CRITICAL NOTES.] THIS WORD] A mournful song (2 Samuel 1:17). TAKE UP] Lit. lift up as if to cast down upon them. AMOS 5:2. VIRGIN] The Israelite state unsubdued by foreigners. FALLEN] Violent death (2 Samuel 1:19), a figure of the overthrow of the kingdom. RISE] in the existing order. AMOS 5:3. WE... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:4. Live] Not only remain alive, but possess real favour. AMOS 5:5. BETHEL] “A strong dissuasive from idolatry derived from the predicted fall of the objects and places of false worship.” AMOS 5:6. LEST] Danger threatened. LIKE FIRE] consuming everything before it (Deutero... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:7.] God in his omnipotence in contrast with the ungodly people, indicating that he who can destroy should be feared. WORMWOOD] Justice embittered, corrupted, and made hateful cf. ch. Amos 6:12; Deuteronomy 29:17). AMOS 5:8.] God in creation, moral government, and judicial... [ Continue Reading ]
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 with God (cf. Genesis 16:2; Joel 2:13). Peradventure (Exodus 32:3). REMNANT] preserved in the approach... [ Continue Reading ]
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 where joy is expected. AMOS 5:17. PASS THROUGH] as in Egypt (Exodus 12:12; Nahum 1:12), taking vengean... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:21.] Festivals and sacrifices will not avert judgments. YOUR FEASTS] of human origin, not Divine appointment (Isaiah 1:10); the expression of Divine abhorrence is most emphatic. AMOS 5:23. NOISE] as singing is contemptuously called. _HOMILETICS_ THE RITUAL WITHOUT THE MO... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:24. Run] judgments like a flood over the land [_Keil_]. Others take it as an exhortation to practise justice and truth. _HOMILETICS_ JUDGMENTS LIKE A FLOOD.—_Amos 5:24_ The verse is to be explained according to Isaiah 10:22, and threatens the flooding of the land with ju... [ Continue Reading ]
CRITICAL NOTES.] Amos 5:25. Have] Lit. _Did ye_, equivalent to denial, some; others, not entire suspension of sacrifice, but mixed with idolatry. From of old they had been recreant to God. Their present offensive worship was only a continuation of the idolatry in the wilderness. Their sins were th... [ Continue Reading ]