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 external membership in the Church of Israel.
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
SEEK good. Note the Structure ("u1", "u2":u3", p. 1237). GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. AS. according as. Compare Micah 3:11....
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...
_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...
AS YE HAVE SPOKEN— _As ye have desired,_ Houbigant....
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...
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...
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...
AS YE HAVE SPOKEN] RV 'as ye say,' i.e. as ye say He is, as ye flatter yourselves He is....
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...
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...
דִּרְשׁוּ ־טֹ֥וב וְ אַל ־רָ֖ע לְמַ֣עַן תִּֽחְ
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...
“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...
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...
_Said. Probably Amaias took occasion, from the flourishing state of the kingdom, to assert that the Lord approved of their conduct. (Calmet)_...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Amos 5:14 Seek H1875 (H8798) good H2896 evil H7451 live H2421 (H8799) LORD H3068 God H430 hosts...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
AMOS—NOTE ON AMOS 5:1 Although they face imminent destruction, God still pleads with his people to return to him. ⇐ ⇔
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Timothy 4:22; Amos 3:3;...
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