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 first is a vision of inescapable judgment (Amos 7:1). This vision is frighteningly confirmed by the prop... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:2 PLEASE FORGIVE. In spite of the severity of all that Amos had said, he took no pleasure in the people’s suffering. He pleaded earnestly that God would show mercy. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:3 THE LORD RELENTED. Like Amos, God does not desire to destroy his people. He is very patient (see Exodus 34:6). He has promised to relent in response to repentance (see Jeremiah 8:5; compare Jonah 3:10). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:7 The third picture that God SHOWED Amos was of a PLUMB LINE held against a WALL. A plumb line is a string with a weight fastened to its end. When the string is placed beside a wall and the weight is allowed to hang freely, it will show whether or not the wall is perfectly vertic... [ Continue Reading ]
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; Malachi 2:6). But the priesthood itself was corrupt (see 1 Kings 12:31 for how the first King Jeroboam had ruined the prie... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:12 When AMAZIAH called Amos a SEER, his intent may have been to show contempt. The term suggests, what was true, that Amos is not a member of the royal guild of prophets, who, since they were paid by the king, would say only what the king wanted to hear. Thus Amos had no standing... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:15 THE LORD TOOK ME... THE LORD SAID TO ME. Amos was prophesying on God’s authority. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 7:17 All the honor that Amaziah prized so highly would be taken from him. These terrible punishments would happen because he rejected God’s word through Amos. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]