アモス書 5:4-10 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-13

The contrast presaging the conflict. Judgment is coming. Warning has been given. Duty, and the prevailing derelictions of it, have been pointed out. Here God's perfections and Israel's iniquities are set in juxtaposition, and the co]location is suggestive. Such incompatibility must lead to collision. It is by God's character and ours that our mutual relations and attitudes are shaped. We see here— I. GOD REVEALING HIMSELF . ( Amos 5:8 , Amos 5:9 .) God's work is an important... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

Striking instances are given of God's creative power and omnipotence. Seek him that maketh the seven stars. "Seek him" is not in the Hebrew. "He that maketh," etc; is in direct antithesis to "ye who turn," etc. ( Amos 5:7 ). The seven stars ; Hebrew, kimah, "the heap," the constellation of the Pleiades ( Job 9:9 ; Job 38:31 ). The Septuagint here has, ὁ ποιῶν πάντα , but in Job has πλειάς . The Vulgate gives, facientem Arcturum. Symmachus and Theodotion give πλειάδα in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The message of the stars. "Seek him that maketh the seven stars 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: The Lord is his Name," This recognition of God amidst the phenomena of nature is characteristic of Amos. He looked on the Pleiades and Orion, as they shone radiantly in the heavens, changeless in their relations, calm amidst human vicissitudes,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8-9

The glory of religion. "Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning," etc. The word reveals two things. I. THE CONNECTION WHICH GOD HAS WITH HIS UNIVERSE . His connection is that: 1 . Of a Creator . "He maketh the seven stars and Orion." These constellations are only given as specimens of all the things he has created in different parts of the universe. "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:9

That strengtheneth, etc. Translate, That causeth destruction to flash forth upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress. The idea is that God, as with a lightning flash, smites the strongest man, and no fortress is a refuge from him. Septuagint, ὁ διαιρῶν συντριμμὸν ἐπὶ ἰσχύν , "Who divideth destruction unto strength." The Vulgate, taking the Hebrew verb balag in the sense of lighting up the countenance, renders, Qui subridet vastitatem super robustum , which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10

Him that rebuketh in the gate ( Isaiah 29:21 ). The gate of Eastern cities was the place of public resort ( Proverbs 1:21 ), either for business ( Deuteronomy 25:7 ), or the administration of justice ( 2 Samuel 15:2 ), or for gossip. So "he that rebuketh in the gate" may be a judge, or a chief, or a prophet ( Jeremiah 17:19 ; Jeremiah 19:2 ). It seems better to take the words thus than to join "in the gate" to "they hate," with the meaning that those who resort to the gate—kings,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10-12

The prophet gives further instances of the people's corruption. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:4

Seek ye Me and ye shall live - Literally, “seek Me; and live.” Wonderful conciseness of the word of God, which, in two words, comprises the whole of the creature’s duty and his hopes, his time and his eternity. The prophet users the two imperatives, inoneing both, man’s duty and his reward. He does not speak of them, as cause and effect, but as one. Where the one is, there is the other. To seek God is to live. For to seek God is to find Him, and God is Life and the Source of life. Forgiveness,... read more

Albert Barnes

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

But (and) seek not Bethel - Israel pretended to seek God in Bethel. Amos sets the two seeking, as incompatible. The god, worshiped at Bethel, was not the One God. To seek God there was to lose Him. “Seek not God,” he would say, “and a phantom, which will lead from God.”And pass not to Beersheba - Jeroboam I pretended that it was too much for Israel to go up to Jerusalem. And Yet Israel thought it not too much to go to the extremest point of Judah toward Idumaea , perhaps, four times as far... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:6

Seek ye the Lord and ye shall live - Literally, “seek the Lord and live;” being united to Him, the Fountain of life. He reimpresses on them the one simple need of the creature, “seek God,” the one true God as He revealed Himself, not as worldly people, or the politicians of Jeroboam’s court, or the calf-priests, fabled of Him. “Seek Him.” For in Him is all; without Him, nothing.Lest He break out like fire in Bethel - Formerly the Spirit of God came vehemently down upon Sansom Judges 14:6,... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:8-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Amos 5:10-12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:4

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

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:6

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