アモス書 5:7-8 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

Striking instances are given of God's creative power and omnipotence. Seek him that maketh the seven stars. "Seek him" is not in the Hebrew. "He that maketh," etc; is in direct antithesis to "ye who turn," etc. ( Amos 5:7 ). The seven stars ; Hebrew, kimah, "the heap," the constellation of the Pleiades ( Job 9:9 ; Job 38:31 ). The Septuagint here has, ὁ ποιῶν πάντα , but in Job has πλειάς . The Vulgate gives, facientem Arcturum. Symmachus and Theodotion give πλειάδα in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The message of the stars. "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his Name," This recognition of God amidst the phenomena of nature is characteristic of Amos. He looked on the Pleiades and Orion, as they shone radiantly in the heavens, changeless in their relations, calm amidst human vicissitudes,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8-9

The glory of religion. "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning," etc. The word reveals two things. I. THE CONNECTION WHICH GOD HAS WITH HIS UNIVERSE . His connection is that: 1 . Of a Creator . "He maketh the seven stars and Orion." These constellations are only given as specimens of all the things he has created in different parts of the universe. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:7

Ye who turn - Those whom he calls to seek God, were people filled with all injustice, who turned the sweetness of justice into the bitterness of wormwood . Moses had used “gall” and “wormwood” as a proverb; “lest there be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; the Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him” Deuteronomy 29:18, Deuteronomy 29:20. The word of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:8

Seek Him that maketh the seven stars - Misbelief effaces the thought of God as He Is. It retains the name God, but means something quite different from the One True God. So people spoke of “the Deity,” as a sort of First Cause of all things, and did not perceive that they only meant to own that this fair harmony of things created was not (at least as it now exists,) self-existent, and that they had lost sight of the Personal God who had made known to them His Will, whom they were to believe in,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:7-9

Amos 5:7-9. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood Or into hemlock, as the word here used is translated, Amos 6:12. Ye judges and rulers that pervert the law that was designed to protect innocence, and under colour of it exercise the greatest oppression. True or just judgment is sweet or pleasing; corrupt judgment, mere bitterness. And leave off righteousness That is, leave off to practise it, or make it to cease in your courts of judicature. Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

God requires repentance (5:1-15)The prophet again recalls past warnings that the people had consistently ignored. He sees vividly that the result of the people’s stubbornness will be the destruction of Israel. Samaria will be conquered and most of Israel’s army wiped out (5:1-3).What God wants is not an increase in religious ceremonies but a turning in heart and life to him. He does not want processions to religious holy places (which, in any case, will be destroyed) but the administration of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:7

wormwood. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18 ). leave off. in = cast down. to. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:8

the seven stars. Hebrew. kimah = cluster. Modern name, the Pleiades. See notes on Job 9:9 ; Job 38:31 , Job 38:32 . Compare Isaiah 13:10 ; and see App-12 . Orion. Hebrew. kesel = rigidity, strength; from kesalim = loins (Job 15:27 ): hence, "confidence" derived from strength (Job 8:14 ; Job 31:24 , where the Septuagint has ichun = strength. Psalms 78:7 . Proverbs 3:26 ). In the Denderah Zodiac his name is oar , from the Hebrew root 'Or = light: hence the glorious One. See App-12 .... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:7

"Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth."As already indicated in this prophecy, and as will appear also in later passages, the whole system of justice had failed in Israel, even the judiciary being corrupted, leaving the poor and the humble with no protection whatever against the avarice and oppression of heartless ruling classes.Justice to wormwood ..." Wormwood was the name of a plant having an exceedingly bitter taste; and this is a very effective figure... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8-9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:8

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:7-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:8

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:7

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