Amos 7
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| Book | Book of Amos |
| Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 30 |
| Category | Nevi'im |
Amos 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Amos, especially the seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters contain visions, with their explanations.[3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[4][5]
Text
- The original text is written in Hebrew language.
- This chapter is divided into 17 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[6][7]
- 4Q78 (4QXIIc): extant: verses 1‑2, 4, 7‑9, 12‑16[6]
- F.Amos1: extant: verse 17[6]
- Wadi Murabba'at (MurXII): extant: verses 3‑6, 8‑17[6]
Ancient translations in Koine Greek:
- Septuagint (3rd century BC)
- Theodotion version (~AD 180)
Structure
NKJV groups this chapter into:
- Amos 7:1-3 = Vision of the Locusts
- Amos 7:4-6 = Vision of the Fire
- Amos 7:7-9 = Vision of the Plumb Line
- Amos 7:10-17 = Amaziah’s Complaint
Verse 8
A "plumbline" or "plumb bob"
- And the Lord said unto me,
- Amos, what seest thou?
- And I said, A plumbline.
- Then said the Lord,
- Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel:
- will not again pass by them any more:[8]
- "Amos, what seest thou?" He calls the prophet by name, as a familiar friend, known and approved by Him, as He said to Moses, "I know thee by name" Exodus 33:12, Exodus 33:17. For "the Lord knoweth them that are His. What seest thou?" 2 Timothy 2:19.[9]
- "I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel" As it was built by rule and measure, so it should be destroyed. The line was used not only for building, but also for pulling down (see 2 Kings 21:13; Isaiah 34:11; Lamentations 2:8). And this should be done "in the midst" of the people, that all might be tried individually, and that all might acknowledge the justice of the sentence, which now denounced complete ruin.[10]
- "Plumbline" or "plumb bob"; "plummet": the same word as before, and is differently rendered, as already observed. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "a plasterer's" or "mason's trowel"; with which they lay their plaster and mortar on in building: the Septuagint, an adamant: and which, by Pliny,[11] is called "anachites"; a word in sound near to this here used: the Targum renders it, "judgment": but Jarchi and Aben Ezra observe, that in the Arabic tongue it signifies lead or tin, as it does;[12] and so a line with lead at the end of it;[13]
- "Not … pass by … any more": "not forgive them any more" (Amos 8:2; Proverbs 19:11; Micah 7:18).[3]
See also
Notes and references
- ↑ Collins 2014.
- ↑ Hayes 2015.
- 1 2 Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. 1871.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ Metzger, Bruce M., et al. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
- ↑ Keck, Leander E. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
- 1 2 3 4 Dead sea scrolls - Amos
- ↑ Timothy A. J. Jull; Douglas J. Donahue; Magen Broshi; Emanuel Tov (1995). "Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert". Radiocarbon. 38 (1): 14. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
- ↑ Amos 7:8
- ↑ Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Pliny. Nat. Hist. l. 3. c. 4.
- ↑ "plumbum, sive nigrum, sive album puriusque", Camusus; "plumbum et stannum", Ibn Maruph apud Golium, col. 176. Avicenna apud Castel. col. 161. Vid. Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 7. p. 122.
- ↑ John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746-1763. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
- Collins, John J. (2014). Introduction to the Hebrew Scriptures. Fortress Press.
- Hayes, Christine (2015). Introduction to the Bible. Yale University Press.
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