgment executed. In this there was no
symbol, no sign. We hear the manifesto of Jehovah Himself. It is one
of the most awe-inspiring visions of the whole Bible.
The message...
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_A river. Septuagint, "the river of Egypt," chap. viii. 8., and v. 24.
(Calmet)_...
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"I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel
of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all
of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he...
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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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The Prophet repeats here nearly the same words with those we explained
yesterday: he used then the similitude of a flood, which he again
mentions here. But as the first clause is capable of various
ex...
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Chapter 9 presents Jehovah Himself as directing the judgment in such a
manner that Israel should in no wise escape it, God treating them as
He would the nations that were strangers to Him, as the Phil...
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AND THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS [IS] HE THAT TOUCHETH THE LAND, AND IT SHALL
MELT,.... Which is another reason why it is impossible to escape the
hands of a sin revenging God, because he is omnipotent as we...
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And the Lord GOD of hosts [is] he that toucheth the land, and it shall
melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up
wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as [by] the flood o...
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_And_ Or, _for, the Lord toucheth the land, and it shall melt _ The
least token of God's displeasure is sufficient to put the whole frame
of nature out of order. See the margin. And when God's hand is...
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THE WICKED KINGDOM OVERTHROWN...
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1-10 The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous
altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will
overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace, s...
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The prophet having foretold such sad, universal desolations, miseries
beyond what this secure people could think possible, and such as the
atheists among them censured, and derided as impossibilities,...
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Amos 9:5 Lord H136 GOD H3069 hosts H6635 touches H5060 (H8802) earth
H776 melts H4127 (H8799) dwell H3427 (H8802) mourn H56 (H8804) swell
H5927 (H8804) River H2975 subside H8257 (H8804) River H2975 Eg...
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YHWH WILL INEXORABLY DEAL IN JUDGMENT WITH HIS PEOPLE, WHO HAVE
FORGOTTEN WHO AND WHAT HE REALLY IS, AND THERE WILL THEREFORE BE NO
HIDING PLACE FOR THEM (AMOS 9:1).
There is something genuinely aweso...
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CONTENTS: Final prophecy of dispersion of Israel and their ultimate
restoration and blessing in the kingdom age.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos.
CONCLUSION: The sword of war is the sword of divine vengeance,...
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Amos 9:1. _I saw the Lord standing upon the altar_ in Jerusalem, as in
Isaiah 6:1, and Ezekiel 9:3. Here the prophet heard the awful words,
that God would hunt the idolaters from all their hiding plac...
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_The Lord God is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt._
GOD AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF JUSTICE
I. He does it with the greatest ease. The Almighty has no difficulty.
Never can there be any misca...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 9:1 This final vision has two parts, one negative
(vv. Amos 9:1) and the other positive (vv. Amos 9:11). God considers
worthless all the sacrifices the Israelites had given in an att...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
AMOS 9:5.] God is _omnipotent_, able judgment. TOUCHETH] Dissolves the
stability of the earth (Psalms 46:7; Psalms 75:4).
AMOS 9:6. STORIES] Lit. _steps_, perhaps in allusion to Solo...
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EXPOSITION
AMOS 9:1
§ 6_. The fifth vision displays the Lord standing by the altar and
_commanding the destruction of the temple (Amos 9:1). No one shall
escape this judgment, flee whither he will ...
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Now in chapter 9 the final prophecy of Amos, he said,
I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel
of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all
of the...
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Amos 8:8; Habakkuk 3:10; Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 64:1; Isaiah 8:7; Isaiah
8:8; Jeremiah 12:4; Micah 1:3; Matthew 7:27; Nahum 1:6;...
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Toucheth — He needs not take great pains therein, a touch of his
finger will do this. Shall melt — As snow before the sun....