“ Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, ”
Ye who turn - Those whom he calls to seek God, were people filled with all injustice, who turned the sweetness of justice into the bitterness of wormwood . Moses had used “gall” and “wormwood” as...
Ye who turn (d) judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (d) Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression.
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...
wormwood. Reference to Pentateuch ( Deuteronomy 29:18 ). leave off. in . cast down. to.
Here the Prophet, after having inveighed against superstitions, comes to the second table of the law. The Prophets are sometimes wont to shake off self-complacencies from hypocrites, when they...
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Ye who turn judgment to wormwood - Who pervert judgment; causing him who obtains his suit to mourn sorely over the expenses...
To wormwood, &c.— Into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Ye who turn judgment to wormwood - i:e. pervert it to most bitter wrong. As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitte...
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...
Is placed after Amos 5:9 by Ewald, since Amos 5:7-8 stand in the Heb. without any connecting-link. The holy thing “judgment” is perverted into the bitter thing “wormwood,” that which is execrated...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood ,.... This seems to be spoken to kings and judges, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; in whose hands is the administration of justice, and who often pervert it, as the...
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, Ver. 7. Ye who turn judgment to wormwood ] Ye grandees and governors of the people, that turn the sweetest thing into th...
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood Or into hemlock, as the word here used is translated, Amos 6:12 . Ye judges and rulers that pervert the law that was designed to protect innocence, and under colou...
God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. B. C. 790....
Ye; rulers and judges. Judgment; the righteous sentence of the law, the equity of it, which is sweet and pleasing to just men, and safe for all. Wormwood; proverbially understood, bitterness, g...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES . ] Amos 5:7-9 .] God in his omnipotence in contrast with the ungodly people, indicating that he who can destroy should be feared. Wormwood] Justice embittered, corrupted, and m...
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 5:2 . 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...
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...
Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord
Amos 5:11 ; Amos 5:12 ; Amos 6:12 ; Deuteronomy 29:18 ; Ezekiel 18:24 ; Ezekiel 3:20 ; Ezekiel 33:12 ; Ezekiel 33:13 ; Ezekiel 33:18 ; Habakkuk 1:12-14 ; Hosea 10:4 ; Isaiah 1:23 ; Isaia...
Ye — Rulers and judges. Judgment — The righteous sentence of the law. To wormwood — Proverbially understood; bitterness, injustice and oppression. Leave off — Make to cease in your courts of judica...