Amos 7:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. ”

Amos 7:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Amos 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.
Amos 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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.
Amos 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Instead of “forgive,” the prophet now only ventures to say “cease,” a cry for arrest of judgment. Yet the same plea for pity is urged as before. Jeroboam II. and his house are spared for awhile. But...
Amos 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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...
Amos 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Amos 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Amos 7:5 - 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 7:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. B. C. 785. 1 Thus hath the Lord G OD...
Amos 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Amos 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - 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 7:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
Amos 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:2 ; Amos 7:3 ; Isaiah 1:9 ; Isaiah 10:25 ; Jeremiah 30:19 ; Psalms 85:4

Amos 7:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 7:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 7:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 7:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 7:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 7:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 7:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 7:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 7:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge