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CHAPTER IX
_The first part of this chapter contains another vision, in_
_which God is represented as declaring the final ruin of the_
_kingdom of Israel, and the general dispersion of the people_,...
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I SAW THE LORD - He saw God in vision; yet God no more, as before,
asked him what he saw. God no longer shows him emblems of the
destruction, but the destruction itself. Since Amos had just been
speak...
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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 RESTORATION OF GOD'S PEOPLE. This section is probably a
post-exilic appendix to the book. The point of view has changed, the
fate of Israel being quite different from that contemplated in the
rest...
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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. One of the 134 places where the _Sepherim_ say they altered
"Jehovah" of the primitive text to "Adonai" (App-2). See App-4. Here
it is combined with _'eth. Jehovah_ Himself.
UPON beside, or...
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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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_standing_ STATIONED (Amos 7:7).
BY _the altar_ lit. _over_, i.e. _leaning over_, an idiomatic use of
the preposition, found elsewhere, as Numbers 23:3; Numbers 23:6;...
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GOD'S JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL -- AMOS 9:1-4 : The people of Israel had been
unfaithful to God. They had worshipped idols, taken advantage of the
poor, been dishonest in business and been very violent. Now...
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UPON THE ALTAR— _Near the altar._ As this prophesy is against the
kingdom of Israel, it is probable that this altar was dedicated to the
purposes of idolatry, especially as God appears near it, in ord...
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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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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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9:1 them (e-37) Or 'their posterity,' as ch. 4.2; Psalms 109:13 ....
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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 relationship...
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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....
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IX.
(1) The last vision is transferred to the shrine at Bethel, the seat
of the calf-worship. The prophet sees Jehovah Himself standing in pomp
by the altar of burnt offering, and by His side the ange...
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רָאִ֨יתִי אֶת ־אֲדֹנָ֜י נִצָּ֣ב עַֽל
־הַ מִּז
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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 p...
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I saw the Lord standing upon the (a) altar: and he said, Smite the
lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the (b)
head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sw...
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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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CONTENTS
The Chapter opens with solemn threatenings and concludes with gracious
promises. The reference to Gospel days is clearly proved from the
application made to this scripture in the Acts of the...
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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 confirms the threatening which we have already explained;
for he says that the people would be soon removed, as there was now no
hope of repentance. But it must first be observed, that he...
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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 I SAW THE LORD STANDING UPON THE ALTAR,.... Either upon the altar
of burnt offerings in the temple of Jerusalem, whither he had removed
from the cherubim; signifying his being about to depart, and...
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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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_I saw_ Namely, in a vision or ecstasy; _the Lord_ That is, the glory
and majesty of the Lord, as Isaiah did, Isaiah 6:1, or a bright
glorious light, indicating the presence of God; _standing upon the...
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I saw, in a fifth vision, THE LORD STANDING UPON THE ALTAR, most
likely that of the idolatrous sanctuary at Bethel, to which reference
has just been made; AND HE SAID, SMITE THE LINTEL OF THE DOOR, th...
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THE WICKED KINGDOM OVERTHROWN...
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LINTEL:
Or, chapiter, or knop
CUT THEM:
Or, wound them...
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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,...
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AMOS CHAPTER 9 The certainty of Israel's desolation, AMOS 9:1. The
restoring of the tabernacle of David, and of the captivity of Israel.
I SAW: as before, AMOS 7:1,4,7 8:1; so here the prophet hath a...
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Amos 9:1 saw H7200 (H8804) Lord H136 standing H5324 (H8737) altar
H4196 said H559 (H8799) Strike...
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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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YHWH'S JUDGMENT AGAINST ISRAEL AND THEIR FALSE ALTAR IS CERTAIN AND
SURE (AMOS 9:1).
There is an interesting and possibly significant comparison between
Amos 9:1 here and 1 Kings 13:1 (possibly as kno...
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STANDING
The position of the Lord (Adonai) is significant. The altar speaks
properly of mercy because of judgement executed upon an interposed
sacrifice, but when altar and sacrifice are despised the...
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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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_I saw the Lord standing upon the altar._
THE LORD ARISING TO JUDGMENT IN HIS CHURCH
God will no longer tolerate sin, nor allow sinners to trifle with His
majesty.
I. Dwelling-place of The Most Hig...
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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
wo
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos sees God STANDING, fixed in purpose, by the
altar. POSTS] Thresholds (Isaiah 6:4). CUT] Human victims demanded;
wounded with fragments of broken columns (cf. Psalms 68:21; Habakk...
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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 (A...
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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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2 Chronicles 18:18; Acts 26:13; Amos 2:14; Amos 2:15; Amos 3:14;...
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The altar — Of burnt — offering before the temple at Jerusalem,
this altar and temple Israel had forsaken, and set up others against
it; and here God in his jealousy appears prepared to take vengeance...