Amos 5:13 - Exposition

Even while he speaks, the prophet feels that his reproof is useless (comp. Jeremiah 7:27 , etc.; Hosea 4:1 , Hosea 4:17 ). In that time; at such a time as this, the man who acts wisely holds his peace, because it is a time of moral corruption and of personal danger. But the prophet cannot restrain his call (comp. Ezekiel 33:3 , etc.). In Micah 2:3 the "evil time" is one of calamity.