Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Amos 5:7
Amos 5:7. To wormwood, &c.— Into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth. read more
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Thomas Coke
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:7
7. turn judgment to wormwood—that is, pervert it to most bitter wrong. As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood" is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and bitter qualities. leave on righteousness in . . . earth—MAURER translates, "cast righteousness to the ground," as in Isaiah 28:2; Daniel 8:12. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:8
8. the seven stars—literally, the heap or cluster of seven larger stars and others smaller (Job 9:9; Job 38:31). The former whole passage seems to have been in Amos' mind. He names the stars well known to shepherds (to which class Amos belonged), Orion as the precursor of the tempests which are here threatened, and the Pleiades as ushering in spring. shadow of death—Hebraism for the densest darkness. calleth for the waters of the sea—both to send deluges in judgment, and the ordinary rain in... 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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:7
An accusation of legal injustice 5:7The reason for Yahweh’s consuming judgment of Israel was that the Israelites were turning sweet justice into something bitter and were throwing righteousness to the ground with disrespect. These figures picture their total contempt for what was right (cf. Proverbs 1:3; Proverbs 2:9; Proverbs 8:20; Proverbs 21:3; Isaiah 1:21; Isaiah 5:7; Isaiah 28:17). Right conduct was the proper action, and justice was the result, but the Israelites had despised both in... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:8-9
A portrayal of sovereign Yahweh 5:8-9Since Yahweh made the Pleiades and Orion, constellations of stars, He could bring His will to pass on earth too. The rising of the Pleiades before daybreak heralded the arrival of spring, and the rising of Orion after sunset signaled the onset of winter. [Note: Sunukjian, p. 1439.] Since Yahweh brings light out of darkness in the morning and darkens the day at night, He could change the fate of Israel from prosperity to adversity. Since He calls the waters... 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
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 5:7
(7) Is placed after Amos 5:9 by Ewald, since Amos 5:7-8 stand in the Heb. without any connecting-link. The holy thing “judgment” is perverted into the bitter thing “wormwood,” that which is execrated.Leave off.—Or rather, cast down righteousness to the earth, i.e., by false judgments and unjust decrees. Pusey sees here the analogue of the humiliation of the Holy One by wicked hands, when He was crowned with thorns, and fell beneath His cross. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 5:8
(8) Connected by E.V. with Amos 5:6 through the verb “seek ye,” so that it may thus be linked to Amos 5:7. To regard it as a solemn assertion “There is one who maketh, &c.,” is not satisfactory. We prefer to render, As for him who made the Pleiades . . . Jehovah is his name, i.e., The God of the Hebrews is the supreme universal Lord (comp. Amos 4:13). This is profoundly impressive, since the prophets were surrounded by the pompous nature-worship of the East.The Heb. word for the Pleiades... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:8
"Seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name)."We have exactly the same theme here that was visible in Amos 4:13; it is just Amos' way of emphasizing that the God who threatens such awful consequences upon Israel is fully able to bring them to pass just as he has promised.Pleaides and Orion ..." These... read more