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God's Intimate Guidance
Commentators highlight that God raising up prophets "from your sons" was a profound act of love. Instead of only speaking through dramatic, distant events, God chose to guide Israel intimately through their own kinsmen. This provision of faithful teachers was a continuous "miracle of grace," demonstrating God's desire to have a personal, guiding relationship with His people.
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Amos
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 2:11
18th Century
Theologian
And I raised up of your sons for prophets—Amos turns from outward mercies to inward, from past to present, from miracles of power to mirac…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 2:11–12
19th Century
Bishop
God added to the mercies of His providence, the transcendent blessings of special revelation. The prophets of Israel were numerous, and renowned, a…
John Calvin
On Amos 2:9–12
16th Century
Theologian
God reasons earnestly here with the Israelites for their ingratitude. He recounts the benefits He had previously conferred on that people, and then…
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John Gill
On Amos 2:11
17th Century
Pastor
And I raised up of your sons for prophets Such as Moses, Joshua, and the seventy elders, and others; not only to foretell…
Matthew Henry
On Amos 2:9–16
17th Century
Minister
We often need to be reminded of the mercies we have received, as these greatly add to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had spiritual pr…