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As our Lord repeated the same words in the Garden, so Amos interceded
with God with words, all but one, the same, and with the same plea,
that, if God did not help, Israel was indeed helpless. Yet a 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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THE VISION OF FIRE. Another time the prophet saw a fire-phenomenon.
Yahweh (Amos 7:4) called down a fire to punish (or judge). This
devoured the great deep (Genesis 1:6 f.*), whence came the rivers an...
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Again the prophet intercedes, in the same words as before, except that
he does not pray that God would _forgive_His people, but that He would
_cease, desist_, from His work of judgement. And, once mor...
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The second vision. The devouring fire.
_called to contend by fire_ Jehovah arraigns His people: and fire is
the agent which he summons against them (cf. _to dispute_, or
_litigate, with fire_, Isaiah...
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_THE VISION OF FIRE -- AMOS 7:4-6:_ In a second vision the Lord showed
Amos that He was going to send a ball of fire to burn up everything on
earth, including the ocean. It was a judgment by fire, and...
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PROPHECIES PRESENTED, Chapter S 7-9
CAUSES OF JUDGMENT PROPHESIEDNOT ALIGNED WITH GOD'S STANDARD
TEXT: Amos 7:1-9
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Thus the Lord, Jehovah showed me: and, behold, he formed locusts in
the beginning...
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_THEN SAID I, O LORD GOD, CEASE, I BESEECH THEE: BY WHOM SHALL JACOB
ARISE? FOR HE IS SMALL._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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וָ אֹמַ֗ר אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ חֲדַל
־נָ֔א מִ֥י
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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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The subject in these verses is the same, but the figure is changed.
Under the image of fire, and so tremendous as to devour the great
deep, the ruin of the people is set forth. But, here as before, th...
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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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_WEAKNESS AND STRENGTH_
‘By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.’
Amos 7:5
As uttered by the prophet, this may be regarded as the language of
complaint, of sorrow, of despondency; and yet also...
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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 SAID I, O LORD GOD, CEASE, I BESEECH THEE,.... From destroying
the land; suffer not this calamity to proceed any further; using the
same argument as before:
BY WHOM SHALL JACOB ARISE? FOR HE [IS...
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Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob
arise? for he [is] small.
Ver. 5. _Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee_] See Amos
7:2; and persevering in prayer for the...
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_The Lord God called to contend by fire_, &c. This represented a sorer
judgment than the former, and, in the opinion of some expositors,
denoted the invasion of Tiglath-pileser, who carried a great pa...
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Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech Thee; by whom shall Jacob
arise? For he is small, the prophet thus once more interceding in
behalf of his sinful nation....
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THE VISIONS OF THE GRASSHOPPERS, OF THE FIRE, AND OF THE PLUMB-LINE....
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1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking
people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the
produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submis...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Amos 7:5 said H559 (H8799) Lord H136 GOD H3069 cease H2308 (H8798)
Jacob H3290 stand H6965 (H8
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THE SECOND VISION - THE CONSUMING FIRE (AMOS 7:4).
We must remember that this was a vision not something that actually
happened. It commenced with a fire from YHWH which ‘devoured the
great deep'. As...
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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 7:1. Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me; and, behold, he
formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter
growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowing...
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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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_O Lord, forgive, I beseech Thee. .. The Lord repented for this: It
shall not be, saith the Lord._
INTERCESSION FOR PARDON PREVAILING
I. Concerning intercession.
1. This intercession was made by Am...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.] SHOWED] three visions in this ch. LOCUSTS (Amos 7:1)
the first; “all inward tuitions produced by the Spirit of God, which
set forth the primitive judgments of God” [_Keil_]. BEGIN.] T...
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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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Amos 7:2; Amos 7:3; Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 10:25; Jeremiah 30:19;...