Amós 5:8-11 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 5:4-15

This is a message from God to the house of Israel, in which, I. They are told of their faults, that they might see what occasion there was for them to repent and reform, and that, when they were called to return, they might not need to ask, Wherein shall we return? 1. God tells them, in general (Amos 5:12), ?I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins; and you shall be made to know them too.? In our penitent reflections upon our sins we must consider, as God does in his judicial... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:8

Seek him that maketh the seven stars ,.... Which some connect with the preceding words, without a supplement, "they leave righteousness on the ground, who maketh the seven stars"; understanding it of Christ, the Lord our righteousness, who is made unto us righteousness, whom the Jews rejected and despised, though the Maker of the heavens and the constellations in them. Some continue, and supply the words thus, and remember not him "that maketh the seven stars", as Kimchi; or forget him, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:9

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong ,.... Such as have been taken by an enemy, who have been stripped of their armour, and spoiled of all their goods and substance, and have no friends nor allies, nor anything to help themselves with; the Lord can supply them with strength, furnish them with weapons, and send them helpers, so that they shall rise up against their conquerors and spoilers, and in their turn subdue them. The Targum is, "that strengthens the weak against the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:10

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate ,.... Openly and publicly in the courts of judicature: wicked judges hated the prophets of the Lord, such as Amos, who faithfully reproved them for the perversion of justice, even when they were upon the bench: or the people were so corrupt and degenerate, that they hated those faithful judges who reproved them for their vices in the open courts of justice, when they came before them, The former sense seems best, and more agreeable to the context: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:11

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor ,.... This seems to be spoken to the princes, judges, and civil magistrates, as Kimchi observes; who oppressed the poor and needy, and crushed them to the ground, trampled upon them, stripped them of the little substance they had, and left them destitute; exercising a cruel and tyrannical power over them, they having none to stand by them, and deliver them: and ye take from him burdens of wheat ; which perhaps he had been gleaning... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:8

That maketh the seven stars and Orion - Or, Hyades and Arcturus, Kimah and Kesil. See my notes on Job 9:9 ; Job 38:32 , where the subject of this verse is largely considered. Turneth the shadow of death into the morning - Who makes day and night, light and darkness. Calleth for the waters of the sea - Raising them up by evaporation, and collecting them into clouds. And poureth them out - Causing them to drop down in showers upon the face of the earth. Who has done this?... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:9

That strengtheneth the spoiled - Who takes the part of the poor and oppressed against the oppressor; and, in the course of his providence, sets up the former, and depresses the latter. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:10

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate - They cannot bear an upright magistrate, and will not have righteous laws executed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:11

Your treading is upon the poor - You tread them under your feet; they form the road on which ye walk; and yet it was by oppressing and impoverishing them that ye gained your riches. Ye take from him burdens of wheat - Ye will have his bread for doing him justice. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:8

Verse 8 Some interpreters connect this verse with the former, and think that what the Prophet had said before is here explained; but they are greatly mistaken, and misrepresent the meaning of the Prophet. We have indeed said, that the Prophet shows in that verse that the Israelites were not only perfidious and covenant-breakers with regard to God, having fallen away from his pure worship, but that they also acted iniquitously and dishonestly towards men: but these interpreters think that God... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Amos 5:4-15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Amos 5:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:8

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