- Text
- Textual versions
- Verse 8
- See also
- Notes and references
- Bibliography
- External links Jewish Christian
Book of Amos (5:21–9:15) in Latin in Codex Gigas, made around 13th century.
}}Amos 7 is the seventh chapter of the Book of Amos in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.{{sfn|Collins|2014}}{{sfn|Hayes|2015}} This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Amos; in particular, the seventh, eighth, and ninth chapters contain visions and their explanations.[1] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets.[1][2]Text
The original text is written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 17 verses.
Textual versions
Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:
- Masoretic Text (10th century)
- Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)[3][4]
- 4Q78 (4QXIIc): extant: verses 1‑2, 4, 7‑9, 12‑16[3]
- F.Amos1: extant: verse 17[3]
- Wadi Murabba'at (MurXII): extant: verses 3‑6, 8‑17[3]
Ancient manuscripts in Koine Greek containing this chapter are mainly of the Septuagint version, including Codex Vaticanus (B; 
B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century).{{sfn|Würthwein|1995|pp=73-74}}
Verse 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:
will not again pass by them any more:[5]
- "Amos, what seest thou?" He calls the prophet by name, as a familiar friend, known and approved by Him, as He said to Moses, "I know thee by name" {{bibleref2|Exodus|33:12}}, {{bibleref2|Exodus|33:17}}. For "the Lord knoweth them that are His. What seest thou?" {{bibleref2|2 Timothy|2:19}}.[6]
- "I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel" As it was built by rule and measure, so it should be destroyed. The line was used not only for building, but also for pulling down (see {{bibleref2|2 Kings|21:13}}; {{bibleref2|Isaiah|34:11}}; {{bibleref2|Lamentations|2:8}}). And this should be done "in the midst" of the people, that all might be tried individually, and that all might acknowledge the justice of the sentence, which now denounced complete ruin.[7]
- "Plumbline" or "plumb bob"; "plummet": the same word as before, and is differently rendered, as already observed. The Vulgate Latin version renders it, "a plasterer's" or "mason's trowel"; with which they lay their plaster and mortar on in building: the Septuagint, an adamant: and which, by Pliny,[8] is called "anachites"; a word in sound near to this here used: the Targum renders it, "judgment": but Jarchi and Aben Ezra observe, that in the Arabic tongue it signifies lead or tin, as it does;[9] and so a line with lead at the end of it;[10]
- "Not … pass by … any more": "not forgive them any more" ({{bibleref2|Amos|8:2}}; {{bibleref2|Proverbs|19:11}}; {{bibleref2|Micah|7:18}}).[11]
See also
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- Israel
- Jeroboam
- Jerusalem
- Joash
- Judah
- Uzziah
- Related Bible parts: Amos 1, Amos 2, Amos 8, Amos 9
Notes and references
1. ^Metzger, Bruce M., et al. The Oxford Companion to the Bible. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
2. ^Keck, Leander E. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
3. ^1 2 3 Dead sea scrolls – Amos
4. ^{{cite journal |author=Timothy A. J. Jull |author2=Douglas J. Donahue |author3=Magen Broshi |author4=Emanuel Tov |url=https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/1642 |title=Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert |journal=Radiocarbon |volume=38 |number=1 |year=1995 |page=14 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}
5. ^{{bibleref2|Amos|7:8|KJV}}
6. ^Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.{{PD-notice}}
7. ^Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890.{{PD-notice}}
8. ^Pliny. Nat. Hist. l. 3. c. 4.
9. ^"plumbum, sive nigrum, sive album puriusque", Camusus; "plumbum et stannum", Ibn Maruph apud Golium, col. 176. Avicenna apud Castel. col. 161. Vid. Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 7. p. 122.
10. ^John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746–1763.{{PD-notice}}
11. ^1 Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. 1871.{{PD-notice}}
2. ^Keck, Leander E. 1996. The New Interpreter's Bible: Volume: VII. Nashville: Abingdon.
3. ^1 2 3 Dead sea scrolls – Amos
4. ^{{cite journal |author=Timothy A. J. Jull |author2=Douglas J. Donahue |author3=Magen Broshi |author4=Emanuel Tov |url=https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/radiocarbon/article/view/1642 |title=Radiocarbon Dating of Scrolls and Linen Fragments from the Judean Desert |journal=Radiocarbon |volume=38 |number=1 |year=1995 |page=14 |accessdate=26 November 2014}}
5. ^{{bibleref2|Amos|7:8|KJV}}
6. ^Barnes, Albert. Notes on the Old Testament. London, Blackie & Son, 1884. Reprint, Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998.{{PD-notice}}
7. ^Joseph S. Exell; Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (Editors). The Pulpit Commentary. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890.{{PD-notice}}
8. ^Pliny. Nat. Hist. l. 3. c. 4.
9. ^"plumbum, sive nigrum, sive album puriusque", Camusus; "plumbum et stannum", Ibn Maruph apud Golium, col. 176. Avicenna apud Castel. col. 161. Vid. Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. l. 1. c. 7. p. 122.
10. ^John Gill. John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. Exposition of the Old and New Testament. Published in 1746–1763.{{PD-notice}}
11. ^1 Robert Jamieson, Andrew Robert Fausset; David Brown. Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary On the Whole Bible. 1871.{{PD-notice}}
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External links
Jewish
- Amos 7 Hebrew with Parallel English
- Amos 7 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary
Christian
- Amos 7 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate
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