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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:9

Verse 9 The Prophet speaks not now of the ordinary works of God, in which his majesty, inspiring the highest reverence, as well as his dread power, shines forth; but he more closely urges the Israelites, who had become so hardened in their vices, that they were wholly inflexible. Here then the Prophet charges them with contumacy and says, “What, think you, will take place? Ye are strong; but God will stir up robbers against you, who will prevail, and beat down and chatter in pieces that... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:10

Verse 10 It is probable that in this verse also, the judges are reproved by the Prophet, though what is here said may be extended to the whole people: but as nearly the whole discourse is leveled against the judges, I readily subscribe to the opinion, that the Prophet now accuses the judges on this account, — because they could not bear to be reproved for the great license they allowed themselves, but, on the contrary, abhorred all those who reproved them. What then he says as to the reprover... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

The more formal proof that Israel has merited her punishment here begins. In calling her to repentance the prophet contrasts God's requirements with her actual conduct. Seek ye me, and ye shall live . Two imperatives: "Seek me, and (so) live;" duty and its reward. "Seek me in the appointed way, and ye shall be saved from destruction" (comp. Genesis 42:18 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

Seek the Lord. Man is by nature a seeker. He desires good, of one kind or another, and what he desires he makes the object of his quest, more or less diligent and persevering. Hence the restlessness, the energy, the effort, so distinctive of human life. Religion does not destroy or repress natural characteristics; it hallows and dignifies them. Religion gives to human search a just direction and noble aim. I. THE REASONS IN MAN 'S NATURE AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

Seeking the Lord. "For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live." It is impossible to read this chapter without noticing the tenderness of the prophet, his compassion and pitifulness, his yearning wish to help and save. This feeling is the more remarkable because Amos belonged to the tribe of Judah, and felt thus towards the neighbouring and hostile kingdom of Israel. Such pity is ever a sign of Divine inspiration. Thus Isaiah ( Isaiah 22:4 ) says,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4-6

The seeking that is life. This passage contains at once a vindication of the coming destruction on Israel, and a last offer of escape. All past evil had been justly incurred by departure from God. All coming evil might yet be avoided by return to him. "Seek ye me" was the direction on their treatment of which the whole issue turned. I. EVEN THE FOREDOOMED ARE NOT ABANDONED OF GOD . The antediluvians were preached to for a century after their destruction was denounced.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:5

Bethel … Gilgal. The scenes of idolatrous worship, where was no true seeking of God (see note on Amos 4:4 ). Beersheba . A spot about fifty miles southsouthwest of Jerusalem, the site of which has never been lost, and is marked to this day by seven much-frequented wells. As being one of the holy places celebrated in the history of the patriarchs ( Genesis 21:31 , Genesis 21:33 ; Genesis 26:23 , etc.; Genesis 46:1 ), it had become a shrine of idolatrous worship, to which the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:6

Break out like fire. God is called "a consuming fire" ( Deuteronomy 4:24 ; Hebrews 12:29 ; comp. Jeremiah 4:4 ). And devour it; Septuagint, ὅπως μὴ ἀναλάμψη ὡς πῦρ ὁ οἶκος ἰωσὴφ καὶ καταφάγῃ αὐτόν , "Lest the house of Joseph blaze as fire, and he devour him;" Vulgate, Ne forte comburatur ut ignis domus Joseph, et devorabit. But it is best to take the last member of the sentence thus: "and it (the fire) devour." The house of Joseph. Ephraim, i.e. the kingdom... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7

The prophet brings out the con-trust between Israel's moral corruption and God's omnipotence. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood. As Jerome puts it," Converterunt dulcedinem judicii in absinthii amaritudinem," "They turned the sweetness of judgment into the bitterness of absinth" (comp. Amos 6:12 ). Who make judgment the occasion of the bitterest injustice. There is no syntactical connection between this verse and the last, but virtually we may append it to "seek the Lord." It would sound in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-9

The Lord of the universe. The herdsman of Tekoah was a true poet. His eyes were open to the beauty and to the splendour of nature; and his heart felt the presence of the Unseen and Eternal in all the works of his hands, in all his providential arrangements. More than this, the moral character and rule of the Omnipotent were very present and very real to him; he felt the force of the appeal made to the spiritual nature of man, and calling for a life of religious faith, of practical... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-9

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