Amos 9:1-15 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:9

For, lo, I will command ,.... What follows; which is expressive of afflictive and trying dispensations of Providence, which are according to the will of God, by his appointment and order, and overruled for his glory, and the good of his people: and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve ; this is to be understood of spiritual Israel, of those who are Israelites indeed, who are like to corns of wheat, first die before they live; die unto sin, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword ,.... By the sword of the Assyrians, and of others, into whose countries they shall flee for shelter, Amos 9:1 ; even all such who are notorious sinners, abandoned to their lusts, obstinate and incorrigible; live in sin, and continue therein; repent not of sin, disbelieve the prophets of the Lord, and defy his threatenings, and put away the evil day far from them: which say, the evil shall not overtake nor prevent us ; the evil... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:11

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen ,.... Not in the day of Israel's ruin, but in the famous Gospel day, so often spoken of by the prophets; and this prophecy is referred to the times of the Messiah by the ancient F17 Zohar in Exod. fol. 96. 2. Jews; and one of the names they give him is taken from hence, "Barnaphli" F18 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 96. 2. , the Son of the fallen. R. Nachman said to R. Isaac, hast thou heard when Barnaphli comes? to whom... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:12

That they may possess the remnant or Edom, and of all the Heathen, which are called by my name ,.... Or that these may be possessed; that is, by David or Christ, who shall have the Heathen given him for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession, Psalm 2:8 ; when the remnant, according to the election of grace, in those nations that have been the greatest enemies to Christ and his Gospel, signified by Edom, shall be converted, and call upon the name of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:13

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord ,.... Or "are coming" F25 ימים באים "dies venientes", Montanus, Burkius. ; and which will commence upon the accomplishment of the above things, when the church of Christ is raised up and established, the Jews converted, and the Gentiles brought in: that the ploughman shall overtake the reaper ; or "meet the reaper" F26 נגש הורש בקוצר "et vel cum occurret arator messori", Vatablus, Drusius; "attingent arator messorem", Pagninus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:14

And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel ,.... Which is not to be understood of the captivity of the Jews in Babylon, and their return from thence, with whom some of the ten tribes of Israel were mixed; for they were not then so planted in their own land as no more to be pulled up again, as is here promised; for they afterwards were dispossessed of it by the Romans, and carried captive, and dispersed among the nations again; but the captivity both of Judah and Israel is... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:15

And I will plant them upon their land ,.... The land of Israel, as trees are planted; and they shall take root and flourish, and abound with all good things, temporal and spiritual: and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God ; by which it appears that this is a prophecy of things yet to come; since the Jews, upon their return to their own land after the Babylonish captivity, were pulled up again, and rooted out of it by the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar - As this is a continuation of the preceding prophecy, the altar here may be one of those either at Dan or Beer-sheba. Smite the lintel - Either the piece of timber that binds the wall above the door, or the upper part of the door frame, in which the cheeks, or side posts, are inserted, and which corresponds to the threshold, or lower part of the door frame. And cut them in the head - Let all the lintels of all the doors of all those temples be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:2

Though they dig into hell - Though they should get into the deepest caverns; though they climb up to heaven - get to the most inaccessible heights; I will drag them up from the one, and pull them down from the other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:3

Though they hide themselves - All these are metaphorical expressions, to show the impossibility of escape. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:3

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