Amos 5:1-17
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:2 VIRGIN ISRAEL expresses the special value God places on Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:5 Israel should SEEK THE LORD in the ways he has commanded, not in the pagan practices found at BETHEL, GILGAL, and BEERSHEBA. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:7 For governments, JUSTICE involves a just use of power and maintaining a proper judicial system. For individuals, justice involves honest business dealings and faithfulness in keeping one’s word. Both governments and individual citizens should be especially concerned with protec... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:8 Amos contrasts the limitless glory of the Creator with the things worshiped at the pagan-influenced shrines in Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:10 REPROVES IN THE GATE. The walled cities of the ancient Near East had covered gatehouses with multiple sets of gates. If the enemy broke through one gate, they were immediately confronted with another. During times of peace, all the gates would be open. The gatehouse would prov... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:14 God appeals to his people again (compare vv. Amos 5:4). In that evil time (v. Amos 5:13), they should SEEK GOOD for those around them. If they do so, there may be hope for the nation, even at that late hour. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Amos 5:1) will go up all over the land from the STREETS of the cities to the VINEYARDS in the countryside. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:18 This fourth message (see note on 2:6–6:14) gives details about the kinds of sins that will provoke Israel’s “funeral” as a nation (see note on 5:16–17). Three times the funeral cry of “Woe” appears: Amos 5:18; Amos 6:1; Amos 6:4. Each woe introduces another category of sin. ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:21 God hates Israel’s religious FEASTS and SOLEMN ASSEMBLIES, their offerings (v. Amos 5:22), and songs (v. Amos 5:23) because of their persistent sinful conduct (see note on 3:15). He rejects their perversion of worship at Bethel (see note on 3:14). He despises the absence of ju... [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:22 I WILL NOT ACCEPT THEM. The Israelites may seem to be worshiping God, but he knows they do not love and obey him. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:27 EXILE BEYOND DAMASCUS is exactly what happened (2 Kings 17:6). This is a startling prediction, since Assyria was comparatively weak in Amos’s time. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]