Amos 5:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. ”

Amos 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seek good and not evil - that is, and “seek not evil.” Amos again takes up his warning, “seek not Bethel; seek the Lord.” Now they not only “did evil,” but they “sought” it diligently; they were...
Amos 5:14 - 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 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Seek good. Note the Structure ("u1", "u2":u3", p. 1237). God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. as . according as. Compare Micah 3:11 .
Amos 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet again repeats, that it was only owing to the Israelites themselves that it was not well with them; for God was ready to grant them his blessing; but they designedly sought a curse f...
Amos 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Seek good, and not evil - Is there a greater mystery in the world, than that a mall...
Amos 5:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

As ye have spoken— As ye have desired, Houbigant.
Amos 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so - on condition of your "s...
Amos 5:14 - 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 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Break in like a beam of sunshine in the darkness. The fearful doom, already spoken of, is after all conditional. Let a moral change be wrought in them, and even now Jehovah, God of hosts, may deign t...
Amos 5:14 - 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 5:14 - 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 5:14 - 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 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The first verse in this paragraph is a confirmation, if it were needed, of what I advanced in my observations on the former. Seeking the Lord, implies the hope of finding him, and indeed the promise...
Amos 5:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SEEKING GOOD, AND HATING EVIL ‘Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good.’ Amos 5:14-1...
Amos 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Seek good, and not evil ,.... Seek not unto, or after, evil persons and evil things; not the company and conversation of evil men, which is infectious and dangerous; nor anything that is evil, or ha...
Amos 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Ver. 14. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live ] See Amos 5:4 ; Amos 5:6 ....
Amos 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seek good, and not evil Give your minds to the practice of true piety and virtue. Do that which is just and good, and endeavour to make others do the same. That ye may live That it may be well wi...
Amos 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. B. C. 790....
Amos 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Seek good; turn to the law of God, study it, that ye may do the good it requireth in works of piety, justice, and charity. And not evil: you have devised evil, and done it in works of impiety, in...
Amos 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lamentation Over Israel ( Amos 5:1-17 ). While speaking powerfully Amos had no joy in what was to happen to Israel, and having pronounced judgment on them, he now laments what must necessarily b...
Amos 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 5:14 . Spoken] They fancied that God was with them by virtue of the covenant with Abraham ( John 8:39 ). Amos 5:15 . Perhaps ] indicates difficulty in their case, not...
Amos 5:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 5:4 . For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: And that it just the message of God to professing Christians now: «Seek ye me.» Get away from your mere...
Amos 5:14 - 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 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seek good and not evil, that ye may live. Religion From these words two things may be inferred concerning religion. I. It implies a specific pursuit. “Seek” good, and not evil. Good and evil...
Amos 5:14 - 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 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Woe upon Fools and Hypocrites
Amos 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:20 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Timothy 4:22 ; Amos 3:3 ; Exodus 3:12 ; Genesis 39:2 ; Genesis 39:23 ; Genesis 39:3 ; Isaiah 1:16 ; Isaiah 1:17 ; Isaiah 48:1 ; Isaiah 48:2 ; I...
Amos 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With you — To bless and save you yet.

Amos 5:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 5:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 5:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 5:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 5:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 5:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 5:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 5:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 5:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 5:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 5:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 5:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 5:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes