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Verse Amos 9:3. _THOUGH THEY HIDE THEMSELVES_] All these are
metaphorical expressions, to show the impossibility of escape....
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He had contrasted heaven and hell, as places impossible for man to
reach; as I David says, “If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there: If
l make my bed in hell, behold Thee” Psalms 139:8. Now, of places...
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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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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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In whatever direction they flee, wherever they essay to hide
themselves, and even though they should be in captivity in the enemy's
land, they will not be able to elude the Divine anger....
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Two other examples of remote or inaccessible hiding-places, similarly
contrasted; Carmel, rising abruptly out of the sea, and the depths of
the ocean which it overhangs. Carmel was in two ways a hidin...
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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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DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDTHOROUGH AND INESCAPABLE
TEXT: Amos 9:1-6
1
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 though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search
and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the
bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he...
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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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CARMEL'S lofty, rough, wooded summit would be an ideal place to hide
in. Fugitives had the right of asylum on this sacred mountain. The
reference to the SERPENT reminds us of the Babylonian myth in wh...
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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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SERPENT. — On this expression, _i.e.,_ the “waterserpent,” comp.
Isaiah 27:1....
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וְ אִם ־יֵחָֽבְאוּ֙ בְּ רֹ֣אשׁ הַ
כַּרְמֶ֔ל
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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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And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search
and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the
bottom of the sea, thence will I command the (c) serpent, 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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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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Now as to what he says, _I will command the serpent to bite them,
_some understand by נחש, _nuchesh, _not a serpent on hand, but the
whale, or some other marine animal, as the leviathan, which is
ment...
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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 THOUGH THEY HIDE THEMSELVES IN THE TOP OF CARMEL,.... One of the
highest mountains in the land of Israel; in the woods upon it, and
caves in it:
I WILL SEARCH AND TAKE THEM OUT FROM THENCE: by di...
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And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search
and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the
bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he s...
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_Though they dig into hell_, &c. Here the subject is enlarged upon to
impress it more deeply on the minds of all that read or hear it.
Though they hide themselves in the deepest holes or caverns of th...
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THE WICKED KINGDOM OVERTHROWN...
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and though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, whose wooded
heights were at the extreme western boundary of their kingdom, I WILL
SEARCH AND TAKE THEM OUT THENCE; AND THOUGH THEY BE HID FROM MY...
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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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THOUGH THEY HIDE THEMSELVES IN THE TOP OF CARMEL; one high woody
mountain, shelter and hiding-place for wild beasts, by a figure put
for all the rest; if they think to be safe where wild beasts find a...
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Amos 9:3 hide H2244 (H8735) top H7218 Carmel H3760 search H2664
(H8762) take H3947 (H8804) hide...
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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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Amos 9:2
What a variety, what a reduplication of expression in order to
represent as utterly impossible that the parties who are here
threatened could escape the vengeance of their God! It matters no...
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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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_Though they dig into hell, thence shall Mine hand take them; though
they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down._
THE DANGER OF IMPENITENCE
In this passage God manifests His determination...
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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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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 9:2 Two groups of opposites: SHEOL (the
underworld) vs. HEAVEN; and CARMEL (the mountaintop) vs. THE BOTTOM OF
THE SEA. In short, there
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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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Isaiah 27:1; Jeremiah 16:16; Jeremiah 23:23; Jeremiah 23:24; Job 34:
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The serpent — The crocodile or shark....