Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Amos Chapter 7
Overview
Amo 7:1, The judgments of the grasshoppers, Amo 7:4, and of the fire are diverted by the prayer of Amos; Amo 7:7, By the wall of a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel; Amo 7:10, Amaziah complains of Amos; Amo 7:14, Amos shews his calling; Amo 7:16, and Amaziah's judgment.
showed: Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7, Amo 8:1; Jer 1:11-16, Jer 24:1; Eze 11:25; Zac 1:20
he: Amo 4:9; Exo 10:12-16; Isa 33:4; Joe 1:4, Joe 2:25; Nah 3:15-17
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.
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.
O Lord: Amo 7:5; Exo 32:11, Exo 32:12, Exo 34:9; Num 14:17-19; Jer 14:7, Jer 14:20,Jer 14:21; Dan 9:19; Jam 5:15, Jam 5:16
by whom shall Jacob arise: or, who of (or for) Jacob shall stand, Isa 51:19; Eze 9:8, Eze 11:13
for: Psa 12:1, Psa 44:24-26; Isa 37:4; Jer 42:2; Zac 4:10
Amo 7:6; Deu 32:36; Ch1 21:15; Psa 106:45; Hos 11:8; Joe 2:14; Jon 3:10; Jam 5:16
showed: Amo 7:1, Amo 7:7; Rev 4:1
called: This is supposed to denote the invasion of Tiglathpileser, which threatened entire destruction. Amo 1:4, Amo 1:7, Amo 4:11, Amo 5:6; Exo 9:23, Exo 9:24; Lev 10:2; Num 16:35; Isa 27:4, Isa 66:15, Isa 66:16; Jer 4:4, Jer 21:12; Joe 2:30; Mic 1:4; Nah 1:6; Heb 1:7
cease: Amo 7:2; Psa 85:4; Isa 10:25
for: Amo 7:2, Amo 7:3; Isa 1:9; Jer 30:19
Jdg 2:18, Jdg 10:16; Psa 90:13, Psa 135:14; Jer 26:19; Jon 4:2
a wall: Sa2 8:2; Kg2 21:13; Isa 28:17, Isa 34:11; Lam 2:8; Eze 40:3; Zac 2:1, Zac 2:2; Rev 11:1, Rev 21:15
Amos: Jer 1:11-13; Zac 5:2
a plumbline: This was an emblem of strict justice; and intimated that God would now visit them according to their iniquities.
I will set: Lam 2:8
I will not: Amo 8:2; Jer 15:6; Eze 7:2-9; Mic 7:18; Nah 1:8, Nah 1:9
the high: Amo 3:14, Amo 5:5, Amo 8:14, Beer-sheba, Gen 26:23-25, Gen 46:1; Lev 26:30,Lev 26:31
I will: Fulfilled, Kg2 15:8-10
the priest: Kg1 12:31, Kg1 12:32, Kg1 13:33; Kg2 14:23, Kg2 14:24; Ch2 13:8, Ch2 13:9; Jer 20:1-3; Jer 29:26, Jer 29:27; Mat 21:23; This was truly a lying prophet; there was not one word of truth in his message to Jeroboam.
hath: Kg1 18:17; Jer 26:8-11, Jer 37:13-15, Jer 38:4; Luk 23:2; Act 5:28, Act 24:5
not: Gen 37:8; Jer 18:18; Act 7:54
thus: Jer 26:9, Jer 28:10,Jer 28:11; Act 6:14
Jeroboam: Amo 7:9; Psa 56:5; Mat 26:61
and Israel: Amo 6:7, Amo 6:8; Kg2 17:6
O thou: Sa1 9:9; Ch2 16:10; Isa 30:10
go: Amo 2:12; Mat 8:34; Luk 8:37, Luk 8:38, Luk 13:31; Act 16:39
eat: Sa1 2:36; Isa 56:11; Eze 13:19; Mal 1:10; Rom 16:18; Co1 2:14; Pe1 5:2
prophesy: Amo 2:12; Act 4:17, Act 4:18, Act 5:28, Act 5:40
for: Kg1 12:29, Kg1 12:32, Kg1 13:1
chapel: or, sanctuary
king's court: Heb. house of the kingdom
neither: Kg1 20:35; Kg2 2:3, Kg2 2:5, Kg2 2:7, Kg2 4:38, Kg2 6:1; Ch2 16:7, Ch2 19:2, Ch2 20:34
an herdman: Amo 1:1; Zac 13:5; Co1 1:27
a gatherer: Rather, as bolais is rendered by the LXX and Vulgate, κνιζων, 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: Sa2 7:8; Psa 78:70-72; Mat 4:18, Mat 4:19, Mat 9:9
as I followed: Heb. from behind
Go: Jer 1:7; Eze 2:3, Eze 2:4; Luk 24:46-48; Act 1:8, Act 4:20, Act 5:20,Act 5:29-32
hear: Sa1 15:16; Kg1 22:19; Jer 28:15-17
Prophesy: Amo 7:13; Isa 30:10; Mic 2:6
and drop: Deu 32:2; Eze 20:46, Eze 21:2
Thy wife: Isa 13:16; Jer 20:6, Jer 28:12, Jer 28:16, Jer 29:21, Jer 29:25, Jer 29:31, Jer 29:32; Lam 5:11; Hos 4:13, Hos 4:14; Zac 14:2
thy land: Psa 78:55
die: Kg2 17:6; Eze 4:13; Hos 9:3
and Israel: Amo 7:11; Lev 26:33-39; Jer 36:27-32