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SEEK HIM THAT MAKETH THE SEVEN STARS - Misbelief effaces the thought
of God as He Is. It retains the name God, but means something quite
different from the One True God. So people spoke of “the Deity,...
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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 SEVEN STARS. Hebrew. _kimah_. cluster. Modern name, the Pleiades.
See notes on Job 9:9; Job 38:31; Job 38:32. Compare Isaiah 13:10. and
see App-12.
Orio
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Proof that Israel merits the fate which has just been pronounced
against it: it has sought Jehovah by a ritual which He does not value,
and it has spurned the virtues which He really prizes.
_Seek ye...
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Two verses, intended (like Amos 4:13) to remind the disobedient
Israelites of the power and majesty of Him, whose will they defy, and
whose judgements they provoke, the Creator and Ruler of the world....
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_SEEK HIM THAT MADE THE STARS -- AMOS 5:1-9:_ Amos brought a mournful
message from God to the house of Israel. He called upon them to listen
to God's word. God is grieved over their wrongs and his des...
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DISCOURSE: 1190
GOD’S CONDESCENSION AND GRACE
Amos 5:8. _The Lord is his name; that strengtheneth the spoiled
against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the
fortress_.
IN our public a...
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REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S OMNIPOTENCE AND OMNISCIENCE
TEXT: Amos 5:6-13
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Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the
house of Joseph, and it devour and there be...
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Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night:
that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon...
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THE SEVEN STARS] RV 'the Pleiades,' lit. 'the heap.' THE SHADOW OF
DEATH] RM 'deep darkness,' is better.
10. The subject of Amos 5:7 is now resumed: they who turn justice into
wormwood, etc., hate in...
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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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Connected by E.V. with Amos 5:6 through the verb “seek ye,” so
that it may thus be linked to Amos 5:7. To regard it as a solemn
assertion “There is one who maketh, &c.,” is not satisfactory. We
prefer...
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עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּ כְסִ֗יל וְ הֹפֵ֤ךְ
לַ
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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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COMMON SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW
Amos 3:3; Amos 4:6; Amos 5:8; Amos 6:12; Amos 8:8;...
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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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[Seek him] that (e) maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night:
that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out...
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Arcturus and Orion. Arcturus is a bright star in the north, Orion a
beautiful constellation in the south. (Challoner) --- Shepherds in
Arabia and Spain are well acquainted with the stars. (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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_THE REVELATION OF GOD_
‘Seek Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the
shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night:
that calleth for the waters of the sea,...
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Some interpreters connect this verse with the former, and think that
what the Prophet had said before is here explained; but they are
greatly mistaken, and misrepresent the meaning of the Prophet. We...
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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 HIM] THAT MAKETH THE SEVEN STARS,.... Which some connect with
the preceding words, without a supplement, "they leave righteousness
on the ground, who maketh the seven stars"; understanding it of...
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Amos 5:8 [Seek him] that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth
the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with
night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth the...
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_Ye who turn judgment to wormwood_ Or into hemlock, as the word here
used is translated, Amos 6:12. Ye judges and rulers that pervert the
law that was designed to protect innocence, and under colour o...
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ISRAEL'S ONLY SAFETY IN SEEKING THE LORD...
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(seek Him) that maketh the seven stars, one of the constellation of
the sky, AND ORION, Cf Job 9, AND TURNETH THE SHADOW OF DEATH INTO THE
MORNING, the darkest hour being just before dawn, AND MAKETH...
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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 HIM; though this be not in the Hebrew, it is well supplied by our
interpreters. THAT MAKETH THE SEVEN STARS; a famous constellation, and
whose rising about September was usually accompanied with...
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Amos 5:8 made H6213 (H8802) Pleiades H3598 Orion H3685 turns H2015
(H8802) death H6757 morning H1242 day...
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A CALL TO CONSIDER YHWH'S GLORY AND POWER (AMOS 5:8).
Amos's view was that it was time that they considered with Whom they
were dealing. He has already made it clear in Amos 4:13, and the
description...
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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 Him that maketh the seven stars and Orion._
CREATION, AND THE CREATOR’S NAME
The text brings the works of God and the name of God into one focus,
and makes use of both as an argument with man...
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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 5:8 Amos contrasts the limitless glory of the
Creator with the things worshiped at the pagan-influenced shrines in
Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba.
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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...
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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 Kings 18:44; 1 Kings 18:45; Amos 4:13; Amos 8:9; Amos 9:6;...
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The seven stars — A constellation, whose rising about September was
usually accompanied with sweet showers. Orion — Which arising about
November brings usually cold, rains and frosts intermixt very
se...