Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 5:1
Amos 5:1. Even a lamentation— This and the following chapter contain a kind of mournful song upon the misfortunes of Israel. See Jer 9:17 and the introduction to the book of Lamentations. read more
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Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:1
1. lamentation—an elegy for the destruction coming on you. Compare :-, "take up," namely, as a mournful burden (Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 27:2). read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:1
This message begins as the previous two did, with a call to hear the Lord’s word. However here Amos announced that what follows is a dirge (Heb. qinah) against the house of Israel. A dirge was a lament that was sung at the funeral of a friend, relative, or prominent person (e.g., 2 Samuel 1:17-27; 2 Samuel 3:33-34; 2 Chronicles 35:25). The prophets used the dirge genre to prophesy the death of a city, people, or nation (cf. Jeremiah 7:29; Jeremiah 9:10-11; Jeremiah 9:17-22; Lam.; Ezekiel 19;... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:1-3
A description of certain judgment 5:1-3 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
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
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
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:1
There are suggestions in this chapter of the method of the apostle Paul, as when he used the diatribe so effectively in Romans. There are apparent interruptions of Amos' line of thought, such as might have occurred when members of his audience objected to his preaching, or attempted to refute his arguments. The discernment of this completely refutes the allegations of critical scholars who laboriously postulate a paste and scissors job that some later editor is alleged to have done on this... read more