Amos 9:7-10

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

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:7

Children of the Ethiopians - Or Cushites. Cush was the son of Ham, Genesis 10:6 ; and his descendants inhabited a part of Arabia Petraea and Arabia Felix. All this stock was universally despised. See Bochart. The Philistines from Caphtor - The island of Crete, the people of which were the Cherethim. See, 1 Samuel 30:14 ; Ezekiel 25:16 ; Zephaniah 2:5 . The Syrians from Kir? - Perhaps a city of the Medes, Isaiah 22:6 . Aram, from whom Syria had its name, was the son of Shem,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:8

The eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom - The kingdom of Israel, peculiarly sinful; and therefore to be signally destroyed by the Assyrians. I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob - The race shall not become extinct: I will reserve them as monuments of my justice, and finally of my mercy. read more

Adam Clarke

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

I will sift the house of Israel among all nations - I will disperse them over the face of the earth; and yet I will so order it that the good shall not be lost; for though they shall be mixed among distant nations, yet there shall be a general restoration of them to their own land. The least grain - צרור tseror , little stone, pebble, or gravel. Not one of them, howsoever little or contemptible, when the time comes, shall be left behind. All shall be collected in Christ, and brought... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:10

All the sinners of my people - Those who are the boldest and most incredulous; especially they who despise my warnings, and say the evil day shall not overtake nor prevent us; they shall die by the sword. It is no evidence of a man's safety that he is presumptuously fearless. There is a blessing to him who trembles at God's word. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:7

Verse 7 The Prophet shows here to the Israelites that their dignity would be no defense to them, as they expected. We have indeed seen in many places how foolish was the boasting of that people. Though they were more bound to God than other nations, they yet heedlessly boasted that they were a holy nation, as if indeed they had something of their own, but as Paul says, they were nothing. God had conferred on them singular benefits; but they were adorned with the plumes of another. Foolish then... read more

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