Amos 5:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: ”

Amos 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seek ye Me and ye shall live - Literally, “seek Me; and live.” Wonderful conciseness of the word of God, which, in two words, comprises the whole of the creature’s duty and his hopes, his time an...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thus saith. Note the prophetic formula (see App-82), introducing the exhortation, and emphasising it. the Lord . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Seek ye Me, &c. Note this word "seek" in the sev...
Amos 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos here again exhorts the Israelites to repentance; and it was an address common to all, though the greater part, as we have said, were altogether past recovery; but it was necessary, as long...
Amos 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: Seek ye me, and ye shall live - Cease your rebellion against me; return to me with all your heart; and though consigne...
Amos 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: Seek ye me, and ye shall live - literally, "Seek ye me, and live." The second imperative expresses the certain...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seek... live. — Search after God is rewarded by finding Him, and this is life in the highest sense.
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel ,.... Or "yet" a, notwithstanding all this, though such judgments were threatened and denounced, and such desolations should certainly come, in case...
Amos 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: Ver. 4. For thus saith the Lord ] Or, truly thus saith the Lord; notwithstanding the former terrible sentence, whic...
Amos 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For Or rather, nevertheless, seek ye me, and ye shall live That is, ye shall be prosperous again; for life, in the Scripture language, is used to express prosperity, or happiness. This shows, th...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For, or yet, truly. Thus saith the Lord; amidst all those threats there is still a reserve, a conditional proviso, and the Lord here does by his prophet declare it. Unto the house of Israel; th...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 5:4 . Live] Not only remain alive, but possess real favour. Amos 5:5 . Bethel ] “A strong dissuasive from idolatry derived from the predicted fall of the objects and...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Seek ye Me, and ye shall live. .. But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal. I. The blessings of Israel. Gilgal and Bethel were places in Israel’s history bedewed by showers of blessing. 1. Gi...
Amos 5:4 - 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 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord
Amos 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 28:9 ; 2 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 20:3 ; 2 Chronicles 34:3 ; Amos 5:6 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-8 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; Isaiah 55:6 ; Isaiah 55:7 ; Jeremiah 29:12 ; Jeremiah 29:13 ;...
Amos 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye shall live — It shall be well with you.

Amos 5:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Amos 5:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Amos 5:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Amos 5:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Amos 5:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Amos 5:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Amos 5:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Amos 5:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Amos 5:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Amos 5:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Amos 5:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Amos 5:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Amos 5:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Amos 5:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Amos 5:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Amos 5:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Amos 5:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 5:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes