Amos 5:4-5

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICEAmos 5:1-27In the next of these groups of oracles Amos continues his attack on the national ritual, and now contrasts it with the service of God in public life-the relief of the poor, the discharge of justice. But he does not begin with this. The group opens with an elegy, which bewails the nation as already fallen. It is always difficult to mark where the style of a prophet passes from rhythmical prose into what we may justly call a metrical form. But in this short wail,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Amos 5:1-27

CHAPTER 5 The Third Discourse 1. The lamentation (Amos 5:1-3 ) 2. Seek the Lord and ye shall live (Amos 5:4-15 ) 3. The wailing (Amos 5:16-20 ) 4. The captivity announced (Amos 5:21-27 ) Amos 5:1-3 . This chapter begins with a lamentation over the fallen daughter of Israel. “She shall no more rise” has been used as an argument against the future and literal restoration of Israel. The prophet has only the present government of God over that generation in view and does not deny at all a... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Amos 5:5

5:5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into {c} Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.(c) In those places they worshipped new idols, which before served for the true honour of God: therefore he says that these will not save them. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Amos 5:1-27

AMOS GENERAL OVE RV IEW OF THE BOOK The opening verse shows that Amos, like Hosea, was a prophet sent to Israel, though his home, Tekoa, was in Judah. He was contemporary with Hosea for a while, though the latter prophesied longer than he. After the introduction (Amos 1:1-3 ) there follows a series of messages concerning Gentile nations (Amos 1:4 to Amos 2:3 ), each beginning with the words “For three transgressions.., and for four, I will not turn away the punishment,” an orientalism,... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Amos 5:1-27

Moral Discipline Amos 5:0 "Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel" ( Amo 5:1 ). This is a dirge. It is as if a man were present at his own burial, hearing the solemn words, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust;" the whole lot over, the whole tale run off, its very last syllable uttered, whispered, and all this poor little cloud-life behind; a dirge, a lamentation, a wail as of the heart. That may be beautiful, or it may be lacking in every line of... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Amos 5:4-17

The first verse in this paragraph is a confirmation, if it were needed, of what I advanced in my observations on the former. Seeking the Lord, implies the hope of finding him, and indeed the promise is of life. For the Lord hath never said to the praying seed of Jacob, seek ye my face in vain. Psalms 27:8 . It is a sure sign of returning grace, when such rich proclamations come from the throne. See Isaiah 55:6-7 . There is a great beauty in the allusion to the planets, those faithful nightly... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Amos 5:5

Bethel,...Galgal,...Bersabee. The places where they worshipped their idols. (Challoner) --- They had all been honoured by the patriarchs. Bersabee had belonged to Juda under Achab, 3 Kings xix. 3. But it was originally in the tribe of Simeon, and Jeroboam II recovered all that had been lost, 4 Kings xiv. 25. (Calmet) --- Unprofitable. Hebrew leaven, "for vanity," (Haydock) Bethaven. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Amos 5:1-6

1-6 The convincing, awakening word must be heard and heeded, as well as words of comfort and peace; for whether we hear or forbear, the word of God shall take effect. The Lord still proclaims mercy to men, but they often expect deliverance from such self-invented forms as make their condemnation sure. While they refuse to come to Christ and to seek mercy in and by him, that they may live, the fire of Divine wrath breaks forth upon them. Men may make an idol of the world, but will find it cannot... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Amos 5:1-12

Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord v. 1. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel, an elegy, dirge, or mournful song sung over the downfall of Israel. v. 2. The virgin of Israel, the people called thus because they were to be the Lord's congregation, His chaste bride, is fallen; she shall no more rise, not return to her former powerful and prosperous state; she is forsaken upon her land, stretched out upon her soil, by a violent overthrow; ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Amos 5:1-27

Amos 5:03. Lament for Israel. The only Safety is in seeking the Lord. Woe to the Fools who desire the Day of the Lord1 Hear this word,Which I raise over you as a lamentation,1O house of Israel.2 Fallen is the virgin2Israel, she does not rise again,She is stretched out upon her soil, no one raises her up.3 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah,The city which goes out by a thousand3Shall retain a hundred,And that which goes out by a hundredShall retain ten, for the house of Israel.4 For thus saith... read more

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