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Selected Verse: Amos 7:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Am 7:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus he shewed [07200] me: and, behold, the Lord [0136] stood [05324] upon a wall [02346] made by a plumbline [0594], with a plumbline [0594] in his hand [03027]. |
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King James |
Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. |
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] |
| wall made by a plumb-line--namely, perpendicular. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Stood upon - (Rather "over" "a wall" made by "a plumbline;" lit. "a wall of a plumbline," that is, (as our's has it) "made" straight, perpendicular, "by" it. The wall had been "made by a lead" or "plumbline;" by it, that is, according to it, it should e destroyed. God had made it upright, He had given to it an undeviating rule of right, He had watched over it, to keep it, as He made it. Now "He stood over it," fixed in His purpose, to destroy it. He marked its inequalities. Yet this too in judgment. He destroys it by that same rule of right wherewith He had built it. By that law, that right, those providential leadings, that grace, which we have received, by the same we are judged. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The Third Vision. - Amo 7:7. "Thus he showed me: and, behold, the Lord stood upon a wall made with a plumb-line, and a plumb-line in His hand. Amo 7:8. And Jehovah said to me, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A plumb-line. And the Lord said, Behold, I put a plumb-line in the midst of my people Israel: I shall pass by it no more. Amo 7:9. And the sacrificial heights of Isaac are laid waste, and the holy things of Israel destroyed; and I rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." The word אנך, which only occurs here, denotes, according to the dialects and the Rabbins, tin or lead, here a plumb-line. Chōmath 'ănâkh is a wall built with a plumb-line, i.e., a perpendicular wall, a wall built with mechanical correctness and solidity. Upon this wall Amos sees the Lord standing. The wall built with a plumb-line is a figurative representation of the kingdom of God in Israel, as a firm and well-constructed building. He holds in His hand a plumb-line. The question addressed to the prophet, "What does he see?" is asked for the simple purpose of following up his answer with an explanation of the symbol, as in Jer 1:11, Jer 1:13, since the plumb-line was used for different purposes, - namely, not only for building, but partly also for pulling buildings down (compare Kg2 21:13; Isa 34:11). Jehovah will lay it beqerebh ‛ammı̄, to the midst of His people, and not merely to an outward portion of it, in order to destroy this building. He will no longer spare as He has done hitherto. עבר ל, to pass by any one without taking any notice of him, without looking upon his guilt or punishing him; hence, to spare, - the opposite of עבר בּקרב in Amo 5:17. The destruction will fall upon the idolatrous sanctuaries of the land, the bâmōth (see at Kg1 3:2), i.e., the altars of the high places, and the temples at Bethel, at Daniel (see at Kg1 12:29), and at Gilgal (see Amo 4:4). Isaac (ישׂחק, a softened form for יצחק, used here and at v. 16, as in Jer 33:26) is mentioned here instead of Jacob, and the name is used as a synonym for Israel of the ten tribes. Even the house of Jeroboam, the reigning royal family, is to perish with the sword (קם על as in Isa 31:2). Jeroboam is mentioned as the existing representative of the monarchy, and the words are not to be restricted to the overthrow of his dynasty, but announce the destruction of the Israelitish monarchy, which actually was annihilated when this dynasty was overthrown. The destruction of the sacred places and the overthrow of the monarchy involve the dissolution of the kingdom. Thus does Amos himself interpret his own words in Amo 7:11 and Amo 7:17. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| By a plumb - line - Strongly and beautifully built. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| With a plumbline in his hand - This appears to be intended as an emblem of strict justice, and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities. |
17 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068]; Thy wife [0802] shall be an harlot [02181] in the city [05892], and thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719], and thy land [0127] shall be divided [02505] by line [02256]; and thou shalt die [04191] in [05921] a polluted [02931] land [0127]: and Israel [03478] shall surely [01540] go into captivity [01540] forth of his land [0127].
11 For thus Amos [05986] saith [0559], Jeroboam [03379] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], and Israel [03478] shall surely [01540] be led away captive [01540] out of their own land [0127].
2 Yet he also is wise [02450], and will bring [0935] evil [07451], and will not call back [05493] his words [01697]: but will arise [06965] against the house [01004] of the evildoers [07489], and against the help [05833] of them that work [06466] iniquity [0205].
26 Then [01571] will I cast away [03988] the seed [02233] of Jacob [03290], and David [01732] my servant [05650], so that I will not take [03947] any of his seed [02233] to be rulers [04910] over the seed [02233] of Abraham [085], Isaac [03446], and Jacob [03290]: for I will cause their captivity [07622] to return [07725] [07725], and have mercy [07355] on them.
4 Come [0935] to Bethel [01008], and transgress [06586]; at Gilgal [01537] multiply [07235] transgression [06586]; and bring [0935] your sacrifices [02077] every morning [01242], and your tithes [04643] after three [07969] years [03117]:
29 And he set [07760] the one [0259] in Bethel [01008], and the other [0259] put [05414] he in Dan [01835].
2 Only the people [05971] sacrificed [02076] in high places [01116], because there was no house [01004] built [01129] unto the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], until those days [03117].
17 And in all vineyards [03754] shall be wailing [04553]: for I will pass [05674] through [07130] thee, saith [0559] the LORD [03068].
11 But the cormorant [06893] and the bittern [07090] shall possess [03423] it; the owl [03244] also and the raven [06158] shall dwell [07931] in it: and he shall stretch out [05186] upon it the line [06957] of confusion [08414], and the stones [068] of emptiness [0922].
13 And I will stretch [05186] over Jerusalem [03389] the line [06957] of Samaria [08111], and the plummet [04949] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: and I will wipe [04229] Jerusalem [03389] as a man wipeth [04229] a dish [06747], wiping [04229] it, and turning [02015] it upside down [06440].
13 And the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me the second time [08145], saying [0559], What seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], I see [07200] a seething [05301] pot [05518]; and the face [06440] thereof is toward [06440] the north [06828].
11 Moreover the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] came unto me, saying [0559], Jeremiah [03414], what seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], I see [07200] a rod [04731] of an almond tree [08247].
9 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].
8 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto me, Amos [05986], what seest [07200] thou? And I said [0559], A plumbline [0594]. Then said [0559] the Lord [0136], Behold, I will set [07760] a plumbline [0594] in the midst [07130] of my people [05971] Israel [03478]: I will not again [03254] pass by [05674] them any more:
7 Thus he shewed [07200] me: and, behold, the Lord [0136] stood [05324] upon a wall [02346] made by a plumbline [0594], with a plumbline [0594] in his hand [03027].