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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....
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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...
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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 ...
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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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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...
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_Therefore_ because of Israel's obduracy in wrong-doing.
_wailing_ loud cries of grief: comp. Micah 1:8, "I will make a
_mispçd_like the jackals" in allusion to their doleful cries. The
Orientals, esp...
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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 fo...
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_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...
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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...
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RIGHTEOUSNESS DEMANDS REPENTANCEHATE EVIL AND LOVE GOD
TEXT: Amos 5:14-20
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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of
hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
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Hate the...
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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...
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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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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...
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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 the...
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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...
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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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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...
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_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._...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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WOE UPON FOOLS AND HYPOCRITES...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Amos 5:16 LORD H3068 God H430 hosts H6635 Lord H136 says H559 (H8804)
wailing H4553 streets H7339 say...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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
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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...
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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 8:10; Amos 3:13; Amos 5:27; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 15:8;...
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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...