Amos 7:1-6 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 7:1

Thus hath the Lord showed unto me ,.... What follows in this and the two chapters, before the prophet delivered what he heard from the Lord; now what he saw, the same thing, the ruin of the ten tribes, is here expressed as before, but in a different form; before in prophecy, here in vision, the more to affect and work upon the hearts of the people: and, behold, he formed grasshoppers ; or "locusts" F21 גבי "ecce fictor locustarum", Pagninus, Montanus; so Munster, Vatablus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:2

And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land ,.... That is, the grasshoppers or locusts; when in the vision it seemed to the prophet that almost all the grass of the land was eaten up, and they were going to seize upon the corn, and other fruits of the earth: this signifies not Sennacherib's invasion of the land of Judea, but Pul's invasion of the land of Israel, whose army seemed like these locusts; and spreading themselves over the land, threatened... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:3

The Lord repented for this ,.... He heard the prayer of the prophet, and at his intercession averted, the threatened judgment; thus the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much, James 5:16 ; this is spoken after the manner of men; as men, when they repent of a thing, desist from it, so the Lord desisted from going on with this judgment; he did not change his mind, but changed the dispensations of his providence according to his mind and will: it shall not be, saith the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:4

Thus hath the Lord showed unto me ,.... Another vision after this manner: and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire ; gave out that he would have a controversy with his people Israel, and proclaimed the time when he would try the cause with them, and that by fire: or he called his family, as Jarchi; that is, his angels, as Kimchi, to cause fire to descend upon Israel, as upon Sodom and Gomorrah; so other Rabbins Kimchi mentions: or, as he interprets it, the scorching heat of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:5

Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I beseech thee ,.... From destroying the land; suffer not this calamity to proceed any further; using the same argument as before: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small ; See Gill on Amos 7:2 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:6

The Lord repented for this ,.... He heard the prophet's prayer, and desisted from going on with the threatened destruction: this also shall not be, saith the Lord God ; the whole land shall not be destroyed, only a part of it carried captive. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:1

Behold, he formed grasshoppers - גבי gobai is generally understood here to signify locusts. See the notes on Joel 1 (note) and Joel 2 (note). The shooting up of the latter growth - The early crop of grass had been already mowed and housed. The second crop or rowing, as it is called in some places, was not yet begun. By the king's mowings we may understand the first crop, a portion of which the king probably claimed as being the better hay; but the words may signify simply the prime... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:2

By whom shall Jacob arise? - The locusts, the symbols of the many enemies that had impoverished Jerusalem, having devoured much of the produce of the land, were proceeding, till, at the intercession of the prophet, they were removed. Then, seeing in the light of prophecy the nation in every sense brought low, he cries, "By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small." Calmet justly remarks: "After the death of Jeroboam the second, the kingdom, so flourishing and powerful before, was reduced to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:3

The Lord repented - Changed his purpose of destroying them by the locusts. See Amos 7:6 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 7:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 7:3

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