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Verse Amos 9:2. _THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL_] Though they should get
into the deepest caverns; _though they climb up to heaven _- get to
the most inaccessible heights; I will drag them up from the one,...
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Height or depth are alike open to the Omnipresent God. The grave is
not so awful as God. The sinner would gladly “dig through” into
hell, bury himself, the living among the dead, if so he could escape...
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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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THOUGH THEY DIG, &c. Note the Figure of speech Catabasis (Ap'. 6).
HELL. Hebrew. _Sheol_. The grave. App-35. Compare Psalms 139:8, &c,
CLIMB UP. Compare Job 20:6; Jeremiah 51:53.
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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 examples of places, inaccessible to man, in which they are
pictured hyperbolically as seeking to escape the Divine hand; Sheol,
the deep and cavernous (Isaiah 14:15) abode of the dead, which was
l...
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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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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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THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL— _Into the lowest parts of the earth;_ the
deepest cavern. See Psalms 139:8. &c....
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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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Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though
they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL, THENCE SHALL MINE HAND TAKE THEM - though
the...
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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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HELL] Heb. _Sheol_, the abode of the departed....
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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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DIG. — For this expression _break_ should be substituted.
“Hell,” or rather, _Hades_ (_Sheôl_), the dark abode of the
gathered dead, is contrasted with “heaven,” the abode of light.
Escape from the un...
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אִם ־יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִ שְׁאֹ֔ול מִ
שָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣י
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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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_Hell; to the deepest caves, where they used to flee, Psalm cxxxviii.
8._...
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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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Here the Prophet denounces horrible punishments; but not without
reason, for there was astonishing torpidity in that people, as there
is usually in all hypocrites when they have any shadow of excuse....
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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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THOUGH THEY DIG INTO HELL, THENCE SHALL MINE HAND TAKE THEM,.... That
is, they that endeavour to make their escape from their enemies,
though they seek for places of the greatest secrecy and privacy;...
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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:
Ver. 2. _Though they dig into hell, &c._] No starting hole shall
secure the...
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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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Though they dig into hell, in the uttermost depths of the universe,
THENCE SHALL MINE HAND TAKE THEM; THOUGH THEY CLIMB UP TO HEAVEN,
THENCE WILL I BRING THEM DOWN, Cf Psalms 139:7;...
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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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When David would describe the omnipresence of God, PSALMS 139:7, he
doth it most elegantly in almost the same manner as our inspired
herdman here doth. Wherever these seek to hide themselves from the...
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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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HELL
Hebrew, "Sheol,"
(_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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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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Ezekiel 28:13; Isaiah 14:13; Isaiah 2:19; Jeremiah 49:16;...
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Hell — The center of the earth, or the depth of hell....