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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:6

"Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Bethel."The house of Joseph ..." here means the Northern Kingdom, of which the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh (the sons of Joseph) constituted the most powerful component of the kingdom. This led to the "House of Joseph" being a kind of title for the Northern Kingdom.The great contrast in these verses is between "Seek Jehovah" and "Seek not Bethel," or any other... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:6

6. break out like fire—bursting through everything in His way. God is "a consuming fire" (Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 10:17; Lamentations 2:3). the house of Joseph—the kingdom of Israel, of which the tribe of Ephraim, Joseph's son, was the chief tribe (compare Lamentations 2:3- :). none to quench it in Beth-el—that is, none in Beth-el to quench it; none of the Beth-el idols on which Israel so depended, able to remove the divine judgments. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:1-17

3. The third message on injustice 5:1-17The structure of this message is chiastic, which focuses attention and emphasis on the middle part.A A description of certain judgment Amos 5:1-3B A call for individual repentance Amos 5:4-6C An accusation of legal injustice Amos 5:7D A portrayal of sovereign Yahweh Amos 5:8-9C’ An accusation of legal injustice Amos 5:10-13B’ A call for individual repentance Amos 5:14-15A’ A description of certain judgment Amos 5:16-17Another structural feature stresses... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:4-6

A call for individual repentance 5:4-6This pericope is also chiastic (Bethel, Gilgal, Beersheba, Gilgal, Bethel). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:6

Amos, as well as the Lord (Amos 5:4), invited the Israelites to seek the Lord by doing good and refraining from evil so they might live (cf. Amos 5:14-15). The alternative would be God’s judgment breaking forth and unquenchably consuming the whole house of Joseph (i.e., the Northern Kingdom, whose main tribe was Ephraim, a son of Joseph)."Fear of judgment may not be the highest motive for obeying God, but the Lord will accept it." [Note: Ibid.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-27

The Third Address1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20. Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence and judgment. 21-27. A repudiation of their attempt to please God by mere ritual.1, 2. Lamentation] a technical term for mournful poetry consisting of short lines of unequal length: here, for instance (Amos 5:2), the dirge consists of four lines, the first and third having three accents, the second and fourth two. Virgin] because, though often defeated,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 5:6

(6) Render, lest he rush down like fire on the house of Joseph (i.e., the Northern Kingdom). For “in Bethel” read “for Bethel.” Let the blending of mercy with judgment be here observed, “Seek Jehovah and live, lest this evil befall you.” The curse is still conditional. read more

William Nicoll

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:1-17

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:4-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:6

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 5:6

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

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

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

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