Amos 5:14

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Amos 5:1-27

The Works of God Amos 5:8 The text brings the works of God and the name of God into one focus, and makes use of both as an argument with man to raise himself from the low and unworthy pretences of religion to Him Who sits high above the magnificence of all material forms, yet deigns to listen to the whisper of a kneeling child. I. Seek Him because He is Immutable. This is declared by 'the seven stars and Orion,' and by all the constellations among which the Pleiades are set. It is a... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICEAmos 5:1-27In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the relief of the poor, the discharge of justice. But he does not begin with this. The group opens with an elegy, which bewails the nation as already fallen. It is always difficult to mark where the style of a prophet passes from rhythmical prose into what we may justly call a metrical form. But in this short wail,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 5:1-27

CHAPTER 5 The Third Discourse 1. The lamentation (Amos 5:1-3 ) 2. Seek the Lord and ye shall live (Amos 5:4-15 ) 3. The wailing (Amos 5:16-20 ) 4. The captivity announced (Amos 5:21-27 ) Amos 5:1-3 . This chapter begins with a lamentation over the fallen daughter of Israel. “She shall no more rise” has been used as an argument against the future and literal restoration of Israel. The prophet has only the present government of God over that generation in view and does not deny at all a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 5:1-27

Moral Discipline Amos 5:0 "Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel" ( Amo 5:1 ). This is a dirge. It is as if a man were present at his own burial, hearing the solemn words, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust;" the whole lot over, the whole tale run off, its very last syllable uttered, whispered, and all this poor little cloud-life behind; a dirge, a lamentation, a wail as of the heart. That may be beautiful, or it may be lacking in every line of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 5:4-17

The first verse in this paragraph is a confirmation, if it were needed, of what I advanced in my observations on the former. Seeking the Lord, implies the hope of finding him, and indeed the promise is of life. For the Lord hath never said to the praying seed of Jacob, seek ye my face in vain. Psalms 27:8 . It is a sure sign of returning grace, when such rich proclamations come from the throne. See Isaiah 55:6-7 . There is a great beauty in the allusion to the planets, those faithful nightly... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 5:14

Said. Probably Amaias took occasion, from the flourishing state of the kingdom, to assert that the Lord approved of their conduct. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:7-17

7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It behoves us to plead God's spiritual promises, to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 5:13-27

Woe upon Fools and Hypocrites v. 13. Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time, for it is an evil time, and when things have reached such extremities as here pictured, all admonitions are futile. Still the love of the prophet for his people and his desire to further their welfare in every possible way causes him to address them once more. v. 14. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, for there lies the way to true life; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you as... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 5:1-27

Amos 5:03. Lament for Israel. The only Safety is in seeking the Lord. Woe to the Fools who desire the Day of the Lord1 Hear this word,Which I raise over you as a lamentation,1O house of Israel.2 Fallen is the virgin2Israel, she does not rise again,She is stretched out upon her soil, no one raises her up.3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah,The city which goes out by a thousand3Shall retain a hundred,And that which goes out by a hundredShall retain ten, for the house of Israel.4 For thus saith... read more

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