New American Standard Bible 1995
Amos 7:1-9
1Thus the Lord 1God showed me, and behold, He was forming a 2locust-swarm 3when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king’s 4mowing. 2And it came about, 5when it had 6finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, “7Lord God, please pardon! 8How can Jacob stand, For he is 9small?”3The Lord 1011changed His mind about this. “It shall not be,” said the Lord.
4Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God was calling to contend with them by 12fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the 13farm land. 5Then I said, “14Lord God, please stop! 15How can Jacob stand, for he is small?”6The Lord 1617changed His mind about this. “This too shall not be,” said the Lord God.
7Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing 18by a 19vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. 8The Lord said to me, “20What do you see, Amos?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold I am about to put a 21plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will 2223spare them no longer.9The 24high places of Isaac will be desolated And the 25sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will 26rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
Notes
- 1. Amos 7:1 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch ↩
- 2. Amos 7:1 Joel 1:4; Amos 4:9; Nah 3:15 ↩
- 3. Amos 7:1 Lit at the beginning of the coming up of ↩
- 4. Amos 7:1 Or shearings ↩
- 5. Amos 7:2 Lit if ↩
- 6. Amos 7:2 Ex 10:15 ↩
- 7. Amos 7:2 Jer 14:7, 20, 21; Ezek 9:8; 11:13 ↩
- 8. Amos 7:2 Lit As who ↩
- 9. Amos 7:2 Is 37:4; Jer 42:2 ↩
- 10. Amos 7:3 Or relented ↩
- 11. Amos 7:3 Deut 32:36; Jer 26:19; Hos 11:8; Amos 5:15; Jon 3:10 ↩
- 12. Amos 7:4 Deut 32:22; Is 66:15, 16; Amos 2:5 ↩
- 13. Amos 7:4 Lit portion ↩
- 14. Amos 7:5 Ps 85:4; Joel 2:17 ↩
- 15. Amos 7:5 Amos 7:2 ↩
- 16. Amos 7:6 Or relented ↩
- 17. Amos 7:6 Ps 106:45; Amos 7:3; Jon 3:10 ↩
- 18. Amos 7:7 Or upon ↩
- 19. Amos 7:7 Lit wall of a plumb line ↩
- 20. Amos 7:8 Jer 1:11; Amos 8:2 ↩
- 21. Amos 7:8 2 Kin 21:13; Is 28:17; 34:11; Lam 2:8 ↩
- 22. Amos 7:8 Lit pass him by ↩
- 23. Amos 7:8 Jer 15:6; Ezek 7:4-9; Amos 8:2 ↩
- 24. Amos 7:9 Gen 46:1; Hos 10:8; Mic 1:5 ↩
- 25. Amos 7:9 Lev 26:31; Is 63:18; Jer 51:51; Amos 7:13 ↩
- 26. Amos 7:9 2 Kin 15:8-10; Amos 7:11 ↩
Commentaries on Amos 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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