Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:6
Seek the Lord, and ye shall live - Repeated from Amos 5:4 . In the house of Joseph - The Israelites of the ten tribes, of whom Ephraim and Manasseh, sons of Joseph, were the chief. read more
Amos 5:6-15 Niv
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood - Who pervert judgment; causing him who obtains his suit to mourn sorely over the expenses he has incurred in gaining his right. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:8
That maketh the seven stars and Orion - Or, Hyades and Arcturus, Kimah and Kesil. See my notes on Job 9:9 ; Job 38:32 , where the subject of this verse is largely considered. Turneth the shadow of death into the morning - Who makes day and night, light and darkness. Calleth for the waters of the sea - Raising them up by evaporation, and collecting them into clouds. And poureth them out - Causing them to drop down in showers upon the face of the earth. Who has done this?... read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:9
That strengtheneth the spoiled - Who takes the part of the poor and oppressed against the oppressor; and, in the course of his providence, sets up the former, and depresses the latter. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:10
They hate him that rebuketh in the gate - They cannot bear an upright magistrate, and will not have righteous laws executed. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:11
Your treading is upon the poor - You tread them under your feet; they form the road on which ye walk; and yet it was by oppressing and impoverishing them that ye gained your riches. Ye take from him burdens of wheat - Ye will have his bread for doing him justice. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:12
I know your manifold transgressions - I have marked the multitude of your smaller crimes, as well as your mighty offenses. Among their greater offenses were, Their afflicting the righteous. Taking bribes to blind their eyes in judgment. And, 3. Refusing to hear the poor, who had no money to give them. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:13
The prudent shall keep silence - A wise man will consider that it is useless to complain. He can have no justice without bribes; and he has no money to give: consequently, in such an evil time, it is best to keep silence. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:14
Seek good, and not evil - Is there a greater mystery in the world, than that a mall, instead of seeking good, will seek evil, knowing that it is evil? And so the Lord - As God is the Fountain of good, so they who seek the supreme good seek him: and they who seek shall find him; For the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with him. read more
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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good ,.... Evil is not only not to be sought, but to be hated, especially the evil of sin, because of its evil nature, and pernicious effects and consequences; and, if it was for no other reason but because it is hateful and abominable unto God, therefore they that love him should hate evil, even with a perfect hatred; as all good men do, though it is present with them, and cleaves unto them, and they do it, Psalm 97:10 ; and "good" is to be loved for its... read more