Amos 7:7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 7:1-9

We here see that God bears long, but that he will not bear always, with a provoking people, both these God here showed the prophet: Thus hath the Lord God showed me, Amos 7:1, 4, 7. He showed him what was present, foreshowed him what was to come, gave him the knowledge both of what he did and of what he designed; for the Lord God reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets, Amos 3:7. I. We have here two instances of God's sparing mercy, remembered in the midst of judgment, the narratives... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:7

Thus he showed me ,.... A third vision, which was in the following manner: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand : this "wall" was the people of Israel, who were built up as a wall, firm and strong; and so stood against their enemies, while supported by the Lord, and he stood by them. The Septuagint version is, "an adamantine wall". In their constitution, both civil and ecclesiastic, they were formed according to the good and... read more

Adam Clarke

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

With a plumbline in his hand - This appears to be intended as an emblem of strict justice, and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities. 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7

Upon (rather, over) a wall made by a plumb line. The word translated "plumb line" ( anakh ) occurs only here. Septuagint ἀδάμας : so the Syriac; Vulgate, trulla caementarii ; Aquila, γάνωσις , "brightening," "splendor;" Theodotion, τήκομενον . As the word in other dialects means tin or lead, it is usually taken here to mean the plumb line which builders use to ascertain that their work is even and perpendiculur. The "wall" is the kingdom of Israel, once carefully built up,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

§ 3. The third vision, the plumb line, represents the Lord himself as coming to examine the conduct of Israel, and finally deciding on its entire ruin. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

Righteousness to the plumb line. here has been reprieve after reprieve. The enemy of God's wrath has been met in the breach by intercessory prayer, and, for the time, turned back. Once and again the hounds of vengeance have been cried off. But respite is not escape. There is a certain limit beyond which the system of Divine reprieves cannot go. And that limit has now been reached. The locust has been disappointed of his meal. The fire has been beaten back from the tinder. But the criminal... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

The plumb line of judgment. The pictorial style of Amos here sets before us in an impressive and memorable way a great truth. Whether in a dream or in a prophetic ecstasy, the prophet beheld one with a plumb line standing by a wall. He recognized in the wall the palaces, the temples, the city ramparts of Samaria; in the figure, a representation of the eternal Ruler of the nations; in the plumb line, the emblem of just and orderly procedure. And a voice explained the vision as predictive of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

Man's moral character. "Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand," etc. "Behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumb line," viz. perpendicular. "Amos." "The Lord knoweth them that are his" ( 2 Timothy 2:19 ), as he saith to Moses, "I know thee by name" ( Exodus 33:12 , Exodus 33:17 ). "He calleth his own sheep by name" ( John 10:3 ). "Behold, I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel." No... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:7

Stood upon - (Rather “over” “a wall” made by “a plumbline;” lit. “a wall of a plumbline,” that is, (as our’s has it) “made” straight, perpendicular, “by” it. The wall had been “made by a lead” or “plumbline;” by it, that is, according to it, it should e destroyed. God had made it upright, He had given to it an undeviating rule of right, He had watched over it, to keep it, as He made it. Now “He stood over it,” fixed in His purpose, to destroy it. He marked its inequalities. Yet this too in... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 7:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:7

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 7:7-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 7:7

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