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Verse Amos 7:14. _I_ WAS _NO PROPHET_] I am an extraordinary messenger
of God. I am not called to the prophetic office but for _this_
_occasion_. I have no message to _Judah_, and therefore need not g...
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I WAS NO PROPHET - The order of the words is emphatic. “No prophet
I, and no prophet’s son I, for a herdsman I, and dresser of
sycamores.” It may be, Amos would meet, for the people’s sake,
Amaziah’s...
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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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EFFECT OF AMOS-' PUBLIC UTTERANCES. A historical episode is here
interposed. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, interrupts the work of
Amos, charging him, by twisting his words, with conspiracy (Amos
7:10...
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A PROPHET'S SON. Prophets were not hereditary as priests were. Compare
Hebrews 1:1.
HERDMAN. See notes on Amos 1:1,
GATHERER. preparer....
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A historical episode, intimately connected with the preceding visions,
and arising out of them. In particular, Amos, in explaining the last
of these visions, had spoken so unambiguously, even, in appe...
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_I_was _no prophet, and I_was _no prophet's son_ i.e. not one of the
"sons of the prophets," as the companies, or guilds, of prophets, at
Beth-el, Gilgal, and other places, are called in the Book of K...
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Amos" retort....
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_AMAZIAH REBUKES AMOS -- AMOS 7:10-17:_ Amaziah the priest at Bethel
sent a message to King Jeroboam of Israel saying, "Amos is plotting
against you in the very heart of Israel. Our nation cannot put...
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I WAS NO PROPHET, &C.— Houbigant reads this, _I am no prophet,
neither am I a prophet's son;_ that is, "I am not accustomed to act as
a prophet; this is not my condition of life, and therefore it is i...
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CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDCORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS
TEXT: Amos 7:10-17
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Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel,
saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the mids...
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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither
was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of
sycomore fruit:
THEN ANSWERED AMOS, AND SAID TO AMAZIAH, I WAS NO P...
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7:14 gatherer (d-25) Or 'dresser.'...
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THREE VISIONS AND AN INTERRUPTION
1-9. The visions.
10-17. The interruption.
There are two senses in which the word 'Vision' may be used of one of
the forms of Hebrew prophecy. In the first sense a...
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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....
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I WAS... — An interesting biographical touch. Prophecy, like other
occupations, tended to form a hereditary guild, but Amos was not by
birth a prophet. The word for “gatherer” is rendered in the LXX....
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וַ יַּ֤עַן עָמֹוס֙ וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל
־אֲמַצְיָ֔
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Amos 3:3, Amos 7:14
THE MAN AND THE PROPHET
THE Book of Amos opens one of the greatest stages in the religious
development of mankind. Its originality is due to a few simple ideas,
which it propels...
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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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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no (h) prophet,
neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a
gatherer of sycomore fruit:
(h) Thus he shows by his extraordinary call...
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I am not a prophet. That is, I am not a prophet by education: nor is
prophesying my calling or profession: but I am a herdsman, whom God
was pleased to send hither to prophesy to Israel. (Challoner) -...
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Blessed be the Lord for making his servants faithful. Who but must
admire the humbleness and modesty of Amos, in his account of his call
to the ministry! And who but must be delighted with the firmnes...
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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 Amos first pleads for himself, that he was not at liberty
to obey the counsel of Amaziah, because he could not renounce a
calling to which he was appointed. As then he had been sent by God...
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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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THEN ANSWERED AMOS, AND SAID TO AMAZIAH,.... With much freedom,
boldness, and intrepidity, and yet with modesty and humility; not at
all moved by his frowns or his flattery:
I [WAS] NO PROPHET, NEITH...
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_Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither
[was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of
sycomore fruit:_
Ver. 14. _Then answered Amos and said to Amaz...
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_I was no prophet_ Not originally, or by study, or by any human
designation; _neither was I a prophet's son_ Neither was I bred up at
the schools of the prophets; as those usually were who took that
o...
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Then answered Amos and said to Amaziah, in defending himself against
the high priest's insinuations, I WAS NO PROPHET, NEITHER WAS I A
PROPHET'S SON, that is, he was not born to that honor nor did he...
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THE PROPHET AT BETHEL...
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SYCAMORE FRUIT:
Or, wild figs...
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10-17 It is no new thing for the accusers of the brethren, to
misrepresent them as enemies to the king and kingdom, as traitors to
their prince, and troublers of the land, when they are the best
frie...
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THEN ANSWERED AMOS: so soon as this false accuser had under the vizard
of friendship given advice, and withal intimated his resolution to use
his authority to make Amos desist if he did not do it volu...
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Amos 7:14 Amos H5986 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) Amaziah
H558 prophet H5030 son H1121 prophet...
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THE THIRD VISION. THE VISION OF THE PLUMB-LINE AND THE RESULTING
RESPONSE (AMOS 7:7).
In this third vision YHWH carried some kind of measuring device as He
stood beside a wall, presumably with the pur...
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THE FOUR VISIONS (AMOS 7:1 TO AMOS 8:14).
In a similar way to the seven judgments in Amos 1:2 to Amos 2:5,
followed by the expanded judgment on Israel, which all initially follo
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Amos 7:10
I. There is something very wonderful, and at the same time most
natural, in the expansion of mind which a man brought up as Amos was,
acquires when he has been raised out of himself and has...
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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, wh...
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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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_Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of
Israel._
THE CONVENTIONAL AND THE GENUINE PRIESTS OF A PEOPLE
I. The conventional priest. Amaziah was chief priest of the royal
sanctua...
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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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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:10 If the plumb line according to which Israel
was constructed was the Law, then the priesthood should have held
Israel accountable to it (Deuteronomy 33:10;...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Amos 7:10.] The prophet opposed at Bethel on account of these
predictions. CONSPIRED] Heb. _banded_, implying that others joined.
There is a charge of conspiracy and sedition; insinu...
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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 symbolize...
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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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1 Corinthians 1:27; 1 Kings 20:35; 2 Chronicles 16:7; 2 Chronicles
19:2;...