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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:8

I will set a plumbline - I will visit them by justice without any mixture of mercy. read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:9

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate - Their total destruction is at hand. The high place of Isaac was Beer-sheba, where Isaac had built an altar to the Lord, Genesis 26:25 . This high place, which had been abused to idolatrous uses, was demolished by Josiah, king of Judah, as we read in 2 Kings 23:8 , for he defiled all the high places from Geba to Beersheba. I will rise against the house of Jeroboam - The Lord had promised to Jehu, the ancestor of Jeroboam, that his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:10

Amaziah the priest of Beth-el - The idolatrous priest who had been established by the king to maintain the worship of the golden calves which Jeroboam the elder had set up at this place. Amos hath conspired against thee - This was truly a lying prophet; there is not one word of truth in this message which he sent to Jeroboam. Amos had not conspired against the king - had not said that Jeroboam should die by the sword - and had not said that Israel should be carried away captive, though... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:12

O thou seer - He pretends kindness to the prophet, and counsels him to go into Judea, and prophesy there and be safe, even in the time that he had accused him of high treason against Jeroboam. Hireling priests of this kind have ever been the great enemies of the true prophets of God; and when they could bring no charge of false doctrine or immorality against them, have accused them of conspiring against the government; and because they have preached against sin, have held them up as exciting... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:13

But prophesy not - at Beth-el - He must not speak against idolatry, because that was the king's religion; and he who speaks against the king's religion must be an enemy to the state. This was the doctrine held in England by popish James 2 and his insidious Jesuit hireling priests, till God in his mercy put this pitiful tyrant down, and with him his false prophets, and the degrading superstition which they endeavored to establish in these lands. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:7

Verse 7 This vision opens more clearly to us what the Prophet meant before, and what was the object of his doctrine: his intention was to show the people that what they had gained by their obstinacy was only to render God implacable, and to cause him not to spare them any longer, as he had hitherto done. The meaning is, — “God has hitherto borne with you according to his own goodness, promise not to yourselves that he will ever deal in the same manner with you; for your contumacy and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:8

Verse 8 But that which follows has an important meaning: God asks his Prophet, What sees thou, Amos? It is probable that the Prophet was astonished at a thing so mysterious. When locusts were formed, and when there was a contention by fire, he might have easily gathered what God meant; for these visions were by no means ambiguous: but when God stood on a wall with a plumbline, this was somewhat more hard to be understood; and the probability is, that the Prophet was made to feel much... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:9

Verse 9 It now follows, And destroyed shall be the high places of Isaac, and overthrown shall be the sanctuaries (some render palaces) of Israel; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. The Prophet here distinctly declares, that the people in vain trusted in their temples and superstitions, for by these they kindled the more against themselves the wrath of God. He would not indeed have expressly threatened the high places and the temples, unless the Israelites had... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:10

Verse 10 The Prophet here relates the device by which Satan attempted to depress his mind, that he might not go on in the discharge of his prophetic office. He says, that Amaziah had sent to the king to induce him to adopt some severe measure; for he pretended that as Amos scattered words full of sedition, and made turbulent speeches, the affairs of the king could not be carried on, except the king in due time prevented him: and besides, the same Amaziah said, that nothing could be better for... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:11

Verse 11 Now our Prophet is wholly silent as to the answer of the king: it is therefore probable, either that the king was not much excited, — or that he dared not openly to take away the life of Amos; for he had probably obtained some authority among the people; and though he was hated, yet his name as a Prophet and his office were had in reverence, — or that the matter was by agreement arranged between the two enemies of sound doctrine, as flatterers often gratify kings by putting themselves... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:8

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:11

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