阿摩司书 9:9-10 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

For, lo! He explains how and why the whole nation is not destroyed. I will sift. Israel is to be dispersed among the nations, tried and winnowed among them by affliction and persecution, that the evil may fall to the ground and perish, and the good be preserved. The word rendered "sift" implies "to shake to and fro;" and this shaking shall show who are the true Israelites and who are the false, who retain their faith and cleave to the Lord under all difficulties, and who lose their hold of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

Sifting and salvation. If any prediction could convince the reader of the Old Testament that the prophets spoke and wrote under a supernatural inspiration, surely this prediction must possess this virtue. The history of Israel, not only in times immediately following upon those of Amos, but throughout the centuries which have since elapsed, is just a fulfilment of this language. How picturesquely and forcibly is the truth presented under this similitude, so natural as employed by one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

The winnowing of God. "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 fall upon the earth." Introduction: The free use made by Amos of all the scenes in nature. We may learn from the text three lessons. I. THAT AMONG THOSE CALLED BY A RELIGIOUS NAME THERE EXISTS A GREAT DIVERSITY OF CHARACTER . "I will sift … as corn is sifted." If corn were gathered as manna... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:10

If any are to be saved, it will not be the sinners; they need not flatter themselves that their wilful blindness shall secure them. The evil shall not overtake. They lulled themselves into a false security, and shut their cars against the warnings of the prophets; but that would avail them nothing. Prevent ; come upon suddenly, surprise. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:10

The folly of self-confidence. The conduct of these Israelites, and their fate, may well stand as a beacon of warning to all who have heard the Word of God with indifference and unbelief. I. THE REASONS WHICH SHOULD PROMPT THE SINNER TO CONCERN . 1 . The voice of his own conscience assures him of guilt and ill desert. 2 . The warnings of Scripture should not be lost upon him, and revelation abounds with such warnings uttered upon the highest authority. 3 .... read more

Albert Barnes

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

For lo! I will command! - Literally, “lo! see, I am commanding.” He draws their attention to it, as something which shall shortly be; and inculcates that He is the secret disposer of all which shall befall them. “And I will sift the house of Israel among all nations.” Amos enlarges the prophecy of Hosea, “they shall be wanderers among the nations.” He adds two thoughts; the violence with which they shall be shaken, and that this their unsettled life, to and fro, shall be not “among the nations”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:10

All the sinners of My people shall perish - At the last, when the longsuffering of God has been despised to the uttermost, His Providence is exact in His justice, as in His love. As not “one grain should fall to the earth,” so not one sinner should escape. Jerome: “Not because they sinned aforetime, but because they persevered in sin until death. The Aethiopians are changed into sons of God, if they repent; and the sons of God pass away into Aethiopians, if they fall into the depth of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 9:8-10

Amos 9:8-10. 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 preserve a remnant in the midst of his heaviest judgments, that he may perform the promises made to their fathers. Lo, I will sift the house of Israel among all nations I will mingle, or scatter, the Israelites among other nations, just as good and bad grain are mingled in a sieve; but will so order it, that none of the good grain... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 9:1-10

No possibility of escape (9:1-10)In the final vision God causes a shrine to collapse on the heads of the worshippers. The picture is that of God’s judgment on the people of Israel because of their false religion (9:1). None will escape his judgment. No place is beyond his reach (2-4). He is the God of nature, the controller of the universe. He has the power to carry out his plans (5-6).Some Israelites might object that this could not happen to them, because they are God’s chosen people. He... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 9:9

lo = behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 . the least grain. Hebrew. tzeror. A usage common to-day with the fellahheen (see James Niel's Palestine Explored, p. 250). earth. Hebrew Wets. Not the same word as in Amos 9:8 . read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:10

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 9:8-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 9:1-10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 9:9

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