Amos 7
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Behold, he formed grasshoppers - גבי gobai is generally understood here to signify locusts. See the notes on Joel 1 (note) and Joel 2 (note). The shooting up of the latter growth - The early crop of grass had been already mowed and housed. The second crop or rowing, as it is called in some places, was not yet begun. By the king's mowings we may understand the first crop, a portion of which the king probably claimed as being the better hay; but the words may signify simply the prime crop, that which is the best of the whole. Houbigant thinks the shearing of the king's sheep is meant.
Quelle öffnen ↗showed . . . me; and, behold--The same formula prefaces the three visions in this chapter, and the fourth in Amo 8:1. grasshoppers--rather, "locusts" in the caterpillar state, from a Hebrew root, "to creep forth." In the autumn the eggs are deposited in the earth; in the spring the young come forth [MAURER]. the latter growth--namely, of grass, which comes up after the mowing. They do not in the East mow their grass and make hay of it, but cut it off the ground as they require it. the king's mowings--the first-fruits of the mown grass, tyrannically exacted by the king from the people. The literal locusts, as in Joel, are probably symbols of human foes: thus the "growth" of grass "after the king's mowings" will mean the political revival of Israel under Jeroboam II (Kg2 14:25), after it had been mown down, as it were, by Hazael and Ben-hadad of Syria (Kg2 13:3), [GROTIUS].
Quelle öffnen ↗Thus hath the Lord showed unto me,.... What follows in this and the two chapters, before the prophet delivered what he heard from the Lord; now what he saw, the same thing, the ruin of the ten tribes, is here expressed as before, but in a different form; before in prophecy, here in vision, the more to affect and work upon the hearts of the people: and, behold, he formed grasshoppers; or "locusts" (u), as the word is rendered, Isa 33:4; and so the Septuagint here, and other versions. Kimchi interprets it, and, behold, a collection or swarm of locusts; and the Targum, a creation of them. Though Aben Ezra takes the word to be a verb, and not a noun, and the sense to be, agreeably to our version, he showed me the blessed God, who was forming locusts; it appeared to Amos, in the vision of prophecy, as if the Lord was making locusts, large and great ones, and many of them; not that this was really done, only visionally, and was an emblem of the Assyrian army, prepared and ready to devour the land of Israel; see Joe 1:4. And this was in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings; when the first grass was mowed down, and the first crop gathered in, for the use of the king's cattle; as the later grass was just springing up, and promised a second crop, these grasshoppers or locusts were forming, which threatened the destruction of it. This must be towards the close of the summer, and when autumn was coming on, at which time naturalists tell us that locusts breed. So Aristotle (w) says, they bring forth at the going out of the summer; and of one sort of them he says, their eggs perish in the waters of autumn, or when it is a wet autumn; but in a dry autumn there is a large increase of them: and so Pliny says (x…
Quelle öffnen ↗The first two visions. - Amo 7:1-3. The Locusts. - Amo 7:1. "Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me; and, behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the springing up of the second crop; and, behold, it was a second crop after the king's mowing. Amo 7:2. And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the vegetable of the land, I said, Lord Jehovah, forgive, I pray: how can Jacob stand? for he is small. Amo 7:3. Jehovah repented of this: It shall not take place, saith Jehovah." The formula, "Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me," is common to this and the three following visions (Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7, and Amo 8:1), with this trifling difference, that in the third (Amo 7:7) the subject (the Lord Jehovah) is omitted, and 'Adōnâi (the Lord) is inserted instead, after vehinnēh (and behold). הראני denotes seeing with the eyes of the mind - a visionary seeing. These visions are not merely pictures of a judgment which was ever threatening, and drawing nearer and nearer (Baur); still less are they merely poetical fictions, or forms of drapery selected arbitrarily, for the purpose of clothing the prophet's thoughts; but they are inward intuitions, produced by the Spirit of God, which set forth the punitive judgments of God. Kōh (ita, thus) points to what follows, and vehinnēh (and behold) introduces the thing seen. Amos sees the Lord form locusts. Baur proposes to alter יוצר (forming) into יצר (forms), but without any reason, and without observing that in all three visions of this chapter hinnēh is followed by a participle (קרא in Amo 7:4, and נצּב in Amo 7:7), and that the 'Adōnâi which stands before נצּב in Amo 7:7 shows very clearly that this noun is simply omitted in Amo 7:1, because 'AdōnâI Yehōvâh has immediately preceded it. גּבי (a poetical form for גּבה, analogous to ש…
Quelle öffnen ↗We here see that God bears long, but that he will not bear always, with a provoking people, both these God here showed the prophet: Thus hath the Lord God showed me, Amo 7:1, Amo 7:4, Amo 7:7. He showed him what was present, foreshowed him what was to come, gave him the knowledge both of what he did and of what he designed; for the Lord God reveals his secret unto his servants the prophets, Amo 3:7. I. We have here two instances of God's sparing mercy, remembered in the midst of judgment, the narratives of which are so much like one another that they will be best considered together, and very considerable they are. 1. God is here coming forth against this sinful nation, first by one judgment and then by another. (1.) He begins with the judgment of famine. The prophet saw this in vision. He saw God forming grasshoppers, or locusts, and bringing them up upon the land, to eat up the fruits of it, and so to strip it of its beauty and starve its inhabitants, Amo 7:1. God formed these grasshoppers, not only as they were his creatures (and much of the wisdom and power of God appears in the formation of minute animals, as much in the structure of an ant as of an elephant), but as they were instruments of his wrath. God is said to frame evil against a sinful people, Jer 18:11. These grasshoppers were framed on purpose to eat up the grass of the land; and vast numbers of them were prepared accordingly. They were sent in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth, after the king's mowings. See here how the judgment was mitigated by the mercy that went before it. God could have sent these insects to eat up the grass at the beginning of the first growth, in the spring, when the grass was most needed, was most plentiful, and was the best in its kind; but God suffered that…
Quelle öffnen ↗7:1–9:10 This section contains five visions. It is helpful to compare the progression of these five visions with the judgments listed in 4:6-11 (famine, drought, crop devastation, plagues, destruction). 7:1-6 The first two visions set up a mood of hopeful expectancy. God calls for judgment but then revokes it at the prophet’s intercession. 7:1 Locusts (see 4:9) were one of the plagues brought upon Egypt (Exod 10:4). Great swarms of locusts periodically invaded these lands, typically in times of drought. • king’s share: The first harvest went to the king as taxes, whereas the later harvest of the main crop fed the farmer and his family. However, if locusts devoured this crop, starvation would follow.
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אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, H3069) — {YHWH} רָאָה (râʼâh, H7200) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied,… יָצַר (yâtsar, H3335) — to mould into a form; especially as apotter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a… גּוֹב (gôwb, H1462) — the locust (from its grubbing as a larvae) תְּחִלָּה (tᵉchillâh, H8462) — a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly) עָלָה (ʻâlâh, H5927) — to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of… לֶקֶשׁ (leqesh, H3954) — the after crop אַחַר (ʼachar, H310) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various… מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428) — a king גֵּז (gêz, H1488) — a fleece (as shorn); also mown grass
Quelle öffnen ↗כָּלָה (kâlâh, H3615) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete,… אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) עֶשֶׂב (ʻeseb, H6212) — grass (or any tender shoot) אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, H3069) — {YHWH} סָלַח (çâlach, H5545) — to forgive יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, H3290) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch קוּם (qûwm, H6965) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) קָטָן (qâṭân, H6996) — abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in…
Quelle öffnen ↗יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God נָחַם (nâcham, H5162) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a… אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude)
Quelle öffnen ↗אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, H3069) — {YHWH} רָאָה (râʼâh, H7200) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied,… קָרָא (qârâʼ, H7121) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of… רִיב (rîyb, H7378) — properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a… אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, H784) — fire (literally or figuratively) אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) רַב (rab, H7227) — abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) תְּהוֹם (tᵉhôwm, H8415) — an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the… חֵלֶק (chêleq, H2506) — properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
Quelle öffnen ↗אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, H3069) — {YHWH} חָדַל (châdal, H2308) — properly, to be flabby, i.e. (by implication) desist; (figuratively) be lacking or idle יַעֲקֹב (Yaʻăqôb, H3290) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch קוּם (qûwm, H6965) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) קָטָן (qâṭân, H6996) — abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in…
Quelle öffnen ↗יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God נָחַם (nâcham, H5162) — properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a… אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih, H3069) — {YHWH}
Quelle öffnen ↗רָאָה (râʼâh, H7200) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied,… אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) נָצַב (nâtsab, H5324) — to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, H2346) — a wall of protection אֲנָךְ (ʼănâk, H594) — according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook יָד (yâd, H3027) — a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
Quelle öffnen ↗יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) עָמוֹס (ʻÂmôwç, H5986) — Amos, an Israelite prophet רָאָה (râʼâh, H7200) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied,… אֲנָךְ (ʼănâk, H594) — according to most a plumb-line, and to others a hook אֲדֹנָי (ʼĂdônây, H136) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) שׂוּם (sûwm, H7760) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and… קֶרֶב (qereb, H7130) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial… עַם (ʻam, H5971) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence… יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity יָסַף (yâçaph, H3254) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) עָבַר (ʻâbar, H5674) — to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive,…
Quelle öffnen ↗בָּמָה (bâmâh, H1116) — an elevation יִשְׂחָק (Yischâq, H3446) — Jischak, the heir of Abraham שָׁמֵם (shâmêm, H8074) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both… מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdâsh, H4720) — a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of… יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity חָרַב (chârab, H2717) — to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill קוּם (qûwm, H6965) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) יָרׇבְעָם (Yârobʻâm, H3379) — Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings חֶרֶב (chereb, H2719) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or…
Quelle öffnen ↗אֲמַצְיָה (ʼĂmatsyâh, H558) — Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites כֹּהֵן (kôhên, H3548) — literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a… בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl, H1008) — Beth-El, a place in Palestine שָׁלַח (shâlach, H7971) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications) יָרׇבְעָם (Yârobʻâm, H3379) — Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428) — a king יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) עָמוֹס (ʻÂmôwç, H5986) — Amos, an Israelite prophet קָשַׁר (qâshar, H7194) — to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league) קֶרֶב (qereb, H7130) — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial… בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) יָכֹל (yâkôl, H3201) — to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
Quelle öffnen ↗עָמוֹס (ʻÂmôwç, H5986) — Amos, an Israelite prophet אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) יָרׇבְעָם (Yârobʻâm, H3379) — Jarobam, the name of two Israelite kings מוּת (mûwth, H4191) — to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill חֶרֶב (chereb, H2719) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or… יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, H3478) — Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity גָּלָה (gâlâh, H1540) — to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being… אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, H127) — soil (from its general redness)
Quelle öffnen ↗אֲמַצְיָה (ʼĂmatsyâh, H558) — Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) עָמוֹס (ʻÂmôwç, H5986) — Amos, an Israelite prophet חֹזֶה (chôzeh, H2374) — a beholder in vision; also a compact (as looked upon with approval) יָלַךְ (yâlak, H3212) — to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses) בָּרַח (bârach, H1272) — to bolt, i.e. figuratively, to flee suddenly אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, H776) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land) יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, H3063) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the… אָכַל (ʼâkal, H398) — to eat (literally or figuratively) לֶחֶם (lechem, H3899) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) נָבָא (nâbâʼ, H5012) — to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
Quelle öffnen ↗נָבָא (nâbâʼ, H5012) — to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse) יָסַף (yâçaph, H3254) — to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl, H1008) — Beth-El, a place in Palestine מֶלֶךְ (melek, H4428) — a king מִקְדָּשׁ (miqdâsh, H4720) — a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary (whether of Jehovah or of… מַמְלָכָה (mamlâkâh, H4467) — dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm) בַּיִת (bayith, H1004) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Quelle öffnen ↗עָנָה (ʻânâh, H6030) — properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond;… עָמוֹס (ʻÂmôwç, H5986) — Amos, an Israelite prophet אָמַר (ʼâmar, H559) — to say (used with great latitude) אֲמַצְיָה (ʼĂmatsyâh, H558) — Amatsjah, the name of four Israelites נָבִיא (nâbîyʼ, H5030) — a prophet or (generally) inspired man בֵּן (bên, H1121) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative… בּוֹקֵר (bôwqêr, H951) — a cattle-tender בָּלַס (bâlaç, H1103) — to pinch sycamore figs (a process necessary to ripen them) שִׁקְמָה (shiqmâh, H8256) — a sycamore (usually the tree)
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Andere Stellen, die die Gemeinschaft am häufigsten mit dieser verbindet. Zum Lesen antippen.
Was der Nager übriggelassen, das hat die Heuschrecke gefressen, und was die Heuschrecke übrigließ, das hat der Fresser verzehrt, und was der Fresser verschonte, das hat der Verwüster aufgefressen.
Solches ließ Gott, der HERR, mich schauen: Siehe, da war ein Korb mit reifem Obst;
Also will ich euch die Jahre wiedererstatten, deren Ertrag der Nager, die Heuschrecke, der Fresser und der Verwüster verzehrt haben, mein großes Kriegsheer, welches ich gegen euch gesandt habe;
Ich schlug euch mit Getreidebrand und mit Vergilben; eure Gärten und Weinberge verdorrten, eure Feigenbäume und Oliven fraß gar oft die Heuschrecke ab. Dennoch seid ihr nicht zu mir umgekehrt, spricht der HERR.
Da wird man eure Beute sammeln, wie die Heuschrecken zusammenraffen; wie die Käfer rennen, so läuft man darauf los.
Da sagte ich den Gefangenen alle Worte des HERRN, welche er mich hatte schauen lassen.
Solches ließ er mich schauen: Der Herr stand auf einer senkrechten Mauer und hatte ein Senkblei in der Hand.
Der HERR ließ mich schauen, und siehe, da standen zwei Körbe mit Feigen vor dem Tempel des HERRN (nachdem der babylonische König Nebukadnezar den Jechonja, den Sohn Jojakims, den König von Juda, gefangen weggeführt und ihn samt den Fürsten Judas und den Schmieden und den Schlossern gen Babel gebracht hatte):
Solches ließ Gott, der HERR, mich schauen: Siehe, Gott, der HERR, rief dem Feuer zum Gericht; das fraß ein großes Loch und hatte schon das Erbteil ergriffen.