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All four visions in Amos 7 and 8 are first person reports, a typical form of autobiographical memorabilia. They all begin the same way: “This is what Yahweh showed me”; the beginnings tie the visions together and also set them apart from surrounding material. The visions are succinct, using an economy of language.
Five Visions of Amos. Amos 7–9 deals with five visions Amos received from the Lord. Each vision showed that the Lord intended to completely destroy the kingdom of Israel if the people did not repent. The first two visions were of destructions that were avoided because Israel repented (see Amos 7:1–6). The next three visions revealed ways ...
1. (Amos 7:1-3) The vision of locusts. Thus the Lord GOD showed me: behold, He formed locust swarms at the beginning of the late crop; indeed it was the late crop after the king’s mowings. And so it was, when they had finished eating the grass of the land, that I said: “O Lord GOD, forgive, I pray! Oh, that Jacob may stand, For he is small!”.
Jul 4, 2022 · We begin with a vision that God gives Amos. He sees God send a swarm of locusts on Israel (7:1). The latter growth refers to the crops that are harvested in summer (as opposed to spring). Amos prays to God that this would not be because it would devastate Israel (v. 2). And in the vision, God relents (v. 3).
May 3, 2016 · The third and fourth visions have another distinct pattern. The third vision is 7:7-9 and the fourth is 8:1-3, so I will return to the end of the seventh chapter once I discuss these last two visions. The pattern for these visions is: LORD gives vision, LORD questions Amos, Amos replies, and then the LORD explains and judges.
3. (7-9) The vision of the plumb line. Thus He showed me: Behold, the Lord stood on a wall made with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”. And I said, “A plumb line.”. Then the Lord said: “Behold, I am setting a plumb line. In the midst of My people Israel;
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Amos 7:1. Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. 1. Thus did the Lord Jehovah shew me] The same formula, Amos 7:4; Amos 7:7, Amos 8:1. Cf. “shewed me” (also in the description of a vision ...
