Amos 7
1 The judgments of the grasshoppers,
4 and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos.
7 By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel.
10 Amaziah complains of Amos.
14 Amos shews his calling;
16 and Amaziah's judgment.
showed <07200> [shewed.]
making <03335> [he.]
locusts <01462> [grasshoppers. or, green worms.]
{Govai,} in Arabic {gabee,} "locusts," probably in their caterpillar state, in which they are most destructive. This is supposed to have been an emblem of the first invasion of the Assyrians.
harvest <01488> [mowings.]
Or rather, feedings or grazings, as the people of the East make no hay. This was probably in the month of March, which is the only time of the year that the Arabs to this day feed their horses with grass.
completely <03615> [when.]
Sovereign <0136> [O Lord.]
Jacob survive <06965 03290> [by whom shall Jacob arise. or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand?]
weak <06996> [for.]
saw <07200> [shewed.]
summoning <07121> [called.]
This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser, which threatened entire destruction.
stop <02308> [cease.]
weak <06996> [for.]
wall <02346> [a wall.]
Amos <05986> [Amos.]
Tin ............. tin <0594> [a plumbline.]
This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities.
place <07760> [I will set.]
<03254> [I will not.]
centers of worship <01116> [the high.]
[Beer-sheba.]
attack <06965> [I will. "Fulfilled,"]
priest <03548> [the priest.]
This was truly a lying prophet; there was not one word of truth in his message to Jeroboam.
conspiring against <07194> [hath.]
cannot <03201> [not.]
Amos <05986> [thus.]
Jeroboam <03379> [Jeroboam.]
Israel <03478> [and Israel.]
visionary <02374> [O thou.]
<03212> [go.]
Earn <0398> [eat.]
prophesy <05012> [prophesy.]
royal <04428> [for.]
temple <04720> [chapel. or, sanctuary. king's court. Heb. house of the kingdom.]
prophet ... profession <05030> [neither.]
herdsman <0951> [an herdman.]
took care <01103> [a gatherer.]
Rather, as {bolais} is rendered by the LXX. and Vulgate, [knizon,] {vellicans,} "a scraping," or a scraper of sycamores; for the fruit does not ripen till it is rubbed with iron combs.
[sycamore fruit. or, wild figs.]
took <03947> [took.]
me ... tending <0310> [as I followed. Heb. from behind. Go.]
listen <08085> [hear.]
prophesy <05012> [Prophesy.]
preach <05197> [and drop.]
wife <0802> [Thy wife.]
land .............. land ............ land <0127> [thy land.]
die <04191> [die.]
Israel <03478> [and Israel.]
