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Amos 7:9
The 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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the prophet Amos immediately following the plumb line vision, pronouncing judgment on the northern kingdom.
The words — The text employs בָּמ֣וֹת (ba.Mot) for "high places" and יֶחֱרָ֑בוּ (ye.che.Ra.vu) for "laid waste," describing the physical ruin of worship sites.
The thread — The declaration targets the "house of Jeroboam" while invoking Isaac and Israel, linking the northern dynasty to its patriarchal roots (Genesis 46:1; Genesis 26:23; 2 Kings 15:8).
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that divine judgment dismantles both the political leadership and the physical centers of unauthorized worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Kings 15:8 In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah’s reign over Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria six months.
- Genesis 46:1 So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 26:23 From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,
- Leviticus 26:30 I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars, and heap your lifeless bodies on the lifeless remains of your idols; and My soul will despise you.
- Isaiah 63:18 For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.
- Hosea 10:8 The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall on us!”
- Amos 3:14 On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.
- Amos 5:5 Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
- Amos 8:14 Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”