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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 5 - Introduction

V.

Commences with a veritable dirge over the calamity already threatened. The form of the dirge belongs to the second verse only (its poetic expression resembling the lament of David over Saul and Jonathan, 2 Samuel 1), but the spirit of the dirge extends through the entire chapter.

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See also Amos 5 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    AMOS 3-6. FULLER STATEMENT OF ISRAEL'S SIN AND DOOM. There are three main sections, each beginning Hear ye this word (Amos 3:1; Amos 4:1; Amos 5:1)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This section of the prophecy falls naturally into three parts, Amos 5:1-27; Amos 6:1-14, each drawing out, in different terms, the moral grounds of Israel's impending ruin, and ending with a similar o...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    SEEK THE LORD AND LIVE Amos Five Amos took up a lamentation against Israel because of her coming destruction. Pay day had come. The nation would now reap the result of their sinful living. The destru...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _A LAMENTATION FOR ISRAEL. AN EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE. GOD REJECTETH THEIR HYPOCRITICAL SERVICE._ _Before Christ 787._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Summarize in one paragraph, the philosophy of history as taught by the Old Testament prophets. 2. Describe in detail, the circumstances of the times in which Amos to...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (h-0) * (The title of this Book, 'Amos'), Said to mean, 'Burden-bearer.' herdmen (i-9) Or 'sheepmasters,' 2 Kings 3:4 . Tekoa, (k-11) In Judah, 2 Chronicles 11:6 ....

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 5 In this chapter the prophet exhorts Israel to hear his lamentation over them for their impending ruin, Amos 5:1; nevertheless to seek the Lord, and all that is good; to forsake...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Israel is called to seek the Lord. (1-6) Earnest exhortations to repentance. (7-17) Threatenings respecting idolatries. (18-27)...

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