Amos 7:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. ”

Amos 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God called to contend by fire - that is, He “called” His people to maintain their cause with Him “by fire,” as He says, “I will plead” in judgment “with him” (Gog) “with” (that is,” by”) pestilen...
Amos 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, (d) and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. (d) Meaning, that God's indignation was inflame...
Amos 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 ri...
Amos 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

called, &c.. was calling for fire, to contend [with Israel]. did eat up. part . would have eaten up the land. a part. Hebrew. hahelek, with 'eth. the very portion [of the earth given to...
Amos 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet shows that God had not once only spared the people, but that when he was again prepared for vengeance, he still willingly deferred it, that, if possible, the people might willingly...
Amos 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. The Lord God called to contend by fire - Permitted w...
Amos 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord God called to contend by fire— In many places of Scripture war is denoted by fire. We observed, that after the death of Jeroboam the kingdom of Israel was laid waste by civil, and perhap...
Amos 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. And, behold, the Lord God called to contend...
Amos 7:4 - 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 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Fire. — The poetical description of a yet more terrible calamity. God announces His intention of judging, i.e., punishing by fire (the word in E.V., “contend,” is to be understood in this sense)....
Amos 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - 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 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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, t...
Amos 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus hath the Lord showed unto me ,.... Another vision after this manner: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire ; gave out that he would have a controversy with his people Israel, an...
Amos 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. Ver. 4. And, behold, the Lord God ] Whose asteris...
Amos 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 gre...
Amos 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. B. C. 785. 1 Thus hath the Lord G OD...
Amos 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thus hath the Lord God showed, in vision or hieroglyphic: see Amos 7:1 . And, behold: see Amos 7:1 . Called to contend by fire; declared he would judge as by fire: literally, say some,...
Amos 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 followed a simil...
Amos 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Showed ] three visions in this ch. Locusts ( Amos 7:1-3 ) the first; “all inward tuitions produced by the Spirit of God, which set forth the primitive judgments of God” [ Keil ]...
Amos 7:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 7:1-3 . 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...
Amos 7:4 - 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 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Amos 7:4 - 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 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
Amos 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 1:4 ; Amos 1:7 ; Amos 4:11 ; Amos 5:6 ; Amos 7:1 ; Amos 7:7 ; Exodus 9:23 ; Exodus 9:24 ; Hebrews 1:7 ; Isaiah 27:4 ; Isaiah 66:15 ; Isaiah 66:16 ; Jeremiah 21:12 ; Jeremiah 4:4 ;...
Amos 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shewed — In vision. Called — Commanded fire from heaven. A part — Of the land too.

Amos 7:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 7:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 7:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 7:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 7:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 7:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 7:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 7:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 7:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 7:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 7:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 7:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 7:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 7:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes