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Verse Amos 9:6. _BUILDETH HIS STORIES IN THE HEAVEN_] There is here
an allusion to large houses, where there are _cellars_, or places dug
in the ground as _repositories_ for corn; _middle apartments_...
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HE THAT BUILDETH HIS STORIES - The word commonly means “steps,”
nor is there any reason to alter it. We read of “the third heavens 2
Corinthians 12:2, the heavens of heavens Deuteronomy 10:14;...
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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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STORIES. chambers above. Compare Psalms 104:3; Psalms 104:13,
TROOP. band: i.e. the blue vault.
IN. over.
CALLETH. Compare Amos 5:8. The LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. It.
is His name.
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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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Such a terrible announcement of judgement might seem to need
confirmation: Amos therefore pauses, to describe, in two majestic
verses, the power of the God who has been provoked, and who thus
threaten...
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_That buildeth his_ UPPER CHAMBERS _in the heaven, and hath founded
his_ VAULT UPON _the earth_ The Hebrews pictured the sky as a solid
vault (_firmamentum_), resting at its extremities upon the earth...
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THE LORD GOD IS ALL-POWERFUL -- AMOS 9:5-6 : Amos gave an amazing
picture of God's judgment. He said, "When the LORD God All-Powerful
touches the earth, it melts, and its people mourn. God makes the e...
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IT IS HE THAT BUILDETH, &C.— See the note on Jeremiah 22:13 where it
is remarked, from the _Observations,_ that the chief rooms of the
houses in the East are those above. Perhaps our prophet refers to...
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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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It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded
his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and
poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his...
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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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RV 'It is He that buildeth His chambers in the heaven, and hath
founded His vault upon the earth.' The vault of the sky appears to
rest on the ground.
7. At Amos 3:2; Amos admits that there is a speci...
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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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Accumulate in grand imagery the majesty, power, and irresistible
resources of the Lord, who has at length become their enemy. The very
world itself melts, as Sinai did, at His touch.
The word “is” sh...
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הַ בֹּונֶ֤ה בַ † שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙
_מַעֲלֹותָ֔יו_† וַ...
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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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Ascension, or his high throne. (Challoner) --- Septuagint, "the
ascent, and hath founded the declarations (Haydock) or promise upon,"
&c., which must be explained in a moral sense. (Calmet) --- Bundle...
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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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The Prophet describes now in general terms the power of God, that he
might the more impress his hearers, and that they might not heedlessly
reject what he had previously threatened respecting their ap...
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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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[IT IS] HE THAT BUILDETH HIS STORIES IN THE HEAVEN,.... The three
elements, according to Aben Ezra, fire, air, and water; the orbs, as
Kimchi, one above another; a word near akin to this is rendered ...
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Amos 9:6 [It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath
founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the
sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LO...
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_And_ Or, _for, the Lord toucheth the land, and it shall melt _ The
least token of God's displeasure is sufficient to put the whole frame
of nature out of order. See the margin. And when God's hand is...
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It is He that buildeth His stories in the heaven, literally, "His
upper chambers," to which one would have to ascend by steps, AND HATH
FOUNDED HIS TROOP IN THE EARTH, firmly fixing the vault of His s...
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THE WICKED KINGDOM OVERTHROWN...
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STORIES:
Or, spheres _Heb._ ascensions
TROUPE:
Or, bundell...
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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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IT IS HE THAT BUILDETH HIS STORIES IN THE HEAVEN; he that threatens
and will execute his just severities on you is that mighty, glorious
King, whose palace inconceivably surpasseth all the royal palac...
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Amos 9:6 builds H1129 (H8802) layers H4609 sky H8064 founded H3245
(H8804) strata H92 earth H776 calls...
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A REMINDER OF WHO IT IS WHO WILL DO THIS (AMOS 9:5).
The Lord YHWH can do all this because he is Lord of earthquakes, and
is the One Who has built His mansions in the heavens, and His cellars
on 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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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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_The Lord God is He that toucheth the land, and it shall melt._
GOD AS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF JUSTICE
I. He does it with the greatest ease. The Almighty has no difficulty.
Never can there be any misca...
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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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CRITICAL NOTES.]
AMOS 9:5.] God is _omnipotent_, able judgment. TOUCHETH] Dissolves the
stability of the earth (Psalms 46:7; Psalms 75:4).
A
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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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Amos 4:13; Amos 5:8; Exodus 3:14; Exodus 3:15; Genesis 2:1;...
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His stories — The celestial orbs one over another, as so many
stories in an high and stately palace. And he hath founded his troop
in the earth: all the creatures, which are one army, one body; so
clo...