[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 upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name:
(e) He describes the power of God; (Job 9:9).
Verse Amos 5:8. _THAT MAKETH THE SEVEN STARS AND ORION_] Or, _Hyades_ and _Arcturus, Kimah_ and _Kesil_. Job 9:9; _"_Job 38:32_"_, where the subject of this verse is largely considered. Turneth the...
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,...
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...
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
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....
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...
_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...
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...
REVELATION CALLS FOR REPENTANCEGOD'S OMNIPOTENCE AND OMNISCIENCE TEXT: Amos 5:6-13 6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour and there be...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּ כְסִ֗יל וְ הֹפֵ֤ךְ לַ
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...
COMMON SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW Amos 3:3; Amos 4:6; Amos 5:8; Amos 6:12; Amos 8:8;...
“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...
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) ---...
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...
_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,...
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...
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 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...
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...
_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...
ISRAEL'S ONLY SAFETY IN SEEKING THE LORD...
(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...
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 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...
Amos 5:8 made H6213 (H8802) Pleiades H3598 Orion H3685 turns H2015 (H8802) death H6757 morning H1242 day...
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...
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 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...
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 5:8 Amos contrasts the limitless glory of the Creator with the things worshiped at the pagan-influenced shrines in Bethel, Gilgal, and Beersheba. ⇐...
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...
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 Kings 18:44; 1 Kings 18:45; Amos 4:13; Amos 8:9; Amos 9:6;...
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...