Amos 7

Amos 7:1

Shalt take - Appoint it to be taken.

Amos 7:2

He - The priest. In the appointed place - That is, in the court of the house, and on the altar appointed; this is the first day’s sacrifice.

Amos 7:3

They - The priests in attendance.

Amos 7:4

Shalt offer - On the third day, and so on, through seven days.

Amos 7:5

Shalt offer - Direct them to offer. Salt - It may allude to the perpetuity of the covenant thus made by sacrifice.

Amos 7:7

They - The priests in course.

Amos 7:8

I will accept you - Those that give themselves to God, shall be accepted of God, their persons first, and then their performances, through the mediator.

Amos 7:10

I will accept you - Those that give themselves to God, shall be accepted of God, their persons first, and then their performances, through the mediator.

Amos 7:11

Shall not be opened - Shall not ordinarily stand open. No man - None of the common people. The Lord - That glory which was the visible sign of his presence.

Amos 7:12

He - The king might sit before the Lord, others might not. Bread - That part of the sacrifice, which was allowed to the offerer.

Amos 7:13

He - Christ in the appearance of a man.

Amos 7:14

The entering - The persons who may, and who may not enter. The sanctuary - Taken here for the courts, rather than the house itself.

Amos 7:15

Let it suffice - Let the time you have spent on your sins suffice.

Amos 7:16

Bread - Either the meal - offering or first - fruits of corn and dough, and the shew - bread. They - The whole nation of the Jews.

Amos 7:17

Have not kept - You have not observed the laws I gave you for the keeping of my holy things, house, sacrifices, and worship. Have set - You have substituted others in your rooms.