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The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

Part IV . EPILOGUE . THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE REIGN OF MESSIAH . THE KINGDOM SHALL EMBRACE ALL NATIONS ( Amos 9:11 , Amos 9:12 ), SHALL BE ENRICHED WITH SUPERABUNDANT SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS ( Amos 9:13 , Amos 9:14 ), AND SHALL ENDURE FOREVER ( Amos 9:15 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:11-15

The restoration of the true moral theocracy. "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old," etc. In the previous verses we have had to notice the destruction of the sinful kingdom; in this paragraph we have the establishment of the true kingdom—the true moral theocracy. "In that day," i.e. when the judgment has fallen upon the sinful kingdom, and all the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:13

The prophet expatiates upon the rich blessings which shall follow the establishment of the kingdom. Under the figure of a supernatural fertility are represented the victories of grace (comp. Isaiah 11:6 ; Ezekiel 26:10 , etc.; Ezekiel 34:25 , etc.). The blessing is founded on the Mosaic promise (Le 26:5). The ploughman shall overtake the reaper. Ploughing and harvest shall be continuous, without sensible interval. The treader of grapes him that soweth seed. The vintage should be so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:13-15

Out of the shadow into the sun. Israel's atmosphere has cleared. The thunders are silent. The storms are blown out. The clouds are scattered. The shadow of "the great doom's image" has lifted. And now the sun comes out in the clear shining after rain. We look forth on a new land of promise, a land from which the curse of God and the track of the destroyer have disappeared. The ruins are rebuilt. The waste places bloom. The fields throw teeming crops, beyond the harvester's power to gather.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:13-15

The golden age. Nothing short of inspiration can account for such a close to such a book. Throughout his prophecies Amos has been exposing national sinfulness, threatening Divine chastisement, picturing the degradation, the desolation, the captivity of the kingdoms of Israel and of Judah. How comes it that he is able to transcend this distressing representation? to look beyond these gloomy clouds? to discern, whether far or near, the vision of a smiling earth, a happy people, a splendid... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:14

I will bring again the captivity; i.e. I will repair the misery which they have suffered. The expression is here metaphorical, and does not necessarily refer to any restoration to an earthly Canaan. Shall build the waste cities ( Isaiah 54:3 ). All these promised blessings are in marked contrast to the punishments threatened ( Deuteronomy 28:30 , Deuteronomy 28:33 , Deuteronomy 28:39 ; compare similar premises in Isaiah 65:21 , etc.). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 9:15

The blessing shall last forever. They shall no more be pulled up. This was not true of the literal Israel; it must be taken of the spiritual seed, planted in God's land, the Church of Christ, against which the gates of hell shall not prevail. "Lo," says Christ, "I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world" ( Matthew 28:20 ) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:13

Behold the days are coming - The Day of the Lord is ever coming on: every act, good or bad, is drawing it on: everything which fills up the measure of iniquity or which “hastens the accomplishment of the number of the elect;” all time hastens it by. “The plowman shall overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed.” The image is taken from God’s promise in the law; “Your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time” Leviticus 26:5;... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:14

And I will bring again the captivity of My people - Where all around is spiritual, there is no reason to take this alone as earthly. An earthly restoration to Canaan had no value, except as introductory to the spiritual. The two tribes were, in a great measure, restored to their own land, when Zachariah, being “filled with the Holy Spirit, prophesied,” as then about to accomplished, that “God hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation to us in the house of His... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 9:15

And I will plant them upon their own land - The promises and threatenings of God are, to individuals, conditional upon their continuing to be of that character, to which God annexes those promises or threats. Theodoret: “The God of all often promises, when those who receive the promises, by joying in iniquity hinder those promises from taking effect. At times also he threatens heavy things, and they who for their offences were the objects of those threats, being, through fear of them,... read more

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