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Book of Amos
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Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:6 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:6 JFB -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:6 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Commentary on 5:6 TSK -> Entry for 5:6 WEN -> Notes on 5:6 NTB -> Joseph; Prayer; Repentance; Seekers TTT -> Seeking God EBD -> Joseph 5:6 - [In Context] Go to the Lord, and live. If you don't go to the Lord, then a fire will start at Joseph's house. F65 That fire will destroy Joseph's house, and no person will be able to stop that fire at Bethel.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:7 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:7 JFB -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:7 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Commentary on 5:7 TSK -> Entry for 5:7 WEN -> Notes on 5:7 NTB -> Justice TTT -> Righteousness EBD -> Wormwood SBD -> Wormwood 5:7 - [In Context]
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:8 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:8 JFB -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:8 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Commentary on 5:8 TSK -> Entry for 5:8 WEN -> Notes on 5:8 NTB -> Astronomy; Colors; Constellations; Evaporation; God; God (continued); Orion; Pleiades; Seekers; Seven; Stars; War TTT -> Day; Night; Stars, The EBD -> Astronomy; Orion; Pleiades; Stars 5:8 - [In Context]
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:9 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:9 JFB -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:9 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Commentary on 5:9 TSK -> Entry for 5:9 WEN -> Notes on 5:9 NTB -> God (continued); War 5:9 - [In Context] {You should go to the Lord for help.} God made the Pleiades and Orion. F66 He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! F67 He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed." You change goodness to poison. F68 You killed justice, and let it fall to the ground.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:10 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:10 JFB -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:10 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Commentary on 5:10 TSK -> Entry for 5:10 WEN -> Notes on 5:10 NTB -> Minister, Christian; Persecution; Reproof; Wicked (People) TTT -> Uprightness 5:10 - [In Context] {Prophets} go to the public places and speak against {the bad things that people are doing}. And the people hate {those prophets}. {The prophets} teach good, simple truths. And the people hate those {prophets}.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:11 JFB -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Commentary on 5:11 TSK -> Entry for 5:11 WEN -> Notes on 5:11 NTB -> House; Injustice; Justice; Oppression; Poor; Rulers; Stones; Tax TTT -> Houses; Injustice; Poor, The; Vineyards SBD -> House 5:11 - [In Context] You take unfair taxes F69 from poor people. You take loads of wheat from them. You build fancy houses with cut stone. But you will not live in those houses. You plant beautiful fields of grapes. But you will not drink the wine from them.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:12 JFB -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Commentary on 5:12 TSK -> Entry for 5:12 WEN -> Notes on 5:12 NTB -> Bribery; Injustice; Justice; Oppression; Poor; Rulers; Sin TTT -> Courts of Justice; Injustice; Justice; Poor, The; Sin SBD -> Shepherd 5:12 - [In Context] Why? Because I know about your many sins. You have done some really bad things: You hurt people that do right. You accept money to do wrong. You keep justice from the poor people in court.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:13 JFB -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Commentary on 5:13 TSK -> Entry for 5:13 WEN -> Notes on 5:13 NTB -> Prudence; Speaking TTT -> Prudence 5:13 - [In Context] At that time, wise teachers will be quiet. Why? Because it is a bad time.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:14 JFB -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Commentary on 5:14 TSK -> Entry for 5:14 WEN -> Notes on 5:14 NTB -> Seekers TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 TV -> Devotional using 5:14 5:14 - [In Context] You say {that God is with you}. So you should do good things, not evil. Then you will live. And the Lord God All-Powerful really will be with you.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:15 JFB -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:15 SRN -> Study Notes on 5:15 TSK -> Commentary on 5:15 TSK -> Entry for 5:15 WEN -> Notes on 5:15 NTB -> Repentance TTT -> Sin TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 TV -> Devotional using 5:15 5:15 - [In Context] Hate evil and love goodness. Bring fairness back into the courts. Maybe then the Lord God All-Powerful will be kind to the survivors F70 from Joseph's family.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:16 JFB -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Commentary on 5:16 TSK -> Entry for 5:16 WEN -> Notes on 5:16 NTB -> Judgments; Weeping TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry; Dead, The SBD -> Mourning 5:16 - [In Context] My Master, God All-Powerful, says, "People will be crying in the public places. People will be crying in the streets. People will hire the professional criers. F71
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:17 JFB -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Commentary on 5:17 TSK -> Entry for 5:17 WEN -> Notes on 5:17 NTB -> Judgments; Weeping TTT -> Agriculture or Husbandry 5:17 - [In Context] People will be crying in the fields of grapes. Why? Because I will pass through {and punish} you." The Lord said those things.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:18 JFB -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Commentary on 5:18 TSK -> Entry for 5:18 WEN -> Notes on 5:18 NTB -> Darkness; Day; Infidelity; Judgments; Wicked (People) 5:18 - [In Context] Some of you want {to see} the Lord's special day {of judgment}. Why do you want {to see} that day? The Lord's special day will bring darkness not light!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:19 JFB -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Commentary on 5:19 TSK -> Entry for 5:19 WEN -> Notes on 5:19 NTB -> Judgments; Wicked (People) TTT -> Bear, The; Houses; Serpents; Walls EBD -> Fence 5:19 - [In Context] You will be like a man that escapes a lion only to be attacked by a bear! You will be like a man that goes into the safety of his house, leans against the wall, and is bitten by a snake!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:20 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:20 JFB -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Commentary on 5:20 TSK -> Entry for 5:20 WEN -> Notes on 5:20 NTB -> Darkness; Judgments; Wicked (People) 5:20 - [In Context] The Lord's special day will be {a day of sadness, not joy} a day of darkness, not light, a day of gloom, without a glimmer of light.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:21 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:21 JFB -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Commentary on 5:21 TSK -> Entry for 5:21 WEN -> Notes on 5:21 NTB -> Formalism; Hypocrisy; Offerings; Worship TTT -> Feasts, The Anniversary; Sins, National 5:21 - [In Context] "I hate your holidays! I will not accept them! I don't enjoy your religious meetings!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:22 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:22 JFB -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Commentary on 5:22 TSK -> Entry for 5:22 WEN -> Notes on 5:22 NTB -> Formalism; Hypocrisy; Offerings; Worship TTT -> Burnt Offering, The; Meat-offerings; Sins, National 5:22 - [In Context] Even if you offer me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them! I will not even look at the fat animals you give as fellowship offerings.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:23 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:23 JFB -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Commentary on 5:23 TSK -> Entry for 5:23 WEN -> Notes on 5:23 NTB -> Formalism; Hypocrisy; Music; Offerings; Worship TTT -> Music SBD -> Psaltery 5:23 - [In Context] Take your noisy songs away from here. I will not listen to the music from your harps.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 5:24 GSB -> Study Notes on 5:24 JFB -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 5:24 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 5:24 TSK -> Commentary on 5:24 TSK -> Entry for 5:24 WEN -> Notes on 5:24 NTB -> Hypocrisy; Offerings; Worship TV -> Devotional using 5:24 TV -> Devotional using 5:24 TV -> Devotional using 5:24 5:24 - [In Context] You should let fairness flow like water {through your country}. Let goodness flow like a stream that never becomes dry.
FOOTNOTES: F65: Joseph's house   Here this means the ten-family-group nation of Israel. Joseph was the ancestor of the family groups of Ephraim and Manasseh in Israel. F66: Pleiades and Orion   Two well-known groups of stars {(constellations)}. F67: YAHWEH   This name is usually translated, "Lord." F68: poison   Literally, "wormwood," a type of plant with bitter leaves. It could be used as a medicine, or if strong enough, as a poison. F69: take unfair taxes   We are not sure of the exact meaning of this Hebrew word. F70: survivors   People that escaped some disaster. Here this means the Jewish people that survived the destruction of Judah and Israel by its enemy armies. F71: professional criers   People that went to funerals and cried loudly for the dead people. Families and friends of the dead person often gave food or money to these people.

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; TV - Today's Verse; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.