Amos 7:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. ”

Amos 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amaziah then was in direct rebellion and contradiction against God. He was in an office forbidden by God. God’s word came to him. He had his choice; and, as people do, when entangled in evil course...
Amos 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Effect of Amos-' Public Utterances. A historical episode is here interposed. Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, interrupts the work of Amos, charging him, by twisting his words, with conspiracy ( Amos...
Amos 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

drop not, the. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 20:46 ; Ezekiel 20:21 ; Ezekiel 20:2 . Micah 2:6 , margin
Amos 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos having shown that he must obey God, who had committed to him the office of teaching, now turns his discourse to Amaziah, and points out what he would gain by his insolence in daring to for...
Amos 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord - While he was...
Amos 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. Thou sayest ... drop not thy word against the house o...
Amos 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 se...
Amos 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Drop not. — A word used in the Song of Moses for “distil,” expressing persuasive and flowing discourse ( Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Ezekiel 21:2 ; Ezekiel 21:7 ; Micah 2:6 ; Micah 2:11 ).
Amos 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY Amos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4 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 rem...
Amos 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Amos 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 l...
Amos 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Blessed be the Lord for making his servants faithful. Who but must admire the humbleness and modesty of Amos, in his account of his call to the ministry! And who but must be delighted with the firmne...
Amos 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord ,.... Which I have from him concerning thee, and which he has pronounced upon thee and thy family: thou sayest, prophesy not against Israel ; when God...
Amos 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not [thy word] against the house of Isaac. Ver. 16. Now therefore hear thou the word of the Lord ]...
Amos 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now, hear thou the word of the Lord Who hath sent me, and whom thou contradictest; from him I have a message to thee also, which much concerns thee. Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel Thou...
Amos 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amaziah's Charge against Amos; Amaziah's Doom. B. C. 785. 10 Then Amaziah the priest o...
Amos 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now; when forbidden, Amos, undaunted, prophesieth to him that forbade him. Hear thou, Amaziah, who hast accused, yet pretendest to wish and advise my safety, the word of the Lord, who sent me, wh...
Amos 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Vision. The Vision Of The Plumb-line And The Resulting Response ( Amos 7:7-17 ). In this third vision YHWH carried some kind of measuring device as He stood beside a wall, presumably wit...
Amos 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 7:10 .] The prophet opposed at Bethel on account of these predictions. Conspired ] Heb. banded , implying that others joined. There is a charge of conspiracy and sediti...
Amos 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 k...
Amos 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel. The conventional and the genuine priests of a people I. The conventional priest. Amaziah was chief priest of the royal sanc...
Amos 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 9:10 Part III . FIVE VISIONS , WITH EXPLANATIONS , CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY . The afflictions are climactic, increasing in inte...
Amos 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet at Bethel
Amos 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 22:19 ; 1 Samuel 15:16 ; Amos 7:13 ; Deuteronomy 32:2 ; Ezekiel 20:46 ; Ezekiel 21:2 ; Isaiah 30:10 ; Jeremiah 28:15-17 ; Micah 2:6
Amos 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The house of Isaac — The posterity of Isaac.

Amos 7:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 7:16 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 7:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 7:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 7:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 7:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 7:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 7:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 7:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 7:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 7:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 7:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes