Matthew Poole and continuators on Amos 7:9

9 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 .

The Temples on high Mountains built to Idols, or for the Worship of God, though he forbad them.

The Father is here named, but his Children are intended all the seed of Isaac; I cannot, though some do, think the Prophet alludes to Isaac's being offered upon a High Mountain.

Shall be rased to the Foundation, or left to moulder and fall with length of time, and assaults of storms and weather.

This explains the former, and speaking after the custom of those times the Prophet calls the Idol Temples Sanctuaries, whether in Dan and Bethel or elsewhere.

God will, but not immediately, rise up: He will stir up some or other to do what he threatens.

In the days of Zec[illegible: 1 letter]ariah (son of Ieroboam) murthered by Shallum.

First of a Conspirator Shallum, next of Civil War.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 letter] Kin. 15.10.