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Verse 14. _SEEK GOOD, AND NOT EVIL_] Is there a greater mystery in the
world, than that a mall, instead of seeking _good_, will seek _evil_,
knowing that it is _evil_?
_AND SO THE LORD_] As God is th...
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SEEK GOOD AND NOT EVIL - that is, and “seek not evil.” Amos again
takes up his warning, “seek not Bethel; seek the Lord.” Now they
not only “did evil,” but they “sought” it diligently; they
were dilig...
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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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SEEK good. Note the Structure ("u1", "u2":u3", p. 1237).
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4.
AS. according as. Compare Micah 3:11....
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Amos reiterates more earnestly the exhortation of Amos 5:4_; Amos
5:6_: if Israel will but amend its ways, perchance even yet there may
be a remnant to which Jehovah will be gracious.
_Seek_ The same...
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_CHOOSE GOOD INSTEAD OF EVIL -- AMOS 5:9-15 _ Life is a matter of the
choices that we make. Israel chose to have fair judges and honest
witnesses. Israel did not want to be reminded of her sins so she...
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AS YE HAVE SPOKEN— _As ye have desired,_ Houbigant....
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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...
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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God
of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
SEEK GOOD, AND NOT EVIL, THAT YE MAY LIVE; AND SO - on condition of
your "seekin...
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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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Break in like a beam of sunshine in the darkness. The fearful doom,
already spoken of, is after all conditional. Let a moral change be
wrought in them, and even now Jehovah, God of hosts, may deign to...
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דִּרְשׁוּ ־טֹ֥וב וְ אַל ־רָ֖ע
לְמַ֣עַן תִּֽחְ
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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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“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 divin...
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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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_Said. Probably Amaias took occasion, from the flourishing state of
the kingdom, to assert that the Lord approved of their conduct.
(Calmet)_...
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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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_SEEKING GOOD, AND HATING EVIL_
‘Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God
of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and
love the good.’
Amos 5:14
Not...
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The Prophet again repeats, that it was only owing to the Israelites
themselves that it was not well with them; for God was ready to grant
them his blessing; but they designedly sought a curse for them...
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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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SEEK GOOD, AND NOT EVIL,.... Seek not unto, or after, evil persons and
evil things; not the company and conversation of evil men, which is
infectious and dangerous; nor anything that is evil, or has t...
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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of
hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Ver. 14. _Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live_] See Amos 5:4;
Amos 5:6. Oh se...
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_Seek good, and not evil_ Give your minds to the practice of true
piety and virtue. Do that which is just and good, and endeavour to
make others do the same. _That ye may live_ That it may be well wit...
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WOE UPON FOOLS AND HYPOCRITES...
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Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, for there lies the way to
true life; AND SO THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, SHALL BE WITH YOU AS YE
HAVE SPOKEN, that is, by following His will and not by a mere...
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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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SEEK GOOD; turn to the law of God, study it, that ye may do the good
it requireth in works of piety, justice, and charity. AND NOT EVIL:
you have devised evil, and done it in works of impiety, injusti...
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Amos 5:14 Seek H1875 (H8798) good H2896 evil H7451 live H2421 (H8799)
LORD H3068 God H430 hosts...
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THE SECOND CALL TO REPENTANCE (AMOS 5:14).
So the call went out to those who would hear to seek good and not evil
so that they might enjoy fullness of life, and in order that YHWH
might truly be ‘wit...
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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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_Seek good and not evil, that ye may live._
RELIGION
From these words two things may be inferred concerning religion.
I. It implies a specific pursuit. “Seek” good, and not evil. Good
and evil are...
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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 5:14 God appeals to his people again (compare vv.
Amos 5:4). In that evil time (v. Amos 5:13), they should
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
Amos 5:14. Spoken] They fancied that God was with them by virtue of
the covenant with Abraham (John 8:39).
AMOS 5:15. PERHAPS] indicates difficulty in their case, not
uncertainty wi...
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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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1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Timothy 4:22; Amos 3:3;...
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With you — To bless and save you yet....