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Verse Amos 8:12. _THEY SHALL WANDER FRONT SEA TO SEA_] From the
Mediterranean to the Dead Sea or from west to east, and from north to
south, _to seek the word of the Lord_; to find a prophet, or any
p...
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THEY SHALL WANDER - Literally, “reel.” The word is used of the
reeling of drunkards, of the swaying to and fro of trees in the wind,
of the quivering of the lips of one agitated, and then of the unste...
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CHAPTER 8
The Fourth Vision: The Basket With Summer Fruit
_ 1. The vision (Amos 8:1) _
2. Israel ripe for judgment (Amos 8:4)
3. The coming days of famine (Amos 8:11)...
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE THEME OF AMOS 3. This section, which re-echoes Amos
2:6, has been regarded as a conglomeration of rather loosely-connected
fragments (_cf._ G. A. Smith). The prophet addresses himse...
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WANDER. Hebrew go tottering, or staggering....
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_wander_ GO TOTTERING (comp. on Amos 4:8), with allusion to the
uncertain gait of persons partly (Amos 8:13) exhausted, and partly
bewildered, not knowing where to find what they are in search of (cf....
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Then, in the general distress, there will be an eagerness to hear that
word of Jehovah, which is now scorned and rejected: men will seek
everywhere throughout the land to find a prophet who will decla...
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A fresh denunciation of Israel's sin, followed by a fresh picture of
the impending calamities....
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_A FAMINE FOR THE WORD OF GOD -- AMOS 8:11-14:_ God promised a
horrible famine in the land. It would not be a shortage of food and
water. The people would be hungry and thirsty to hear the word of God...
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DESCRIPTION OF JUDGMENTS PROPHESIEDSPIRITUAL FAMINE
TEXT: Amos 8:11-14
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Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst f...
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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and
shall not find it.
THEY SHALL WANDER FROM SEA TO SEA - i:e.,...
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FROM SEA TO SEA] i.e. from the Mediterranean to the Dead Sea.
14. The SIN, or, rather, the 'guilt' of Samaria, is the idolatrous
object worshipped by the Samaritans, either the calf at Bethel (1
Kings...
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THE VISION OF THE RIPE FRUIT, FOLLOWED BY A FIFTH ADDRESS
1-3. The vision.
4-14. The address, denouncing dishonest traders (Amos 8:4),
threatening earthquakes, eclipse, mourning, a painful sense of...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 8
A PICTURE OF A BASKET OF FRUIT
V1 This is what the *Lord the Ruler showed me: I saw a basket of ripe
fruit.
V2 The *L...
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THEY SHALL WANDER FROM SEA TO SEA... — Stagger and reel from east to
west to find one seer who knows the mind of the Lord: they shall not
find one. The reference to the east here has an instructive pa...
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וְ נָעוּ֙ מִ יָּ֣ם עַד ־יָ֔ם וּ...
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1. EARTHQUAKE, ECLIPSE, AND FAMINE
Amos 8:4
"Hear this, ye who trample the needy, and would put an end to the
lowly of the land, saying, When will the New-Moon be over, that we may
sell grain, and th...
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THE WORST FAMINE OF ALL
Amos 8:1-14
What is more fragile than summer fruit! So beautiful, so refreshing,
yet so readily corrupted and diseased. To Amos it was an emblem of the
rapidity with which dis...
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The next vision, that of the basket of summer fruit, indicated the im
minence of the judgment. Jehovah declared that the end was come, that
He would not pass by them any more.
This announcement was f...
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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and fro to seek the (h) word of the LORD, and
shall not find [it].
(h) By which he shows that they will n...
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_Sea to sea: from west to south, or to the ocean; in whatever part of
the world they may be. (Calmet)_...
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What an awful sound is here! And how dreadfully awful in that land,
that parish, that people, that family, or person, in whom it is
fulfilled. A famine of bread the common staff of life is distressing...
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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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But it may be here asked, Why does he say that they should be so
famished as to _run here and there, and wander from sea to sea, from
the south even to the east, _since this ought to be counted as one...
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Chapter 8 renews the declaration, that the end of Israel was come on
account of their iniquity. God would no longer pass it over. The
prophet announces likewise the distress the people should come int...
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AND THEY SHALL WANDER FROM SEA TO SEA,.... From the sea of Tiberias,
or Galilee; or from the Dead sea, the lake Asphaltites; or from the
Red sea, which was to the south of the land of Israel, to the g...
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And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the
east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and
shall not find [it].
Ver. 12. _And they shall wander from sea t...
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_And they shall wander from sea to sea_ From the sea of Tiberias to
the great sea, from one border of the country to another. _And from
the north even to the east_ The prophet omits naming the _south_...
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and they shall wander from sea to sea, from the Dead Sea to the
Mediterranean, AND FROM THE NORTH EVEN TO THE EAST, to the limitless
extent of the Arabian Desert, THEY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO TO SEEK THE...
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A LAST ADMONITION OF THE LORD...
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11-14 Here was a token of God's highest displeasure. At any time, and
most in a time of trouble, a famine of the word of God is the heaviest
judgment. To many this is no affliction, yet some will fee...
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THEY SHALL WANDER FROM SEA TO SEA; search all places for a prophet or
a preacher from the Syrian or Midland Sea to that of Tiberias, to the
Dead Sea, and to the Red Sea. FROM THE NORTH EVEN TO THE EAS...
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Amos 8:12 wander H5128 (H8804) sea H3220 sea H3220 north H6828 east
H4217 fro H7751 (H8787) seeking...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE JUDGMENT (AMOS 8:8).
For these people there would be a heavy price to pay because of their
sins. The land would tremble and all its inhabitants mourn. For YHWH
was about to br...
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THE FOURTH VISION - THE VISION OF THE BASKET OF SUMMER FRUIT
INDICATING THAT ISRAEL WERE ABOUT TO BE HARVESTED (AMOS 8:1).
In his fourth vision Amos was shown a basket of summer fruit (e.g.
figs and p...
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CONTENTS: The basket of summer fruit foretelling Israel's near ruin.
Summary of the case against Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Amos.
CONCLUSION: The time of God's patience draws surely to a conclusion,
a...
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Amos 8:1. _A basket of summer fruit._ The Lord would not wait till the
vintage; he would cause their sun, as a nation, to set at noon, and
rise no more.
Amos 8:5. _That we may sell corn making the eph...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:1 In powerful word-pictures, Amos describes the
final end of Israel.
⇐ ⇔...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 8:11 Israel had rejected the WORDS OF THE LORD
from Amos. They will go into exile, where there will be no word from
the Lord at all. In its absence they will find that the revelation...
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_HOMILETICS_
CRITICAL NOTES.]
AMOS 8:11. FAMINE] The light and comfort of God’s word shall fail;
they despise now what they shall look for in vain then.
AMOS 8:12. WANDER] Lit. reel, like drunken m...
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EXPOSITION
AMOS 8:1
§ 5. _In the fourth vision, the basket of summer fruit, the Lord
shows that the people is ripe for judgment. _Explaining this
revelation, Amos denounces the oppression and greed...
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Now in chapter 8:
Thus hath the Lord GOD showed unto me: and behold a basket of summer
fruit (Amos 8:1).
So now another vision, and in this vision he sees this summer fruit,
apricots and peaches, pl...
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2 Timothy 3:6; 2 Timothy 3:7; Daniel 12:4; Matthew 11:25; Matthew 1
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Shall wander — Search all places for a prophet or preacher, from the
Mid — land sea to the dead sea, they shall search all corners for a
prophet....