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Amos 7:7-17

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bullet"The Prophet and Reformer," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
bulletFrom John Calvin's Commentary on Amos: Part 15, Part 16, Part 17.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"...this would be the last measuring of the people, and that he would defer his judgment no longer."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"Israel was a wall, a strong wall, which God himself reared as a defence to his sanctuary. The Lord now seems to stand upon this wall. He measures it; it appears to be a bowing, bulging wall."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"The plummet line was used not only in building, but in destroying houses (2Ki 21:13; Isa 28:17; 34:11; La 2:8). It denotes that God's judgments are measured out by the most exact rules of justice. Here it is placed "in the midst" of Israel, that is, the judgment is not to be confined to an outer part of Israel, as by Tiglath-pileser; it is to reach the very center."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet Blogging toward Sunday, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century. Current lectionary comments are by William H. Willimon.
bullet "We gather in church to be closer to God. But how do we like proximity to a God who loves enough not to pass by but lingers long enough among us to judge us, to hold a higher standard of judgment against us than that by which we measure ourselves?"
bullet "The Prophet Amos to the Priest Amaziah: Stop Pimping Religion for Political Empire," The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with Jesus Foundation.
bullet "To what extent should a Christian support the laws and policies of its nation?"
bullet Amos 7:7-15, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet Amos 7:7-17, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne, Australia.
bullet"The similarities of context between the social injustices of Amos’ day and our own make an uncomfortable link between the judgment Amos foresaw for his people and the implications of the prophetic word for our day."
bullet Amos 7:7-17, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Amos 7:7-17 / Deuteronomy 30:9-14, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
bullet"Is authority a conveyance that moves from captured or established authority to whomever will keep it in place?"
bulletAmos 7:7-17 in Tim Bulkeley's Postmodern Bible. Text (printed & spoken in English and Hebrew), detailed commentary and discussion.
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "War in the Old Testament," John A. Wood, (other resources at) "Peace and War," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2004.
bullet"How can God be both a God of peace and a God of war? The ancient Israelites reached no consensus about holy war, just war, and pacifism. Yet Scripture faithfully records their long and difficult debates, for the diversity of viewpoints arose out of a deep faith in God who had brought the people out of Egypt."
bullet "Visions and Voices: Amos 7-9," J.R. Linville, Biblica 80 (1999). Abstract.
bullet"As the scenes change from ultimate destruction to restoration, the readers appropriate the prophetic voice themselves, especially in the final verse which ends with a declaration of security uttered by 'your God'"
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletFretheim, Terence E., "The Prophets and Social Justice: A Conservative Agenda," Word & World, 2008.
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bulletHolladay, William L., "Once More, 'ANAK = TIN,' Amos VII 7-8," Vetus Testamentum, 1970.
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bulletLewis, Jack P., "'A Prophet's Son' (Amos 7:14) Reconsidered," Restoration Quarterly, 2007.
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bulletMiller, Patrick D., Jr., "The Prophetic Critique of Kings," Ex Auditu, 1986.
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bulletNoble, Paul R., "Amos and Amaziah in Context: Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to Amos 7-8," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1998.
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bulletPaas, Stefan, "Seeing and Singing: Visions and Hymns in the Book of Amos," Vetus Testamentum, 2002.
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bulletSchart, Aaron, "The Book of Jeremiah and the Visions of Amos," Review and Expositor, 2004. (See also Jeremiah, issue focus of Review and Expositor, 2004.)
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bulletTucker, Gene M., "Prophetic Authenticity: A Form-Critical Study of Amos 7:10-17," Interpretation, 1973.
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bulletWolff, Hans Walter, "Prophets and Institutions in the Old Testament," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
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