Amos 9:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. ”

Amos 9:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

That they may possess - rather, “inherit The remnant of Edom - The restoration was not to be for themselves alone. No gifts of God end in the immediate object of His bounty and love. They wer...
Amos 9:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

That they may possess the remnant of (k) Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. (k) Meaning, the very enemies (as were the Edomites) and others wo...
Amos 9:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 r...
Amos 9:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

may possess . may take possession of. Edom. Compare Numbers 24:18 ; 2 Samuel 8:14 . heathen . nations. which are called, &c.: or, on whom My name is called. name : i.e. Israel
Amos 9:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

By these words the Prophet shows that the kingdom under Christ would be more renowned and larger than it had ever been under David. Since then the kingdom had been greatest in dignity, and weal...
Amos 9:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1195 CONVERSION OF THE JEWS AND GENTILES Amos 9:11-12 . In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his...
Amos 9:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. That they may possess the remnant of Edom - Bp. Newcome translates this...
Amos 9:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heath...
Amos 9:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Concluding Vision and a Discourse. Comfortable Words 1. The vision. 2-10 . The discourse, declaring that none shall evade God's judgments ( Amos 9:2-6 ); that Israel stands in no peculiar re...
Amos 9:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

These verses present some difficulties, as the quotation of the passage in Acts 15:15-17 is a free reproduction by St. James of the rendering of the LXX. The apostle uses it to show that there was...
Amos 9:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

3. THE VOICES OF ANOTHER DAWN Amos 9:7-15 And now we are come to the part where, as it seems, voices of another day mingle with that of Amos, and silence his judgments in the chorus of their un...
Amos 9:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Amos 9:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Amos 9:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: (12) That they may po...
Amos 9:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

That they may possess the remnant or Edom, and of all the Heathen, which are called by my name ,.... Or that these may be possessed; that is, by David or Christ, who shall have the Heathen given him...
Amos 9:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. Ver. 12. That they may possess the remnant of Edom ] "That they" whi...
Amos 9:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That they may possess the remnant of Edom This the restored Jews did in the time of Hyrcanus, when they made an entire conquest of Edom, as Josephus relates. And of all the heathen (or nations)...
Amos 9:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises of Mercy. B. C. 784. 11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David t...
Amos 9:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That they; literally and historically the Jews, or they of the two tribes, and with them such of the ten tribes as did unite to them, and returned to Jerusalem. May possess, both the lands of Edo...
Amos 9:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Grand Finale - Out Of Ruin YHWH Will Produce The Fulfilment Of All His Promises ( Amos 9:11-15 ). These verse are not to be seen as something tacked on to the prophecy as a kind of postscript,...
Amos 9:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 9:11 . The booth ] The fallen shepherd, hut (not the palace), indicating the feeble condition of the family and nation. Wall up ] the rents; the two divided nations sho...
Amos 9:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 hidi...
Amos 9:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Amos 9:1-30 § 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 whi...
Amos 9:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Kingdom of Messiah Established
Amos 9:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 9:18 ; Daniel 9:19 ; Genesis 27:29 ; Genesis 27:37 ; Isaiah 11:14 ; Isaiah 14:1 ; Isaiah 14:2 ; Isaiah 43:7 ; Isaiah 63:19 ; Isaiah 65:1 ; Jeremiah 14:9 ; Jeremiah 15:16 ; Joel 3:...
Amos 9:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Bird's-Eye View of Amos Amos 9:9-15 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We wish to suggest five things about the Prophet whom God used to deliver His message to Israel. 1. Amos, the man. Our opening verse...
Amos 9:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — Literally the Jews. Possess — Both the lands of Edom, and some of the posterity of Edom; these as servants, the other as their propriety. The remnant — Left by Nebuchadnezzar. All the heathe...

Amos 9:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Amos 9:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 9:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Amos 9:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 9:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 9:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 9:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 9:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 9:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 9:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 9:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 9:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 9:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 9:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 9:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:12 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Amos 9:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes