阿摩司书 5:14-17 CUNPSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:16-17

The retribution for their incorrigible iniquity is here announced. For "they that would not be reformed by that correction, wherein he dallied with them, shall feel a judgment worthy of God" (Wis. 12:26). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:16-17

The track of the destroyer. Each name of God is a guarantor of his action. It expresses a character, or relation, or operation, in which he thereby reveals himself. The multiplication of his names and titles here is a cumulative argument for the sureness of the matter revealed. He who is God of hosts or the Omnipotent One, Lord or the Absolute One, and Jehovah or the Self-existent One, is the Being with whom to decide is to act, and to will is to accomplish. Of the deliverance so... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:17

Vineyards . The place of mirth and gladness, that, says St. Jerome, "ubi quondam fuit materia laetitiae, sit origo lacrymarum" ( Isaiah 16:10 ). I will pass through thee. A terrible echo of the last plague of Egypt ( Exodus 12:12 ), when God will not "pass over" thee as he did then, but treat thee as Egypt, and "pass through" to smite and punish ( Nahum 1:12 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:14

Seek good and not evil - that is, and “seek not evil.” Amos again takes up his warning, “seek not Bethel; seek the Lord.” Now they not only “did evil,” but they “sought” it diligently; they were diligent in doing it, and so, in bringing it on themselves; they sought it out and the occasions of it. People “cannot seek good without first putting away evil, as it is written, ‘cease to do evil, learn to do well’ Isaiah 1:16-17.” “Ye cannot serve God and Mammon.” He bids them use the same diligence... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:15

Hate the evil and love the good - Man will not cease wholly to “seek evil,” unless he “hate” it; nor will he “seek good,” unless he “love” it. Jerome: “He ‘hateth evil,’ who not only is not overcome by pleasure, but hates its deeds; and he ‘loveth good,’ who, not unwillingly or of necessity or from fear, doth what is good, but because it is good.” Dionysius: “Evil of sin must be hated, in and for itself; the sinner must not be hated in himself, but only the evil in him.” They hated him, who... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:16

Therefore the Lord, the God of Hosts, the Lord - For the third time in these three last verses Amos again reminds them, by whose authority he speaks, His who had revealed Himself as “I am,” the self-existent God, God by nature and of nature, the Creator and Ruler and Lord of all, visible or invisible, against their false gods, or fictitious substitutes for the true God. Here, over and above those titles, “He is,” that is, He alone is, the “God of Hosts, God of all things, in heaven and earth,”... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:17

And in all vineyards shall be wailing - All joy should be turned into sorrow. Where aforetime was the vintage-shout in thankfulness for the ingathering, and anticipating gladness to come, there, in the source of their luxury, should be wailing, the forerunner of sorrow to come. it was a vintage, not of wine, but of woe.For I will pass through thee - In the destruction of the firstborn in Egypt, God did not “pass through” but “passed over” them, and they kept, in memory thereof the feast of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:14-15

Amos 5:14-15. Seek good, and not evil Give your minds to the practice of true piety and virtue. Do that which is just and good, and endeavour to make others do the same. That ye may live That it may be well with you, your families, and the whole kingdom. And so the Lord God of hosts The eternal, glorious God, who is Lord of all, and can help you, having all the hosts of heaven and earth at his disposal; shall be with you To bless and save you yet, notwithstanding all your former... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:16-17

Amos 5:16-17. Therefore the Lord saith thus The prophet, foreseeing their obstinacy, proceeds in denouncing judgments against them: and the word therefore, which introduces his threatenings, is to be referred to the twelfth verse, and not to the verses immediately foregoing. As if he had said, It is on account of your evil deeds, and because you will not be persuaded to hate the evil and love the good, that the Lord saith thus. Wailing shall be in all streets, and in all the highways ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

God requires repentance (5:1-15)The prophet again recalls past warnings that the people had consistently ignored. He sees vividly that the result of the people’s stubbornness will be the destruction of Israel. Samaria will be conquered and most of Israel’s army wiped out (5:1-3).What God wants is not an increase in religious ceremonies but a turning in heart and life to him. He does not want processions to religious holy places (which, in any case, will be destroyed) but the administration of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:16-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:14-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:16-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-15

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