Amos 9:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. ”

Amos 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Captivity - , at least, seemed safe. The horrors of war are over. Men enslave, but do not commonly destroy those whom they have once been at the pains to carry captive. Amos describes them in the...
Amos 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of an Avenging God. The last vision impresses upon Amos the anger and omnipotence of the supreme ruler and judge. Yahweh is seen ( Amos 9:1 ) stationed by or over the altar ( i.e. of Be...
Amos 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

command the sword. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 26:33 . Deu 26:25). App-92. Compare Ezekiel 5:12 . I will set Mine eyes , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ( Leviticus 17:10 ; Leviticus 20...
Amos 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Now when he says, If they go into captivity among their enemies, I will there command the sword to slay them, some interpreters confine this part to that foolish flight, when a certain numbe...
Amos 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. I will set mine eyes up...
Amos 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Though they go...
Amos 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. NEMESIS Amos 9:1-6 There follows a Vision in Bethel, the opening of which, "I saw the Lord," immediately recalls the great inauguration of Isaiah. He also "saw the Lord"; but how different t...
Amos 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: h...
Amos 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And though they go into captivity before their enemies ,.... Alluding to the manner in which captives are led, being put before their enemies, and so carried in triumph; see Lamentations 1:5 ; thou...
Amos 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. Ver. 4. And though t...
Amos 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though they dig into hell , &c. Here the subject is enlarged upon to impress it more deeply on the minds of all that read or hear it. Though they hide themselves in the deepest holes or caverns...
Amos 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. B. C. 784. 1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar:...
Amos 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though they go into captivity; those excluded from safety every where else may perhaps hope that yet the enemy may spare. Captives are the slaves, the possession of their conquering enemies; these...
Amos 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH's Judgment Against Israel And Their False Altar is Certain And sure ( Amos 9:1-4 ). There is an interesting and possibly significant comparison between Amos 9:1 here and 1 Kings 13:1 (pos...
Amos 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos sees God standing , fixed in purpose, by the altar. Posts ] Thresholds ( Isaiah 6:4 ). Cut ] Human victims demanded; wounded with fragments of broken columns (cf. Psalms 6...
Amos 9:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 9:2-4 What a variety, what a reduplication of expression in order to represent as utterly impossible that the parties who are here threatened could escape the vengeance of their God! It matte...
Amos 9:4 - 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 9:4 - 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 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Wicked Kingdom Overthrown
Amos 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 16:9 ; Deuteronomy 28:63 ; Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Deuteronomy 28:65 ; Ezekiel 5:12 ; Ezekiel 5:2 ; Jeremiah 24:6 ; Jeremiah 44:11 ; Leviticus 17:10 ; Leviticus 26:33 ; Leviticus...
Amos 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Set my eyes — I will perpetually watch over them.

Amos 9:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 9:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 9:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 9:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 9:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 9:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 9:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 9:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 9:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 9:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 9:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 9:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Amos 9:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 9:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 9:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 9:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 9:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes