Amos 7:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. ”

Amos 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The high places of Isaac - He probably calls the ten tribes by the name of Isaac, as well as of Israel, in order to contrast their deeds with the blameless, gentle piety of Isaac, as well as the...
Amos 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Wall. The third vision is more difficult. The prophet saw ( Amos 7:7 ) and behold, Yahweh stood by a wall of -' anak , and in His hand -' anak. -' Anak is usually translated...
Amos 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

high places. Used for idolatrous altars, &c. Isaac... Israel. Used only by Amos in this sense. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the nation of Israel. Compare Pe....
Amos 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It now follows, And destroyed shall be the high places of Isaac, and overthrown shall be the sanctuaries (some render palaces) of Israel; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam w...
Amos 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. And the high places of Isaac shall be...
Amos 7:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The high-places of Isaac— That is, of Beer-sheba, where Isaac dwelt and built an altar to the Lord. See Genesis 26:25 .
Amos 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. And the high places - dedicate...
Amos 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

High places of Isaac. — The name Isaac is here spelt somewhat differently in the Hebrew from the form we have in Genesis. The LXX. misunderstand the word, and render “altars of laughter ,” in acco...
Amos 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We have here a third sermon of the Prophet in figure, and to the same amount as the former. The similitude of measuring is adopted, and probably it was here meant to shew the time limited thereby for...
Amos 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate ,.... Such as the ten tribes of Israel, who descended from Isaac, built at Beersheba, in imitation of Isaac, and pleading his example; who worshipped t...
Amos 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. Ver. 9. And the high places of Isaa...
Amos 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb-line A wall strongly and beautifully built. God's judgments are sometimes represented in Scripture by a line and a plummet, to denote that they are measur...
Amos 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. B. C. 785. 1 Thus hath the Lord G OD...
Amos 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The high places; the temples on high mountains built to idols, or for the worship of God, though he forbade them. Of Isaac: the father is here named, but his children are intended, all the seed of...
Amos 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

raise As prophesied and fulfilled, ( 2 Kings 15:10 ).
Amos 7:9 - 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 7:9 - 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 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
Amos 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 15:8-10 ; Amos 3:14 ; Amos 5:5 ; Amos 8:14 ; Genesis 26:23-25 ; Genesis 46:1 ; Leviticus 26:30 ; Leviticus 26:31
Amos 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The high places — The temples on high mountains built to idols. Of Isaac — The seed of Isaac.

Amos 7:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 7:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 7:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 7:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 7:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 7:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 7:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 7:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 7:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 7:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 7:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 7:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 7:9 - Scofield Reference Notes

Amos 7:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 7:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 7:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 7:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 7:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes