Amos 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. ”

Amos 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In order to impress Israel the more, Amos begins this his third appeal by a “dirge” over its destruction, mourning over those who were full of joy, and thought themselves safe and enviable. As if a...
Amos 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 b...
Amos 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

take up . lift up as. burden. lamentation . dirge. house of Israel. See note on Amos 8:1 .
Amos 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Some render the verse thus, “Hear ye this word, because upon you, or for you, I raise a lamentation:” but we shall hereafter speak more at large as to the proper rendering. Let us see what the...
Amos 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. Hear ye this word - Attend to this doleful song which I make for the house of Israel.
Amos 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Even a lamentation— This and the following chapter contain a kind of mournful song upon the misfortunes of Israel. See Jeremiah 9:17 and the introduction to the book of Lamentations.
Amos 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation - an elegy for the destruction coming o...
Amos 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 atte...
Amos 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE Amos 5:1-27 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 reli...
Amos 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 t...
Amos 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 he...
Amos 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS We have here the same subject continued, and in which the Lord is taking up a lamentation for the land of Israel. The close of the Chapter brings forward an additional charge against them f...
Amos 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear ye the word which I take up against you ,.... And which was not his own word, but the word of the Lord; and which he took up, by his direction as a heavy burden as some prophecies are called, a...
Amos 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, [even] a lamentation, O house of Israel. Ver. 1. Hear ye this word ] A new sermon, as appeareth by this new O yes; not unlike that of St Paul, Acts...
Amos 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear ye , &c. It is justly observed by Grotius, that this verse would be translated more according to the Hebrew thus; Hear ye this word, even a lamentation, which I take up over you It allude...
Amos 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Invitations and Warnings. B. C. 790. 1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, e...
Amos 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

AMOS CHAPTER 5 A lamentation for Israel, Amos 5:1-3 . An exhortation to repentance, Amos 5:4-20 . God rejecteth their hypocritical service, Amos 5:21-27 . This preface you have in the same...
Amos 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Opening Lamentation. Amos Pronounces A Funeral Dirge Over Israel ( Amos 5:1-3 ). Amos now looks ahead into the future and proclaims a funeral dirge over Israel because her hope has gone (unless sh...
Amos 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] This word ] A mournful song ( 2 Samuel 1:17-27 ). Take up ] Lit. lift up as if to cast down upon them. Amos 5:2 . Virgin ] The Israelite state unsubdued by foreigners. Falle...
Amos 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 subdue...
Amos 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear ye this word which I take up against you. The end of carnal security Such words as these must have fallen like a thunderbolt into the midst of the corrupt and careless inhabitants of Samar...
Amos 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-ch. 6:14 § 8. Third address : the prophet utters a lamentation over the fall of Israel . ( Amos 6:1-30 .) He calls her to repentance, while he shows wherein she has decli...
Amos 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel, an elegy, dirge, or mournful song sung over the downfall of Israel.
Amos 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 3:1 ; Amos 4:1 ; Amos 5:16 ; Ezekiel 19:1 ; Ezekiel 19:14 ; Ezekiel 26:17 ; Ezekiel 27:2 ; Ezekiel 27:27-32 ; Ezekiel 28:12 ; Ezekiel 32:16 ; Ezekiel 32:2 ; Jeremiah 7:29 ; Jeremiah...

Amos 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 5:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge