Amos 9:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Amos 9:6

buildeth: Psalms 104:3, Psalms 104:13 stories: or, spheres, Heb. ascensions, Maaloth "upper chambers," which in eastern houses are the principal apartments. Perhaps there is a reference here to the various systems which God has created in illimitable space, transcending each other as the planets do in our system. troop: or, bundle, Genesis 2:1, Aguddah probably is the same as the Arabic ijad "an arch, vault," and may here denote the vault of heaven, or atmosphere, which God "hath founded, or... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Amos 9:6

It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name.His stories — The celestial orbs one over another, as so many stories in an high and stately palace. And he hath founded his troop in the earth: all the creatures, which are one army, one body; so closely are they connected, and so harmoniously do they all act for the accomplishing of their... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:1-6

THE SMITTEN SANCTUARY, vv. 1-6. These verses contain an account of the fifth vision, followed by an exposition setting forth the inevitableness and completeness of the judgment. The prophet beholds the sanctuary crowded with worshipers, and Jehovah standing beside the altar; he hears the divine command to smite the sanctuary, so that it will fall upon the worshipers and crush them. If some should escape by accident they will meet their doom in other ways. Wherever they may seek a hiding place... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:5-6

5, 6. The people might think the prophet mad; hence he proceeds to disabuse their minds by informing them that it is Jehovah who makes the threats. Once more he depicts the divine majesty and omnipotence. The verses are similar in tone to Amos 4:13; Amos 5:8-9, and they serve the same purpose (see comments on those verses and Introduction, pp. 217ff.). They certainly add force to the preceding threats, and Harper is hardly justified in saying, “The proposed logical connection of this verse... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Amos 9:6

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Amos 9:6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:1-6

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 9:5-6

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