Amos 5:15

Amos 5:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the Lord God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.

Context of Amos 5:15

13Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil. 14Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph. 16Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says: “There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail. 17There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the Lord.

Amos 5:15 word by word

שִׂנְאוּ־רָע֙ וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ ט֔וֹב וְהַצִּ֥יגוּ בַשַּׁ֖עַר מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אוּלַ֗י יֶֽחֱנַ֛ן יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֖וֹת שְׁאֵרִ֥ית יוֹסֵֽף׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hateשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• the evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• and loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• and establishיָצַגyâtsag · to setH3322
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• in the gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• it may be that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• will be graciousחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• unto the remnantשְׁאֵרִיתshe'êrîyth · remnantH7611
• of Josephיוֹסֵףyôsêph · JosephH3130

Cross-references for Amos 5:15

• Psalms 34:14Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
• Psalms 36:4Even on their beds they plot evil; they commit themselves to a sinful course and do not reject what is wrong.
• Psalms 37:27Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever.
• Psalms 97:10Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
• Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
• Psalms 139:21Do I not hate those who hate you, Lord, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
• Romans 7:15I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
• Romans 8:7The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
• Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:21but test them all; hold on to what is good,
• Amos 5:10There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court and detest the one who tells the truth.
• Amos 6:12Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—
• 2 Chronicles 19:6He told them, “Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals but for the Lord, who is with you whenever you give a verdict.
• Psalms 82:2“How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked?
• Jeremiah 7:5If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,
• Exodus 32:30The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

Commentaries on Amos 5:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Hate the evil, and love the good - What ruins you, avoid; what helps you, cleave to. And as a proof that you take this advice, purify the seats of justice, and then expect God to be gracious to the remnant of Joseph - to the posterity of the ten tribes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Hate the evil and love the good - Man will not cease wholly to “seek evil,” unless he “hate” it; nor will he “seek good,” unless he “love” it. Jerome: “He hateth evil,‘ who not only is not overcome by pleasure, but hates its deeds; and he loveth good,‘ who, not unwillingly or of necessity or from fear, doth what is good, but because it is good.” Dionysius: “Evil of sin must be hated, in and for itself; the sinner must not be hated in himself, but only the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-17Verses 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 will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15the remnant of Joseph: The phrase the remnant of Joseph comes from the Hebrew text to refer to the northern kingdom. They remained God's people despite their rebellion and idol worship.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. Hate ... evil ... love ... good--(Is 1:16, 17; Ro 12:9). judgment in the gate--justice in the place where causes are tried. it may be that the Lord ... will be gracious--so, "peradventure" (Ex 32:30). Not that men are to come to God with an uncertainty whether or no He will be gracious: the expression merely implies the difficulty in the way, because of the want of true repentance on man's part, so as to stimulate the zealous earnestness of believers…Read the comment

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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