アモス書 7:7-8 JC

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 7:8

(8) Pass by them.—In the sense of sparing. There will come a time when prayer will be of no avail. All intercessions, however passionate or eager, will be too late. The door of mercy is shut. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 7:1-17

5. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRYAmos 7:1-17 - Amos 8:1-4We have seen the preparation of the Man for the Word; we have sought to trace to its source the Word which came to the Man. It now remains for us to follow the Prophet, Man and Word combined, upon his Ministry to the people.For reasons given in a previous chapter, there must always be some doubt as to the actual course of the ministry of Amos before his appearance at Bethel. Most authorities, however, agree that the visions recounted in the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 7:1-17

III. THE FIVE VISIONS OF THE PROPHET CHAPTER 7 Three Visions and the Opposition Against Amos 1. The vision of locusts (Amos 7:1-3 ) 2. The vision concerning the fire (Amos 7:4-6 ) 3. The vision of the plumbline (Amos 7:7-9 ) 4. Opposition against Amos (Amos 7:10-17 ) Amos 7:1-3 . In the first vision Amos saw how the Lord prepared locusts (not grasshoppers as in the A.V. They started in with their destructive work, just as they did in the day of Joel. Then Amos interceded in behalf of... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 7:7

7:7 Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall [made] by a plumbline, {e} with a plumbline in his hand.(e) Signifying that this would be the last measuring of the people, and that he would defer his judgment no longer. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 7:1-17

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 7:1-17

Interrogative Parables Amos 6:0 , Amos 7:0 We now come to one of the "Therefores" which are so characteristic of this practical prophet. He builds up his reasoning well; then he plunges into his conclusions. He is emphatically a great preacher, never concluding without a rousing application. We have considered what apostate men have done, and we move into this practical "Therefore" with abundant intelligence. We have seen men recklessly at ease in Zion, and trusting to the mountain of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

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 was here meant to shew the time limited thereby for the Lord's forbearance, until the captivity commenced. But I beg the Reader to keep in view what ought never to be lost sight of, that the Lord still calls Israel his people. Amos sent to preach to them; and the whole sum and substance of' his preaching tended to this point, the Lord's covenant in... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 7:7

Plastered. Hebrew, "wall, made by a plumb-line, with a plumb-line in his hand." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- But Septuagint, Syriac, &c., seem more literal, (Calmet) "on a wall of adamant, and a diamond in his hand." Hebrew anac, (Haydock) whence a diamond was called anactites, (Orpheus) or anachites. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xxxvii. 4.) --- Saturn had a scythe of adamant, and walls of this kind were deemed impervious even to the inhabitants of heaven. Thus Virgil describes the gates of... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 7:8

Plaster. Septuagint, "I will no more pass over it," the adamantine wall. I will hide their faults no longer. (Haydock) --- this third vision alluded to the distress of the ten tribes, 4 Kings xv. 20. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:1-9

1-9 God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of sin. Sin will soon make a great people small. What will become of Israel, if... read more