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( See Scofield) - (Psalms 72:1).
For lo! I will command! - Literally, “lo! see, I am commanding.” He draws their attention to it, as something which shall shortly be; and inculca...
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the (h) least grai...
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 bei...
lo . behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. the least grain. Hebrew. tzeror. . usage common to-day with the fellahheen (see James Niel's...
He afterwards adds, For, lo, I will command, etc. The Prophet here confirms the former sentence; and hence I conclude that the second part...
DISCOURSE: 1194 THE SECURITY OF ALL GOD’S PEOPLE Amos 9:9 . Lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as c...
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fa...
I will sift the house of Israel— This prophesy remarkably agrees with the present state of the Jews. "I will mingle and scatter the Israelites amon...
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain...
The Concluding Vision and a Discourse. Comfortable Words 1. The vision. 2-10 . The discourse, declaring that none shall evade God's judgments (...
Sift. — Literally, shake to and fro. That which is not chaff shall be preserved and dispersed as seed. The race shall live, though the kingdom be...
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, a...
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...
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-...
"Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly d...
THE GARNERING OF THE LEAST GRAIN ‘I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least gr...
For, lo, I will command ,.... What follows; which is expressive of afflictive and trying dispensations of Providence, which are according to the wil...
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as [corn] is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fa...
The eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom See Amos 9:4 . Saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob God still promises to...
The Certainty of the Sinner's Doom. B. C. 784....
For, lo: as this confirms what the 8th verse promiseth, so it requireth a very diligent and full attention of us. I will command, or give a charg...
YHWH Will Inexorably Deal In Judgment With His People, Who Have Forgotten Who And What He Really Is, And There Will Therefore Be No Hiding Place For...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 9:9 .] The figure explains how. For ] God will disperse Israel, shake them with other nations. Wheat and chaff are mixe...
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, tha...
Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto Me, O children of Israel? Sin dissolving the union between God and His people 1. These verses str...
I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall net the least grain fall upon the earth. Winnowin...
EXPOSITION Amos 9:1-30 § 6 . The fifth vision displays the Lord standing by the altar and commanding the destruction of the temple ( Amos...
The Wicked Kingdom Overthrown
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel, shaking them as in a colander, or sieve, among all nations, like as corn is sifted in...
Deuteronomy 28:64 ; Leviticus 26:33
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...
The least grain — Though tumbled and tossed with the great violence, yet the smallest, good grain, shall not be lost or destroyed.
9 For, lo, I will command, and I will siftb the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.