阿摩司书 5:14-15 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:14-15

The great alternative. The coincidence between religion and morality is brought very strikingly before us in such passages as these. How different are such appeals as these, made by the prophet in the name of the Lord, from the requirements of merely formal religion! The highest conception of good is revealed, the noblest standard of right is exhibited; and all the sanctions furnished by the authority and the loving kindness of the Eternal are brought to bear upon human nature to induce to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:15

Reverse your former conduct, undo what ye have done ( Amos 5:10 ). This verse emphasizes the preceding; hating and loving are more real and hearty than mere seeking. The LXX . makes this clause to be what the people said, ον τρόπον εἴπατε , μεμισήκαμεν τὰ πονρὰ καὶ ἠγαπήσαμεν τὰκαλά , "As ye said, We have hated evil, and loved good." Establish judgment. Maintain justice in your tribunals (in contrast to Amos 5:7 ); then it may be that the Lord will have mercy on you or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil - that is, and “seek not evil.” Amos again takes up his warning, “seek not Bethel; seek the Lord.” Now they not only “did evil,” but they “sought” it diligently; they were diligent in doing it, and so, in bringing it on themselves; they sought it out and the occasions of it. People “cannot seek good without first putting away evil, as it is written, ‘cease to do evil, learn to do well’ Isaiah 1:16-17.” “Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.” He bids them use the same diligence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:15

Hate the evil and love the good - Man will not cease wholly to “seek evil,” unless he “hate” it; nor will he “seek good,” unless he “love” it. Jerome: “He ‘hateth evil,’ who not only is not overcome by pleasure, but hates its deeds; and he ‘loveth good,’ who, not unwillingly or of necessity or from fear, doth what is good, but because it is good.” Dionysius: “Evil of sin must be hated, in and for itself; the sinner must not be hated in himself, but only the evil in him.” They hated him, who... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:14-15

Amos 5:14-15. Seek good, and not evil Give your minds to the practice of true piety and virtue. Do that which is just and good, and endeavour to make others do the same. That ye may live That it may be well with you, your families, and the whole kingdom. And so the Lord God of hosts The eternal, glorious God, who is Lord of all, and can help you, having all the hosts of heaven and earth at his disposal; shall be with you To bless and save you yet, notwithstanding all your former... 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 5:14

Seek good. Note the Structure ("u1", "u2":u3", p. 1237). God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4 . as = according as. Compare Micah 3:11 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:15

Hate the evil, he. Compare Psalms 34:14 ; Psalms 97:10 . Romans 12:9 , This concludes the last of the three exhortations. it may be . Hebrew. u lay. The whole versa is the exhortation: but the Heb, accent marks off this sentence, calling attention, not to uncertainty on the part of Jehovah, but to the difficulty on Israel's part; and this order to stimulate obedience to the exhortation. Compare Exodus 32:30 . 2 Kings 19:4 .Joel 2:14 . Joseph. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:14

"Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say."The very fact that Amos here definitely quotes from what his hearers were in the habit of saying surely supports what was just said regarding his having done so sarcastically in the preceding verse. Amos here strikes at the fundamental cause of all of Israel's transgressions and sorrows: they loved the wrong things. That, of course, is exactly the way it still is with the world. As... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:15

"Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph."The slender thread of hope which marks this verse is recurrent throughout the prophecy; but the uncertainty which is indicated as to whether or not mercy would be extended did not derive from any unwillingness on God's part. "The prophet regarded it as dubious whether they would really repent."[35]Love the good ..." or "seek good," as in... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:14-15

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:14

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:15

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:14

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:15

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