Amos 7:9

The high-places of Isaac— That is, of Beer-sheba, where Isaac dwelt and built an altar to the Lord. See Genesis 26:25.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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 Hi...
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 Adjunc...
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;...
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...
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...
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 on...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The high places of Isaac ] i.e. Beersheba ( Amos 5:5 ), which was especially associated with Isaac ( Genesis 27:23 ; Genesis 28:10 ). 10, 11 . Am...
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 th...
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...
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...
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

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 w...
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...
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...
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...
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

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 name...
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 judgme...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Vision. The Vision Of The Plumb-line And The Resulting Response ( Amos 7:7-17 ). In this third vision YHWH carried some kind of measurin...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

raise As prophesied and fulfilled, ( 2 Kings 15:10 ).
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 prou...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 9:10 Part III . FIVE VISIONS , WITH EXPLANATIONS , CONTINUING AND CONFIRMING THE PREVIOUS PROPHECY ....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Visions of the Grasshoppers, of the Fire, and of the Plumb-Line.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and the high places of Isaac, in this case used of the northern kingdom, shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel, the various places devot...
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
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

⁹ 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.

Related Commentaries of Amos 7:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Amos 7:9