Amos 5 Commentary

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Amos 5:1 Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

Hear (KJV): Am 3:1 4:1
I take (KJV): Am 5:16 Jer 7:29 9:10,17,20 Eze 19:1,14 26:17 27:2,27-32 28:12 Eze 32:2,16 Mic 2:4

Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel:

Amos 5:2 She has fallen, she will not rise again– The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up.

virgin (KJV): Isa 37:22 Jer 14:17 18:13 31:4 La 2:13
is fallen (KJV): 2Ki 15:29 17:16 Isa 3:8 Ho 14:1
she shall (KJV): Isa 14:21 24:20 43:17 Jer 51:64
she is (KJV): Jer 4:20
none (KJV): Am 7:2-5 9:11 Isa 51:17,18 Jer 2:27 30:12-14 La 1:16-19 Eze 16:36,37 Ho 6:2

She has fallen, she will not rise again– The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up

Amos 5:3 For thus says the Lord GOD, “The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”

The city (KJV): De 4:27 28:62 Isa 1:9 10:22 Eze 12:16 Ro 9:27

For thus says the Lord GOD, “The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.

Amos 5:4 For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.

Seek (KJV): Am 5:6 De 30:1-8 1Ch 28:9 2Ch 15:2 20:3 34:3 Ps 14:2 27:8 Isa 55:6,7 Jer 29:12,13 La 3:25,26 Zep 2:3 Mt 7:8
and (KJV): Ps 22:26 69:32 105:3,4 Isa 55:3

For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.

Amos 5:5 “But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble.

seek (KJV): Am 4:4 Ho 4:15 9:15 10:14,15 12:11
Beersheba (KJV): Am 8:14 Ge 21:33
Gilgal (KJV): There is a paronomasia here, both on the letters and words: {hag-gilgal galoh yigleh oovaith el yiheyeh leawen,} "Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el (the house of God) shall come to nought," or Aven, i.e., Beth-aven, the house of iniquity.
and Bethel (KJV): Am 7:17 Lev 26:30-32 De 28:41 Ho 4:15 10:8,15
come (KJV): Job 8:22 Ps 33:10 Isa 8:10 29:20 1Co 1:28 2:6 Rev 18:17

But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble

Amos 5:6 “Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Seek (KJV): Am 5:4 Eze 33:11
lest (KJV): Ex 22:6
the house (KJV): Am 6:6 Ge 48:8-20 Jos 18:5 Jud 1:22,23 2Sa 19:20 1Ki 11:28 Eze 37:19 Zec 10:6
there (KJV): Isa 1:31 Jer 4:4 7:20 Eze 20:47,48 Mk 9:43-48

Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,

Amos 5:7 For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

turn (KJV): Am 5:11,12 6:12 De 29:18 Isa 1:23 5:7 10:1 59:13,14 Ho 10:4 Hab 1:12-14
leave (KJV): Ps 36:3 125:5 Eze 3:20 18:24 33:12,13,18 Zep 1:6

For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth

Amos 5:8 He who made the Pleiades and Orion And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name.

maketh (KJV): Job 9:9 38:31,32
and turneth (KJV): Job 12:22 38:12,13 Ps 107:10-14 Mt 4:16 Lu 1:79
maketh (KJV): Am 4:13 8:9 Ex 10:21-23 14:24-28 Ps 104:20 105:28 Isa 59:10
that calleth (KJV): Am 9:6 Ge 7:11-20 1Ki 18:44,45 Job 37:13 38:34
The Lord (KJV): Am 4:13

He who made the Pleiades and Orion And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name.

Amos 5:9 It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong, So that destruction comes upon the fortress.

strengtheneth (KJV): 2Ki 13:17,25 Jer 37:10 Heb 11:34
spoiled (KJV): Heb. spoil

It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong, So that destruction comes upon the fortress.

Amos 5:10 They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity.

hate (KJV): Am 7:10-17 1Ki 18:17 21:20 22:8 2Ch 24:20-22 25:16 36:16 Pr 9:7,8 Isa 29:21 Jer 20:7-10 Joh 7:7 15:19,22-24 Rev 11:10
abhor (KJV): Jer 17:16,17 Joh 3:20 8:45-47

They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity

Amos 5:11 Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

treading (KJV): Am 4:1 Isa 5:7,8 59:13,14 Mic 2:2 3:1-3 Jas 2:6 Rev 11:8-10
ye have built (KJV): De 28:30,38,39 Isa 65:21,22 Mic 6:15 Zep 1:13 Hag 1:6
pleasant vineyards (KJV): Heb. vineyards of desire

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Amos 5:12 For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate.

I know (KJV): De 31:21 Isa 66:18 Jer 29:23 Heb 4:12,13
manifold (KJV): 2Ki 17:7-17 Isa 47:9
they afflict (KJV): Am 2:6,7,16 Ac 3:13,14 7:52 Jas 5:4,6
take (KJV): 1Sa 8:3 Ps 26:9,10 Isa 1:23 33:15 Mic 3:11 7:3
bribe (KJV): or, ransom
and they (KJV): Am 2:7 Isa 10:2 29:21 La 3:34 Mal 3:5
in the (KJV): Am 5:10 De 16:18 Ru 4:1 Job 29:7-25 31:21 Pr 22:22

For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate

Amos 5:13 Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

the prudent (KJV): Am 6:10 Ec 3:7 Isa 36:21 Ho 4:4 Mic 7:5-7 Mt 27:12-14
an evil (KJV): Ec 9:12 Isa 37:3 Mic 2:3 Hab 3:16 Zep 2:2,3 Eph 5:15,16 6:13 2Ti 3:1

Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.

Amos 5:14 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!

Seek (KJV): Ps 34:12-16 Pr 11:27 Isa 1:16,17 55:2 Mic 6:8 Mt 6:33 Ro 2:7-9
and so (KJV): Am 3:3 Ge 39:2,3,23 Ex 3:12 Jos 1:9 1Ch 28:20 2Ch 15:2 Ps 46:11 Isa 8:10 Mt 1:23 28:20 Php 4:8,9 2Ti 4:22
as (KJV): Nu 16:3 Isa 48:1,2 Jer 7:3,4 Mic 3:11

Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!

Amos 5:15 Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Hate (KJV): Ps 34:14 36:4 37:27 97:10 119:104 139:21,22 Ro 7:15,16,22 8:7 Ro 12:9 1Th 5:21,22 3Jn 1:11
establish (KJV): Am 5:10,24 6:12 2Ch 19:6-11 Ps 82:2-4 Jer 7:5-7
it may (KJV): Ex 32:30 2Sa 16:12 1Ki 20:31 2Ki 19:4 Joe 2:14 Jon 3:9
the remnant (KJV): Am 5:6 2Ki 13:7 14:26,27 15:29 Jer 31:7 Mic 2:12 5:3,7,8

Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Amos 5: 16 Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation.

the Lord (KJV): Am 5:27 3:13
Wailing (KJV): Am 8:10 Isa 15:2-5,8 22:12 Jer 4:31 9:10,18-20 Joe 1:8,11,14 Mic 1:8 2:4 Rev 18:10,15,16,19
such (KJV): Jer 9:17-19

Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation

Amos 5:17 “And in all the vineyards there is wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the LORD.

in (KJV): Isa 16:10 32:10-12 Jer 48:33 Ho 9:1,2
I will (KJV): Ex 12:12,23 Joe 3:17 Na 1:12,15 Zec 9:8

And in all the vineyards there is wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you,” says the LORD

Amos 5:18 Alas, you who are longing for the day of the LORD, For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you? It will be darkness and not light;

desire (KJV): Isa 5:19 28:15-22 Jer 17:15 Eze 12:22,27 Mal 3:1,2 2Pe 3:4
the day of the Lord is (KJV): Isa 5:30 9:19 24:11,12 Jer 30:7 Joe 1:15 2:1,2,10,31 Zep 1:14,15 Mal 4:1 2Pe 3:10

Alas, you who are longing for the day of the LORD, For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you? It will be darkness and not light

Amos 5:19 As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.

As if (KJV): They should go from one evil to another. Am 9:1,2 1Ki 20:29,30 Job 20:24,25 Isa 24:17,18 Jer 15:2,3 Jer 48:43,44 Ac 28:4

As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.

Amos 5:20 Will not the day of the LORD be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?

darkness (KJV): Job 3:4-6 10:21,22 Isa 13:10 Eze 34:12 Na 1:8 Mt 22:13 Jude 1:13 Rev 16:10

Will not the day of the LORD be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it?

Amos 5:21 “I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies.

hate (KJV): Pr 15:8 21:27 28:9 Isa 1:11-16 66:3 Jer 6:20 7:21-23 Ho 8:13 Mt 23:14
I will (KJV): Ge 8:21 Lev 26:31 Eph 5:2 Php 4:18
smell in your solemn assemblies (KJV): or, smell your holy days

I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies

Amos 5:22 “Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

offer (KJV): Ps 50:8-13 Isa 66:3 Mic 6:6,7
peace offerings (KJV): or, thank offerings, Am 4:4,5 Lev 7:12-15 Ps 50:14,23 107:21,22 116:17

“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

Amos 5:23 “Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.

the noise (KJV): Am 6:5 8:3,10

Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps

Amos 5:24 “But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

let (KJV): Am 5:7,14,15 Job 29:12-17 Pr 21:3 Ho 6:6 Mic 6:8 Mk 12:32-34
run (KJV): Heb. roll

But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream

Amos 5:25 “Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Lev 17:7 De 32:17-19 Jos 24:14 Ne 9:18,21 Isa 43:23,24 Eze 20:8,16,24 Ho 9:9,10 Zec 7:5 Ac 7:42,43

Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel?

Amos 5:26 “You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.

the tabernacle of your Moloch (KJV): or, Siccuth your king, Lev 18:21 20:2-5 1Ki 11:33 2Ki 23:12,13, Milcom

You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves.

Amos 5:27 “Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.

beyond (KJV): 2Ki 15:29 17:6 Ac 7:43
whose (KJV): Am 4:13

Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts.

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