Berean Standard Bible
Amos 5:5-15
5Do notH408 seekH1875 BethelH1008 or goH935 to GilgalH1537; do notH3808 journeyH5674 to BeershebaH884H3808, forH3588 GilgalH1537 will surely go into exileH1540, and BethelH1008 will comeH1961 to nothingH205.16SeekH1875 the LORDH3068 and liveH2421, orH6435 He will sweepH6743 like fireH784 through the houseH1004 of JosephH3130; it will devour everythingH398, with no oneH369 at BethelH1008 to extinguish itH3518.
7There are those who turnH2015 justiceH4941 into wormwoodH3939and castH5117 righteousnessH6666 to the groundH776.
8He who madeH6213 the PleiadesH3598 and OrionH3685,who turnsH2015 darknessH6757 into dawnH1242and darkensH2821 dayH3117 into nightH3915,who summonsH7121 the watersH4325 of the seaH3220and pours themH8210 overH5921 the faceH6440 of the earthH776—the LORDH3068 is His nameH8034—9He flashesH1082 destructionH7701 onH5921 the strongH5794,so that furyH7701 comesH935 uponH5921 the strongholdH4013.
10There are those who hateH8130 the one who reprovesH3198 in the gateH8179and despise himH8581 who speaksH1696 with integrityH8549.11ThereforeH3651, becauseH3282 you trampleH1318 onH5921 the poorH1800and exactH3947 from himH4480 a taxH4864 of grainH1250,you will neverH3808 liveH3427in the stone housesH1004H1496 you have builtH1129;you will neverH3808 drinkH8354 the wineH3196from the lushH2531 vineyardsH3754 you have plantedH5193.
12ForH3588 I knowH3045 that your transgressionsH6588 are manyH7227and your sinsH2403 are numerousH6099.You oppressH6887 the righteousH6662 by takingH3947 bribesH3724;you deprive the poorH34 of justiceH5186 in the gateH8179.13ThereforeH3651, the prudentH7919 keep silentH1826 in suchH1931 timesH6256,forH3588 the daysH6256 are evilH7451H1931.
14SeekH1875 goodH2896, notH408 evilH7451,so thatH4616 you may liveH2421.And the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of HostsH6635,will beH1961H3651 with youH854, asH834 you have claimedH559.15HateH8130 evilH7451 and loveH157 goodH2896;establishH3322 justiceH4941 in the gateH8179.PerhapsH194 the LORDH3068, the GodH430 of HostsH6635,will be graciousH2603 to the remnantH7611 of JosephH3130.”
Notes
- 1. Amos 5:5 Hebrew to Aven, a reference to Beth-aven, a derogatory term for Bethel; see Hosea 4:15. ↩
Commentaries on Amos 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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