“O Lord God, forgive, I pray!
aOh,1 that Jacob may stand,
For he is small!”
Vision of the Fire
Vision of the Plumb Line
“Behold, aI am setting a plumb line
In the midst of My people Israel;
bI will not pass by them anymore.
And the1 sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste.
bI will rise with the sword against the house of Jeroboam.”
| << Amos 7:3 | Amos 7:5 >> |
Amos 7:4
The Lord God called to contend by fire - Permitted war, both civil and foreign, to harass the land, after the death of Jeroboam the second. These wars would have totally destroyed it, had not the prophet interceded.
It devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part - We are here to understand the partially destructive wars which afterwards took place; for the Lord causes all these things to pass before the eyes of Amos in the vision of prophecy; and intimates that, at the intercession of his prophets, total ruin should be prevented.
| << Amos 7:3 | Amos 7:5 >> |
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