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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7 - Introduction

* Visions of judgments to come upon Israel. (1-9) Amaziah threatens Amos. (10-17)

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See also Amos 7 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The visions of this chapter Amos 7 continue the direct prophecy of the last. That closed in the prophecy of the affliction of Israel through the Assyrian: this foretells three gradations, in which it...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AMOS 7:1 TO AMOS 9:8. VISIONS OF THE PROPHET AMOS. This section contains a series of visions, interrupted by a historical passage (Amos 7:10). The visions are described and then interpreted as symboli...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    PART III. Chapter S 7 9 (1) Amos 7:1 to Amos 9:10. A series of visions, interrupted in Amos 7:10-17 by an historical episode, and followed in each case by longer or shorter explanatory comments, inte...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    GO PROPHECY UNTO MY PEOPLE ISRAEL AMOS SEVEN The book of Amos has two natural divisions. Amos chapter one through six contains God's condemnation of sin and a picture of His judgment against eight di...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _THE JUDGMENTS OF THE GRASSHOPPERS, AND OF THE FIRE, ARE DIVERTED BY THE PRAYER OF AMOS. BY THE WALL MADE BY A PLUMB-LINE IS SIGNIFIED THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL. AMAZIAH COMPLAINETH OF AMOS. AMOS SHEWET...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Summarize in one paragraph, the philosophy of history as taught by the Old Testament prophets. 2. Describe in detail, the circumstances of the times in which Amos to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (h-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Amos'), Said to mean, 'Burden-bearer.' herdmen (i-9) Or 'sheepmasters,' 2 Kings 3:4 . Tekoa, (k-11) In Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:6 ....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VII. Here commences the third portion of the prophecy. It is of a different class from that which has preceded, and may have formed the main heads of public discourses, the parabolic ministry of the p...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 7 In this and the two following Chapter s are the visions of Amos, in number five; three of which are contained in this chapter, and with which it begins. The first is of the gra...

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