Amos 5:24 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:21-24

Amos 5:21-24. I hate and despise your feast-days This and the three following verses are the same in sense with Isaiah 1:11-16, and the other texts referred to in the margin, on which the reader is desired to consult the notes. They all show of how little signification the external rites of religion are, unless they be accompanied with living faith in, and sincere love to God, and a universal obedience to his will; or without holiness of heart and life. Take away from me the noise of thy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:16-27

The day of the Lord (5:16-27)God’s terrible judgment will result in grief and mourning throughout the nation, in city and country areas alike (16-17). This intervention of God in judgment is commonly called the day of the Lord. Israelites thought that this day would be one of victory and rejoicing for them because their enemies would be destroyed. Amos tells them that when God acts in judgment, he will act against all the wicked, and Israel will be the first to suffer. There will be no way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:24

rundown = roll on. Reference to Gilgal mighty = inexhaustible. stream. Hebrew. nahal = a wady, or intermittent stream; not nahar, a constant-flowing river. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:24

"But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."There are two things commanded here: (1) let justice be done, and (2) return to the commandments and ordinances of God. It was not merely the proper regard for the poor and needy that God wanted, as in (1); but it was also a return to true worship which was required by the admonition in (2). Most of the commentators have failed to recognize what is implied by the Biblical usage of the word righteousness. It has no... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:24

24. judgment—justice. run down—literally, "roll," that is, flow abundantly ( :-). Without the desire to fulfil righteousness in the offerer, the sacrifice is hateful to God (1 Samuel 15:22; Psalms 66:18; Hosea 6:6; Micah 6:8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:18-27

4. The fourth message on unacceptable worship 5:18-27This lament also has a chiastic structure. It centers on a call for individual repentance.A A description of inevitable judgment Amos 5:18-20B An accusation of religious hypocrisy Amos 5:21-22C A call for individual repentance Amos 5:23-24B’ An accusation of religious hypocrisy Amos 5:25-26A’ A description of inevitable judgment Amos 5:27 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:23-24

A call for individual repentance 5:23-24 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:24

Instead of feasts and fasts, instead of offerings and sacrifices, instead of singing and playing musical instruments, the Lord said He wanted justice and righteousness (cf. Amos 5:7). Instead of a constant stream of blood flowing from sacrifices, and an endless torrent of verbal and ritual praise from His people, He wanted these ethical qualities to flow without ceasing from them. The Israelites were inundating Him with rivers of religiosity, but He wanted rivers of righteousness."Only when the... 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 5:24

(24) Mighty stream.—Or rather perennial stream. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Amos 5:21-24

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Amos 5:16-27

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Amos 5:24

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Amos 5:24

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Amos 5:24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:18-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:23-24

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Amos 5:24

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-27

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Amos 5:24

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