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CHAPTER V
_This chapter opens with a tender and pathetic lamentation, in_
_the style of a funeral song, over the house of Israel_, 1, 2.
_The prophet then glances at the awful threatening denounced...
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In order to impress Israel the more, Amos begins this his third appeal
by a “dirge” over its destruction, mourning over those who were
full of joy, and thought themselves safe and enviable. As if a li...
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CHAPTER 5
The Third Discourse
_ 1. The lamentation (Amos 5:1) _
2. Seek the Lord and ye shall live (Amos 5:4)
3. The wailing (Amos 5:16)
4. The captivity announced (Amos 5:21)
Amos 5:1. This chap...
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THE IMPENDING PUNISHMENT. The prophet gives his next few words the
form of a dirge (_kî nah_,_ Amos 5:1_). This (Amos 5:2) is
characterised by the peculiar _kî nah-metre_, consisting of three
beats or...
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TAKE UP. lift up as. burden.
LAMENTATION. dirge.
HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Amos 8:1....
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_a_ DIRGE] Heb. _ḳînâh_, which signifies, not a spontaneous
effusion of natural emotion, but a composition, longer or shorter as
the case might be, constructed with some art in a definite poetical
for...
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_SEEK HIM THAT MADE THE STARS -- AMOS 5:1-9:_ Amos brought a mournful
message from God to the house of Israel. He called upon them to listen
to God's word. God is grieved over their wrongs and his des...
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EVEN A LAMENTATION— This and the following chapter contain a kind of
mournful song upon the misfortunes of Israel. See Jeremiah 9:17 and
the introduction to the book of Lamentations....
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REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S WORD AGAINST ISRAEL
TEXT: Amos 5:1-5
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Hear ye this word which I take up for a lamentation over you, O house
of Israel.
2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she...
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Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O
house of Israel.
HEAR YE THIS WORD WHICH I TAKE UP AGAINST YOU, EVEN A LAMENTATION -
an elegy for the destruction coming on you...
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THE THIRD ADDRESS
1-6. 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...
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THE MAN WITH A DIFFICULT MESSAGE FROM GOD
AMOS
_MARK KIRKPATRICK_
CHAPTER 5
GOD ENCOURAGES ISRAEL’S PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO HIM
V1 People in Israel, listen to this song.
‘This funeral song is ab...
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שִׁמְע֞וּ אֶת ־הַ דָּבָ֣ר הַ זֶּ֗ה
אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֜י נֹשֵׂ֧א עֲלֵיכֶ֛ם
קִינָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃...
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2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE
Amos 5:1
In 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 th...
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“PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD”
Amos 4:12-13; Amos 5:1-15
Worse judgments than those mentioned in the previous verses were in
store but before they are inflicted, the entire nation is summoned to
the divi...
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The third discourse was a description of Jehovah's judgment. This
opened with a lamentation for the virgin of Israel, "The virgin of
Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise, she is cast down upon her...
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_Lamentation. Such canticles were usual, Isaias xiv. --- Israel. It no
longer formed a separate kingdom. (Calmet) --- When the people fear no
evil, God laments for them. (Worthington)_...
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CONTENTS
We have here the same subject continued, and in which the Lord is
taking up a lamentation for the land of Israel. The close of the
Chapter brings forward an additional charge against them fo...
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Lectures on the Minor Prophets.
W. Kelly.
"The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw
concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days
of Jeroboam the...
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Some render the verse thus, “Hear ye this word, because upon you, or
for you, I raise a lamentation:” but we shall hereafter speak more
at large as to the proper rendering. Let us see what the subject...
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After having deplored the ruin of Israel, He contrasts the places of
their false worship with Jehovah, the Creator, and exhorts them to
come unto Him and live. But Israel put off the thought of the ev...
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HEAR YE THE WORD WHICH I TAKE UP AGAINST YOU,.... And which was not
his own word, but the word of the Lord; and which he took up, by his
direction as a heavy burden as some prophecies are called, and...
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Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O
house of Israel.
Ver. 1. _Hear ye this word_] A new sermon, as appeareth by this new O
yes; not unlike that of St Paul, Acts 13:...
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_Hear ye_, &c. It is justly observed by Grotius, that this verse would
be translated more according to the Hebrew thus; _Hear ye this word,
even a lamentation, which I take up over you_ It alludes to...
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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....
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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...
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AMOS CHAPTER 5 A lamentation for Israel, AMOS 5:1. An exhortation to
repentance, AMOS 5:4. God rejecteth their hypocritical service, AMOS
5:21. This preface you have in the same words AMOS 3:1, and in...
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Amos 5:1 Hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 up H5375 (H8802) lamentation
H7015 house H1004 Israel H3478
Hear - Amos 3:1, Amos 4:1
I take - Amos 5:16; Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 9:10,...
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OPENING LAMENTATION. AMOS PRONOUNCES A FUNERAL DIRGE OVER ISRAEL (AMOS
5:1).
Amos now looks ahead into the future and proclaims a funeral dirge
over Israel because her hope has gone (unless she repen...
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CONTENTS: God's lamentation over Israel and captivity foretold. The
day of the Lord.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: If men will not take a right course to obtain the favor of
God, God will take an eff...
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Amos 5:2. _The virgin of Israel is fallen._ Babylon, which had never
been stormed by a besieging army, is called a virgin. Isaiah 47:1.
Thus Israel, whose kingdom had never yet been wholly subdued, is...
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_Hear ye this word which I take up against you._
THE END OF CARNAL SECURITY
Such words as these must have fallen like a thunderbolt into the midst
of the corrupt and careless inhabitants of Samaria...
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AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God
still pleads with his people to return to him.
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CRITICAL NOTES.] THIS WORD] A mournful song (2 Samuel 1:17). TAKE UP]
Lit. lift up as if to cast down upon them.
AMOS 5:2. VIRGIN] The Israelite state unsubdued by foreigners. FALLEN]
Violent death ...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 1-CH. 6:14
§ 8. _Third address_:_ the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall
of Israel_. (Amos 6:1.) He calls her to repentance, while he shows
wherein she has declined from the...
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Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation
(Amos 5:1),
Weeping over the house of Israel now.
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is
forsaken upon her l...
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Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:16; Ezekiel 19:1; Ezekiel 19:14; Ezekiel
26:17; Ezekiel 27:2; Ezekiel 27:27; Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 32:16;...