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Amos 9
Amos 9 — Overview
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Amos 9 — OverviewAmos 9 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have, I. Judgment threatened, which the sinners
shall not escape (ver. 1-4), which an almighty power shall inflict
(ver. 5, 6), which the people of Israel have deserved as a sinful
people…Amos 9 — OverviewAmos 9 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter contains the fifth and last vision the prophet saw; which represents the certain desolation of the land, city, and temple, and the slaughter of all sorts of persons, high and low, none should escape it, Am…Amos 9:1-10Amos 9:1-10 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe 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 (v. 1), the altar…Amos 9:1Amos 9:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeI saw: 2 Chronicles 18:18; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 1:28; John 1:18, John 1:32; Acts 26:13; Revelation 1:17
upon: Amos 3:14; Ezekiel 9:2, Ezekiel 10:4
Smite: Isaiah 6:3-4; Zechariah 11:1-2
lintel: or, chapiter, or knop…Amos 9:2Amos 9:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeThough: All these energetic expressions were intended to shew the utter impossibility of escape.
dig: Job 26:6; Psalms 139:7-10; Isaiah 2:19
climb: Job 20:6; Isaiah 14:13-16; Jeremiah 49:16, Jeremiah 51:53; Ezekiel…Amos 9:2Amos 9:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThough they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them,.... That is, they that endeavour to make their escape from their enemies, though they seek for places of the greatest secrecy and privacy; not hell, the place…