Amos 9:5-15 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:1-10

We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe, I. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the altar (Amos 9:1), the altar of burnt-offerings; for the Lord has a sacrifice, and multitudes must fall as victims to his justice. He is removed from the mercy-seat between the cherubim, and stands upon the altar, the judgment-seat, on which the fire of God used to fall, to devour the sacrifices. He stands upon... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

To him to whom all the prophets bear witness this prophet, here in the close, bears his testimony, and speaks of that day, those days that shall come, in which God will do great things for his church, by the setting up of the kingdom of the Messiah, for the rejecting of which the rejection of the Jews was foretold in the Amos 9:1-10. The promise here is said to agree to the planting of the Christian church, and in that to be fulfilled, Acts 15:15-17. It is promised, I. That in the Messiah the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:5

And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt ,.... Which is another reason why it is impossible to escape the hands of a sin revenging God, because he is omnipotent as well as omniscient; he is the Lord of all the armies above and below; and if he but touch the land, any particular country, as the land of Israel, it shakes and trembles, and falls into a flow of water, or melts like wax; as when he toucheth the hills and mountains they smoke, being like fuel to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:6

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven ,.... The three elements, according to Aben Ezra, fire, air, and water; the orbs, as Kimchi, one above another; a word near akin to this is rendered "his chambers", which are the clouds, Psalm 104:3 ; perhaps the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, which are three stories high, may be meant; we read of the third heaven, 2 Corinthians 12:2 ; and particularly the throne of God is in the highest heaven; and the "ascents" F25 מעלותיו ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:7

Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord ,.... And therefore had no reason to think they should be delivered because they were the children of Israel, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; since they were no more to God than the children of the Ethiopians, having behaved like them; and were become as black as they through sin, and were idolaters like them; and so accustomed to sin, and hardened in it, that they could no more change their course and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:8

Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom ,.... God is omniscient, and his eyes are everywhere, and upon all persons, good and bad, and upon all kingdoms, especially upon a sinful nation: "the sinning kingdom" F14 ממלכה החטאה "hoc regnum peccans", V. L. Junius & Tremellius, Drusius, Mercerus; "peccatrix", Piscator. , or "the kingdom of sin" F15 "Regnum peccati", Pagninus, Montanus. , as it may be rendered; that is addicted to sin, where it prevails... read more

John Gill

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:1-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 9:8

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

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