Amos 5:10-13 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:11

Verse 11 The Prophet here declares, that though the judges enriched themselves by plunder, yet God would not allow them to enjoy their booty, but that he would deprive them of the great wealth they had accumulated. This is the import of the whole. We hence see that the Prophet contends not here with the common people, but professedly attacks the chief men, inasmuch as from them did proceed all the prevailing evil. The first thing is, they imposed burdens on the poor, and then, they took away... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:12

Verse 12 The Prophet introduces God here as the speaker, that the threatening might be more authoritative: for we know, at it has been before stated, that the Prophets were despised by haughty men; but when God himself appeared as it were before them, it was strange if no fear laid hold on them; they had at least no excuse for their presumption, if God’s name did not touch their hearts and humble them. I know, he says, your iniquities; as though he said, “Ye do not think yourselves bound to... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:13

Verse 13 Some interpreters think that a punishment is here denounced on the people of Israel, and that is, that the Lord would deprive them of Prophets and teachers. We indeed know that nothing is more to be dreaded, than that the Lord should extinguish the light of sound doctrine, and suffer us to go astray in darkness, yea, to stumble, and to rush headlong to ruin, as they do who are destitute of wholesome counsels. But I think that the meaning is quite different. Another exposition may be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-13

The contrast presaging the conflict. Judgment is coming. Warning has been given. Duty, and the prevailing derelictions of it, have been pointed out. Here God's perfections and Israel's iniquities are set in juxtaposition, and the co]location is suggestive. Such incompatibility must lead to collision. It is by God's character and ours that our mutual relations and attitudes are shaped. We see here— I. GOD REVEALING HIMSELF . ( Amos 5:8 , Amos 5:9 .) God's work is an important... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10

Him that rebuketh in the gate ( Isaiah 29:21 ). The gate of Eastern cities was the place of public resort ( Proverbs 1:21 ), either for business ( Deuteronomy 25:7 ), or the administration of justice ( 2 Samuel 15:2 ), or for gossip. So "he that rebuketh in the gate" may be a judge, or a chief, or a prophet ( Jeremiah 17:19 ; Jeremiah 19:2 ). It seems better to take the words thus than to join "in the gate" to "they hate," with the meaning that those who resort to the gate—kings,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10-12

The prophet gives further instances of the people's corruption. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:11

Therefore . Because ye refuse reproof, and oppress the poor. Your treading is upon the poor; ye trample upon. The Hebrew word boshes is found nowhere else, and is variously explained. Septuagint, κατεκονδύλιζον , "smote with the fists;" so the Syriac; Vulgate, diripiebatis, with which the Chaldee agrees. Keil, Schegg, and most modern commentators explain the word, by a slight dialectical variation, as equivalent to conculcare. Burdens of wheat; rather, tribute, exactions... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:12

Your punishment is richly deserved, for "I know how many are your transgressions and how mighty are your sins," especially, as it follows, your sins of oppression and injustice. They afflict the just. The construction is continuous: "afflicters of the just." Hostes justi (Vulgate); καταπατοῦντες δίκαιον , "trampling down the just"; comp. Wis. 2:12-15. They take a bribe. The translation of kopher as "bribe" is justified, perhaps, by 1 Samuel 12:3 ; but the word is elsewhere used... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:13

Even while he speaks, the prophet feels that his reproof is useless (comp. Jeremiah 7:27 , etc.; Hosea 4:1 , Hosea 4:17 ). In that time; at such a time as this, the man who acts wisely holds his peace, because it is a time of moral corruption and of personal danger. But the prophet cannot restrain his call (comp. Ezekiel 33:3 , etc.). In Micah 2:3 the "evil time" is one of calamity. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:13

A time to be silent. "Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time." These words describe an evil time, and specify one of its most evil features. It is a time of culminating wickedness, of imminent destruction, and, as related to both, of Divine non-intervention. "There is a time to keep silence" ( Ecclesiastes 3:7 ) as well as "a time to speak." And that time, as pointed out by characteristic features, was at hand in this case. Israel, which in vain had... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-13

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The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:11

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The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:13

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