Amos 7 · Verse 9

Amos 7:9

And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
Amos 7:9, King James Version

Amos 7:9 in other translations

BSBThe high places of Isaac will be deserted, and the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with My sword.”
WEBThe high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
ASVand the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
YLTAnd desolated have been high places of Isaac, And sanctuaries of Israel are wasted, And I have risen against the house of Jeroboam with a sword.'
DARBYAnd the high places of Isaac shall be desolated, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will arise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.
BBEAnd the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.
WebsterAnd the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

What does Amos 7:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. high places--dedicated to idols. of Isaac--They boasted of their following the example of their forefather Isaac, in erecting high places at Beer-sheba (Am 5:5; compare Ge 26:23, 24; 46:1); but he and Abraham erected them before the temple was appointed at Jerusalem--and to God; whereas they did so, after the temple had been fixed as the only place for sacrifices--and to idols. In the Hebrew here "Isaac" is written with s, instead of the usual ts; both forms mean "laughter"; the change of spelling perhaps expresses that their "high places of Isaac" may be well so called, but not as they meant by the name; for they are only fit to be laughed at in scorn. Probably, however, the mention of "Isaac" and "Israel" simply expresses that these names, which their degenerate posterity boasted in as if ensuring their safety, will not save them and their idolatrous "sanctuaries" on which they depended from ruin (compare Am 8:14). house of Jeroboam with ... sword--fulfilled in the extinction of Zachariah, son of Jeroboam II, the last of the descendants of Jeroboam I, who had originated the idolatry of the calves (2Ki 15:8-10). Am. 7:10-17. Amaziah's Charge against Amos: His Doom Foretold.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate - Their total destruction is at hand. The high place of Isaac was Beer-sheba, where Isaac had built an altar to the Lord, Gen 26:25. This high place, which had been abused to idolatrous uses, was demolished by Josiah, king of Judah, as we read in 2Kgs 23:8, for he defiled all the high places from Geba to Beersheba. I will rise against the house of Jeroboam - The Lord had promised to Jehu, the ancestor of Jeroboam, that his family should sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. Zechariah, the son of Jeroboam, was the fourth in order after Jehu; and on him the threatening in this verse fell; for he was murdered by Shallum after he had reigned six months, and in him the family became extinct. See 2Kgs 10:30; 2Kgs 15:8-10.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Amos 7:1-9

God bears long, but he will not bear always with a provoking people. The remembrance of the mercies we formerly received, like the produce of the earth of the former growth, should make us submissive to the will of God, when we meet with disappointments in the latter growth. The Lord has many ways of humbling a sinful nation. Whatever trouble we are under, we should be most earnest with God for the forgiveness of…

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Amos 7:9 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ve.na.Sha.muand they will be made desolateH8074
בָּמ֣וֹתba.Mot[the] high places ofH1116
יִשְׂחָ֔קyis.ChakIsaacH3446
וּמִקְדְּשֵׁ֥יu.mik.de.Sheiand [the] sanctuaries ofH4720
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
יֶחֱרָ֑בוּye.che.Ra.vuthey will be wasteH2717
וְקַמְתִּ֛יve.kam.Tiand I will ariseH6965
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בֵּ֥יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יָרָבְעָ֖םya.ra.ve.'AmJeroboamH3379
בֶּחָֽרֶב\׃\ \פbe.Cha.revwith the swordH2719

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Cross references for Amos 7:9

  • 2 Kings 15:8-10

    In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.

  • Genesis 46:1

    And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.

  • Amos 5:5

    But seek not Beth–el, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer–sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth–el shall come to nought.

  • Isaiah 63:18

    The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.

  • Amos 8:14

    They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.

  • Leviticus 26:30-31

    And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.

  • Amos 3:14

    That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Beth–el: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground.

  • Genesis 26:23-25

    And he went up from thence to Beer–sheba. And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake. And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

  • Hosea 10:8

    The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the high.
3:14; 5:5; 8:14
Beer-sheba.
Ge 26:23-25; 46:1; Le 26:30,31
I will. "Fulfilled,"
2Ki 15:8-10

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Context

  • Amos 7:8

    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: I will not again pass by them any more:

  • Amos 7:9

    And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

  • Amos 7:10

    Then Amaziah the priest of Beth–el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

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Amos 7:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y los altares de Isaac serán destruídos, y los santuarios de Israel serán asolados; y levantaréme con espada sobre la casa de Jeroboam.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les hauts lieux d’Isaac seront désolés, et les sanctuaires d’Israël seront dévastés, et je me lèverai avec l’épée contre la maison de Jéroboam.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Höhen Isaaks werden verwüstet und die Heiligtümer Israels zerstört werden, und ich werde mit dem Schwerte wider das Haus Jerobeams aufstehen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et demolientur excelsa idoli, et sanctificationes Israël desolabuntur, et consurgam super domum Jeroboam in gladio.