Amos 7:1

the Lord GOD. Hebrew Adonai Jehovah. App-4.

behold... lo. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

formed. was forming.

grasshoppers. locusts. Compare Nahum 3:17.

the king's mowings. Exacted by the king from the People (1 Kings 4:7; 1 Kings 18:1). These are the symbols of the army of Amos 6:14.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And behold He formed - (that is, He was forming.) The very least things then are as much in His infinite Mind, as what we count the greatest. He...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Vision of the Locusts. On one occasion the prophet saw ( Amos 7:1 ) and behold, Yahweh formed locusts at the beginning of the coming up of the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos shows in this chapter that God had already often deferred the punishments which he had yet determined to inflict on the people; and thus h...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He formed grasshoppers— Locusts. Houbigant. See the notes on Joel 1:2 and the introductory note to this prophet.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet is here preaching by figure, in vision perhaps it might be; and by a multitude of grasshoppers, he points out the certain ruin of the cou...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus hath the Lord showed unto me ,.... What follows in this and the two Chapter s, before the prophet delivered what he heard from the Lord; now wh...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Intercession for Israel; Ruin of Israel Foretold. B. C. 785....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

AMOS CHAPTER 7 The judgment of the grasshoppers, Amos 7:1-3 , and of the fire, are diverted by the intercession of Amos, Amos 7:4-6 . By a wa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Vision - The Locust Swarm ( Amos 7:1-3 ). In this vision ‘the Lord YHWH' showed Amos the forming of a huge swarm of locusts which devour...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thus hath the Lord God showed unto me, in visions and pictures shown by the Spirit of God, and, behold, He formed grasshoppers in the beginning of t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thus — This is the first of five prophetic representations of what was coming upon this people. The latter growth — The shooting up of the first gr...

¹ Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppersa in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings.

Related Commentaries of Amos 7:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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