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Selected Verse: Amos 7:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
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| Am 7:9 |
Strong Concordance |
And the high places [01116] of Isaac [03446] shall be desolate [08074], and the sanctuaries [04720] of Israel [03478] shall be laid waste [02717]; and I will rise [06965] against the house [01004] of Jeroboam [03379] with the sword [02719]. |
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King James |
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
high places--dedicated to idols.
of Isaac--They boasted of their following the example of their forefather Isaac, in erecting high places at Beer-sheba (Amo 5:5; compare Gen 26:23-24; Gen 46:1); but he and Abraham erected them before the temple was appointed at Jerusalem--and to God; whereas they did so, after the temple had been fixed as the only place for sacrifices--and to idols. In the Hebrew here "Isaac" is written with s, instead of the usual ts; both forms mean "laughter"; the change of spelling perhaps expresses that their "high places of Isaac" may be well so called, but not as they meant by the name; for they are only fit to be laughed at in scorn. Probably, however, the mention of "Isaac" and "Israel" simply expresses that these names, which their degenerate posterity boasted in as if ensuring their safety, will not save them and their idolatrous "sanctuaries" on which they depended from ruin (compare Amo 8:14).
house of Jeroboam with . . . sword--fulfilled in the extinction of Zachariah, son of Jeroboam II, the last of the descendants of Jeroboam I, who had originated the idolatry of the calves (Kg2 15:8-10). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The high places of Isaac - He probably calls the ten tribes by the name of Isaac, as well as of Israel, in order to contrast their deeds with the blameless, gentle piety of Isaac, as well as the much-tried faithfulness of Israel. It has been thought too that he alludes to the first meaning of the name of Isaac. His name was given from the joyous laughter at the unheard-of promise of God, to give children to those past age; their high places should be a laughter, but the laughter of mockery . The "sanctuaries" were perhaps the two great idol-temples at Bethel and Dan, over against the one "sanctuary" of God at Jerusalem; the "high places" were the shrines of idolatry, especially where God had shown mercy to the patriarchs and Israel, but also all over the land. All were to be wasted, because all were idolatrous.
I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword - God speaks after the manner of people, who, having been still, arise against the object of their enmity. He makes Himself so far one with the instruments of His sentence, that, what they do, He ascribes to Himself. Jeroboam II must, from his military success, have been popular among his people. Successful valor is doubly prized, and he had both valor and success. God had "saved Israel by" His "hand" Kg2 14:27. A weak successor is often borne with for the merits of his father. There were no wars from without which called for strong military energy or talent, and which might furnish an excuse for superseding a faineant king. Ephraim had no ambition of foreign glory, to gratify. Zechariah, Jeroboam's son, was a sensualist ; but many sensualists have, at all times, reigned undisturbed. Shallum who murdered Zechariah was simply a "conspirator" Kg2 15:10; he represented no popular impulse, and was slain himself a month Kg2 15:13-14 after. Yet Amos foretells absolutely that the house of Jeroboam should perish by the sword, and in the next generation his name was clean put out. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
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As prophesied and fulfilled, (Kg2 15:10). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The high places - The temples on high mountains built to idols. Of Isaac - The seed of Isaac. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate - Their total destruction is at hand. The high place of Isaac was Beer-sheba, where Isaac had built an altar to the Lord, Gen 26:25. This high place, which had been abused to idolatrous uses, was demolished by Josiah, king of Judah, as we read in Kg2 23:8, for he defiled all the high places from Geba to Beersheba.
I will rise against the house of Jeroboam - The Lord had promised to Jehu, the ancestor of Jeroboam, that his family should sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, was the fourth in order after Jehu; and on him the threatening in this verse fell; for he was murdered by Shallum after he had reigned six months, and in him the family became extinct. See Kg2 10:30; Kg2 15:8-10. |
8 In the thirty [07970] [08141] and eighth [08083] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did Zachariah [02148] the son [01121] of Jeroboam [03379] reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] six [08337] months [02320].
9 And he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], as his fathers [01] had done [06213]: he departed [05493] not from the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], who made Israel [03478] to sin [02398].
10 And Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] conspired [07194] against him, and smote [05221] him before [06905] the people [05971], and slew [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
14 They that swear [07650] by the sin [0819] of Samaria [08111], and say [0559], Thy god [0430], O Dan [01835], liveth [02416]; and, The manner [01870] of Beersheba [0884] liveth [02416]; even they shall fall [05307], and never rise up [06965] again.
1 And Israel [03478] took his journey [05265] with all that he had, and came [0935] to Beersheba [0884], and offered [02076] sacrifices [02077] unto the God [0430] of his father [01] Isaac [03327].
23 And he went up [05927] from thence to Beersheba [0884].
24 And the LORD [03068] appeared [07200] unto him the same night [03915], and said [0559], I am the God [0430] of Abraham [085] thy father [01]: fear [03372] not, for I am with [0854] thee, and will bless [01288] thee, and multiply [07235] thy seed [02233] for my servant [05650] Abraham's [085] sake.
5 But seek [01875] not Bethel [01008], nor enter [0935] into Gilgal [01537], and pass [05674] not to Beersheba [0884]: for Gilgal [01537] shall surely [01540] go into captivity [01540], and Bethel [01008] shall come to nought [0205].
13 Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] began to reign [04427] in the nine [08672] and thirtieth [07970] year [08141] of Uzziah [05818] king [04428] of Judah [03063]; and he reigned [04427] a full [03117] month [03391] in Samaria [08111].
14 For Menahem [04505] the son [01121] of Gadi [01424] went up [05927] from Tirzah [08656], and came [0935] to Samaria [08111], and smote [05221] Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] in Samaria [08111], and slew [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
10 And Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] conspired [07194] against him, and smote [05221] him before [06905] the people [05971], and slew [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
27 And the LORD [03068] said [01696] not that he would blot out [04229] the name [08034] of Israel [03478] from under heaven [08064]: but he saved [03467] them by the hand [03027] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Joash [03101].
10 And Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] conspired [07194] against him, and smote [05221] him before [06905] the people [05971], and slew [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
8 In the thirty [07970] [08141] and eighth [08083] year [08141] of Azariah [05838] king [04428] of Judah [03063] did Zachariah [02148] the son [01121] of Jeroboam [03379] reign [04427] over Israel [03478] in Samaria [08111] six [08337] months [02320].
9 And he did [06213] that which was evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068], as his fathers [01] had done [06213]: he departed [05493] not from the sins [02403] of Jeroboam [03379] the son [01121] of Nebat [05028], who made Israel [03478] to sin [02398].
10 And Shallum [07967] the son [01121] of Jabesh [03003] conspired [07194] against him, and smote [05221] him before [06905] the people [05971], and slew [04191] him, and reigned [04427] in his stead.
30 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Jehu [03058], Because thou hast done well [02895] in executing [06213] that which is right [03477] in mine eyes [05869], and hast done [06213] unto the house [01004] of Ahab [0256] according to all that was in mine heart [03824], thy children [01121] of the fourth [07243] generation shall sit [03427] on the throne [03678] of Israel [03478].
8 And he brought [0935] all the priests [03548] out of the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and defiled [02930] the high places [01116] where the priests [03548] had burned incense [06999], from Geba [01387] to Beersheba [0884], and brake down [05422] the high places [01116] of the gates [08179] that were in the entering in [06607] of the gate [08179] of Joshua [03091] the governor [08269] of the city [05892], which were on a man's [0376] left hand [08040] at the gate [08179] of the city [05892].
25 And he builded [01129] an altar [04196] there, and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168] there: and there Isaac's [03327] servants [05650] digged [03738] a well [0875].