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Amos 9 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Amos 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Amos 9 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 4 oracle
שָׁמַד shâmad H8045 3 desolate
אֲדָמָה ʼădâmâh H127 3 soil
בָּנָה bânâh H1129 3 build
מוּג mûwg H4127 2 melt, soften
חֶרֶב chereb H2719 3 drought, cutting
חַטָּא chaṭṭâʼ H2400 2 criminal

How preachers through history handled this text

18 public-domain excerpts on Amos 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 12 Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 2 John Wesley 1

“Christ died to gather together the children of God that were scattered abroad, here said to be those who were called by his name. The Lord saith this, who doeth this, who can do it, who has determined to do it, the power of whose grace is engaged for doing it. Verses #(13-15) may refer to the early times of Christianity, but will receive a more glorious fulfilment in the events which all the prophets more or less foretold, and may be understood of the happy state when the fulness both of the Jews and the Gentiles come into the church. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Amos 9:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Edom — Amos 9:12
  • Mount Carmel — Amos 9:3
  • Egypt — Amos 9:5
  • Nile — Amos 9:5
  • Caphtor — Amos 9:7

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