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Amos 5:16-17

But Amos sees that his exhortation will not be listened to, and again therefore he draws a dark picture of the future to which the nation is hastening: so great will be the slaughter wrought by the foe (cf. Amos 5:27; Amos 2:14-16; Amos 4:2-3, &c.), that universal lamentation will prevail throughout the land.

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See also Amos 5:16-17 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. _THEY SHALL CALL THE HUSBANDMAN TO MOURNING_] Because the crops have failed, and the ground has been tilled in vain. _SUCH AS ARE SKILFUL OF LAMENTATION_] Jeremiah 9:17....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THEREFORE THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE LORD - For the third time in these three last verses Amos again reminds them, by whose authority he speaks, His who had revealed Himself as “I am,” the self-e...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD". One of the 134 places where the _Sopherirm_ say they altered "Jehovah" (App-4.) of the primitive test to "Adenai" (App-4. See App-32. STREETS. open places. SKILFUL OF LAMENTATION: i.e. the...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _JUDGMENT IS COMING -- AMOS 5:16-20 _ Many of the people of Israel were wanting God's judgment to come. But they were in for trouble! It would not be a time of sunshine; all would be darkness. God had...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEREFORE THE LORD, &C.— _Certainly the Lord of Hosts hath said,_ &c. Houbigant. The latter part of the verse may be read, _And the husbandman shall call the professed mourners to lamentation and wail...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCEHATE EVIL AND LOVE GOD TEXT: Amos 5:14-20 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. 15 Hate the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and su...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THEREFORE. — Probably a pause occurs here, for once more the words of the prophet assume a more mournful tone. “Therefore” points back to the transgressions condemned in Amos 5:11. On the Divine name...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לָ֠כֵן כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י צְבָאֹות֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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 the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A DARK DAY FOR HYPOCRITES Amos 5:16-27 Mighty sins had been committed, and mighty judgments were at hand. The oppression of the poor, Amos 5:11; the erection of elegant dwellings from unrighteous ex...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the (i) husbandman to mourning, a...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Lament. Such hired mourners often seemed more grieved than those who were really affected. (Horace, art.) All were invited to join in the common sorrow, Jeremias ix. 17., and xlviii. 31._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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 i...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    The particle of inference, set down here, confirms what has been already said, — that the Israelites vainly flattered themselves, though they were in the worst condition. And as the Prophet knew that...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEREFORE THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE LORD, SAITH THUS,.... The connection of these words is not with those that immediately precede, but with the whole context; seeing neither promises nor threat...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing [shall be] in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and s...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Therefore the Lord saith thus_ The prophet, foreseeing their obstinacy, proceeds in denouncing judgments against them: and the word _therefore_, which introduces his threatenings, is to be referred t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Therefore the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord, the one and only true God, SAITH THUS, WAILING SHALL BE IN ALL STREETS, mourning on account of the chastisement which has come upon them for ignoring th...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WOE UPON FOOLS AND HYPOCRITES...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    The prophet foreseeing their obstinacy in their sins, and their refusing to obey his counsel from the Lord, doth proceed to denounce judgment against them. THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE LORD, SAITH...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Amos 5:16 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 Lord H136 says H559 (H8804) wailing H4553 streets H7339 say...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A CLOSING LAMENTATION (AMOS 5:16). Having previously opened with a lamentation, Amos closes with a lamentation by YHWH, for he is well aware that on the whole his words would not be heeded. (As always...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A LAMENTATION OVER ISRAEL (AMOS 5:1). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily be their e...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Amos 5:4. _For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:_ And that it just the message of God to professing Christians now: «Seek ye me.» Get away from your mere ce...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:16 Although Israel could have returned to God, they would not. As a result, Amos announces that a great funeral cry of WAILING... MOURNING... LAMENTATION (see v. Am

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:16. Therefore] if ye seek not God, there will be lamentation not only by professional mourners, but in the streets of the city, in all towns of the kingdom, and in places whe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 8:10; Amos 3:13; Amos 5:27; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 15:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Therefore — The prophet foreseeing their obstinacy, proceeds to denounce judgment against them. The husbandman — This sort of men are little used to such ceremonies of mourning, but now such also shal...

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