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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 5:1-27

Moral Discipline Amos 5:0 "Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel" ( Amo 5:1 ). This is a dirge. It is as if a man were present at his own burial, hearing the solemn words, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust;" the whole lot over, the whole tale run off, its very last syllable uttered, whispered, and all this poor little cloud-life behind; a dirge, a lamentation, a wail as of the heart. That may be beautiful, or it may be lacking in every line of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 5:1

CONTENTS We have here the same subject continued, and in which the Lord is taking up a lamentation for the land of Israel. The close of the Chapter brings forward an additional charge against them for hypocritical worship. read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 5:1-3

We have here some sweet tokens that the Lord is coming forth in mercy as well as judgment. When the Lord laments over his people, this is a sign of grace. And I beg the Reader to remark with me, that like our Lord's lamentation over Jerusalem, the beloved city, it is the city, and not the people of the city, that is said, she is fallen, and shall no more rise. The temporal judgments of the Lord are always to be carefully distinguished from spiritual visitations. See the Lord's lamentation over... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1

Lamentation. Such canticles were usual, Isaias xiv. --- Israel. It no longer formed a separate kingdom. (Calmet) --- When the people fear no evil, God laments for them. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-6

1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks forth upon them. Men may make an idol of the world, but will find it cannot... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 5:1-12

Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord v. 1. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel, an elegy, dirge, or mournful song sung over the downfall of Israel. v. 2. The virgin of Israel, the people called thus because they were to be the Lord's congregation, His chaste bride, is fallen; she shall no more rise, not return to her former powerful and prosperous state; she is forsaken upon her land, stretched out upon her soil, by a violent overthrow; ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 5:1-27

Amos 5:03. Lament for Israel. The only Safety is in seeking the Lord. Woe to the Fools who desire the Day of the Lord1 Hear this word,Which I raise over you as a lamentation,1O house of Israel.2 Fallen is the virgin2Israel, she does not rise again,She is stretched out upon her soil, no one raises her up.3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah,The city which goes out by a thousand3Shall retain a hundred,And that which goes out by a hundredShall retain ten, for the house of Israel.4 For thus saith... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

“Prepare to Meet Thy God” Amos 4:12-13 ; Amos 5:1-15 Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to the divine bar. Whether we choose or not, “we must all appear before the judgment seat of God.” Prepare, my soul, to meet Him! Note the sublimity of that last verse of Amos 4:1-13 . How great is God, who made the mountains! How mysterious, who made the wind! How sublime, who calls to the dawn! How... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:1-27

The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up." This lamentation the prophet followed with a sequence of explanations, each introduced by the formula, "Thus saith the Lord." The first declared the coming decrease in population. Only a tithe of them would be spared. The second recounted the history of... read more