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Amos 5

Amos 5 — Overview

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, A lamentation for Israel; , An exhortation to repentance; , God rejects their hypocritical service.

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Amos 5 — OverviewAmos 5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe scope of this chapter is to prosecute the exhortation given to Israel in the close of the foregoing chapter to prepare to meet their God; the prophet here tells them, I. What preparation they must make;…Amos 5 — OverviewAmos 5 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter the prophet exhorts Israel to hear his lamentation over them for their impending ruin, Am 5:1; nevertheless to seek the Lord, and all that is good; to forsake their idols, and repent of their sins, in…Amos 5:1-3Amos 5:1-3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter begins, as those two next foregoing began, with, Hear this word. Where God has a mouth to speak we must have an ear to hear; it is our duty, it is our interest, yet so stupid are most men that they…Amos 5:1Amos 5:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeHear: Amos 3:1, Amos 4:1 I take: Amos 5:16; Jeremiah 7:29, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 9:17, Jeremiah 9:20; Ezekiel 19:1, Ezekiel 19:14, Ezekiel 26:17, Ezekiel 27:2, Ezekiel 27:27-32, Ezekiel 28:12; Ezekiel 32:2, Ezekiel…Amos 5:2Amos 5:2 · Treasury of Scripture Knowledgevirgin: Isaiah 37:22; Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 18:13, Jeremiah 31:4; Lamentations 2:13 is fallen: 2 Kings 15:29, 2 Kings 17:16; Isaiah 3:8; Hosea 14:1 she shall: Isaiah 14:21, Isaiah 24:20, Isaiah 43:17; Jeremiah…Amos 5:2Amos 5:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe virgin of Israel is fallen,.... The kingdom of Israel, so called, because it had never been subdued, or become subject to a foreign power, since it was a kingdom; or because, considered in its ecclesiastic state, it…