Amos 5:14

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Amos 5:4-15

Amos THE SINS OF SOCIETY Amo_5:4 - Amo_5:15 . The reign of Jeroboam II, in which Amos prophesied, was a period of great prosperity and of great corruption. Amos, born in the Southern Kingdom, and accustomed to the simple life of a shepherd, blazed up in indignation at the signs of misused wealth and selfish luxury that he saw everywhere, in what was to him almost a foreign country. If one fancies a godly Scottish Highlander sent to the West end of London, or a Bible-reading New England... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

“Prepare to Meet Thy God” Amos 4:12-13 ; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to the divine bar. Whether we choose or not, “we must all appear before the judgment seat of God.” Prepare, my soul, to meet Him! Note the sublimity of that last verse of Amos 4:1-13 . How great is God, who made the mountains! How mysterious, who made the wind! How sublime, who calls to the dawn! How... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:1-27

The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up." This lamentation the prophet followed with a sequence of explanations, each introduced by the formula, "Thus saith the Lord." The first declared the coming decrease in population. Only a tithe of them would be spared. The second recounted the history of... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:14-15

SEEKING GOOD, AND HATING EVIL‘Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good.’ Amos 5:14-Ezra : Nothing can exceed the simplicity of these words, and yet they embody, if rightly understood, the whole of religion. I. Seek good.—Seek the highest good in the best way. The highest good is God Himself, Who is willing to give Himself even to the sinner. Thus Isaiah: ‘Seek ye the Lord while He may... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-17

A Lamentation Over Israel (Amos 5:1-17 ). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily be their end if they do not repent. It demonstrates that underneath his iron words he had a tender heart. That there was opportunity to repent comes out in the continual repetition of the call to ‘seek YHWH’ and to ‘seek goodness’, and ‘live’, which is a theme of the passage (Amos 5:4; Amos 5:6; Amos... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:14-15

The Second Call To Repentance (Amos 5:14-15 ). So the call went out to those who would hear to seek good and not evil so that they might enjoy fullness of life, and in order that YHWH might truly be ‘with them’ (as they claimed that He would be at their feasts). Amos 5:14 ‘Seek good, and not evil, that you may live, and so YHWH, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you say.’ Previously the people have been urged to seek YHWH. Now they are called on to seek good. That is not because seeking... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-17

Amos 5:1-Esther : . The Impending Punishment.— The prophet gives his next few words the form of a dirge ( kî nah, Amos 5:1). This ( Amos 5:2) is characterised by the peculiar kî nah-metre, consisting of three beats or stresses followed by two. In the prophetic vision Israel appears as already overthrown irretrievably. She lies forsaken on the ground, and nothing can raise her. How she has come to this pass is explained in the following verse ( Amos 5:3). Her army is almost annihilated in... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Amos 5:14

Seek good; turn to the law of God, study it, that ye may do the good it requireth in works of piety, justice, and charity. And not evil: you have devised evil, and done it in works of impiety, injustice, and cruelty. Or this may be the same with Amos 5:4-6, which see. That ye may live: see Amos 5:4. The Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you; the eternal glorious God, who is Lord of all, and can help you, having all the hosts of heaven and earth at his disposal; he will be with you to bless... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Amos 5:14-15

CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:14. Spoken] They fancied that God was with them by virtue of the covenant with Abraham (John 8:39). Amos 5:15. Perhaps] indicates difficulty in their case, not uncertainty with God (cf. Genesis 16:2; Joel 2:13). Peradventure (Exodus 32:3). Remnant] preserved in the approaching judgment, as Joel 3:5; Isaiah 6:13; Isaiah 10:21-23. HOMILETICSSEEKING GOOD AND ENJOYING GOD.—Amos 5:14-15These words supplement the previous paragraph, in which Israel were exhorted to renounce... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

Chapter 5Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation ( Amos 5:1 ),Weeping over the house of Israel now.The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up ( Amos 5:2 ).Now some people use this verse and interpret it as though God has now cast off Israel forever and that there is to be no restoration by God of divine favor in the last days. This is to deny the whole body of scripture. This is speaking of... read more

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