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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:24

But let judgments run down as waters ,.... Or "roll" F15 ויגל "volvatur", Munster, Mercerus, Liveleus, Drusius; "volvat se", Montanus, Vatablus; "revolvet se", Piscator; "provolvatur", Cocceius. ; in abundance, with great rapidity, bearing down all before them, which nothing can resist; signifying the plenty of justice done in the land, the full and free exercise of it, without any stoppage or intermission: and righteousness as a mighty stream ; the same thing expressed in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:25

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings ,.... No; they were not offered to God, but to devils, to the golden calf, and to the host of heaven: so their fathers did in the wilderness forty years ; where sacrifices were omitted during that time, a round number for a broken one, it being about thirty eight years; and these their children were imitators of them, and offered sacrifice to idols too, and therefore deserved punishment as they: even ye, O house of Israel ? the ten... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:26

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Mo ,.... The god of the Ammonites; See Gill on Amos 1:13 ; and See Gill on Jeremiah 7:31 ; called theirs, because they also worshipped it, and caused their seed to pass through the fire to it; and which was carried by them in a shrine, or portable tent or chapel. Or it may be rendered, "but ye have borne Siccuth your king" F16 סכות מלככם "Siccuth regem vestrum", Munster, Montanus, Vatablus, Calvin, Mercerus. ; and so Siccuth may be taken... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:27

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus ,.... The chief city of Syria; and which, as Aben Ezra says, lay to the east of the land of Israel, and was a very strong and fortified place: and Syria being in alliance with Israel, the Israelites might think of fleeing thither for refuge, in the time of their distress; but they are here told that they should be taken captive, and be carried to places far more remote than that: Stephen says, "beyond Babylon"; as they were, for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:16

They shall call the husbandman to mourning - Because the crops have failed, and the ground has been tilled in vain. Such as are skillful of lamentation - See the note on Jeremiah 9:17 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:17

And in all vineyards shall be wailing - The places where festivity especially used to prevail. I will pass through thee - As I passed, by the ministry of the destroying angel, through Egypt, not to spare, but to destroy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:18

Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord - The prophet had often denounced the coming of God's day, that is, of a time of judgment; and the unbelievers had said, "Let his day come, that we may see it." Now the prophet tells them that that day would be to them darkness - calamity, and not light - not prosperity. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:19

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him - They shall go from one evil to another. He who escapes from the lion's mouth shall fall into the bear's paws: - Incidit in Scyllam, cupiens vitare Charybdim . The Israelites, under their king Menahem, wishing to avoid a civil war, called in Pul, king of Assyria, to help them. This led to a series of evils inflicted by the Syrian and Assyrian kings, till at last Israel was ravaged by Shalmaneser, and carried into captivity. Thus, in... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your feast days - I abominate those sacrificial festivals where there is no piety, and I despise them because they pretend to be what they are not. This may refer to the three annual festivals which were still observed in a certain way among the Israelites. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:22

The peace-offerings of your fat beasts - מריאיכם merieychem probably means buffaloes; and so Bochart. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:27

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:22

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