take up. lift up as. burden.
lamentation. dirge.
house of Israel. See note on Amos 8:1.
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,...
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...
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 larg...
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...
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 intr...
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 l...
The Third Address 1-6. A lament, a warning, and an invitation. 7, 10-20 . Denunciation of injustice and oppression, with threats of pestilence a...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
We have here some sweet tokens that the Lord is coming forth in mercy as well as judgment. When the Lord laments over his people, this is a sign of g...
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...
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...
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...
Invitations and Warnings. B. C. 790. 1...
AMOS CHAPTER 5 A lamentation for Israel, Amos 5:1-3 . An exhortation to repentance, Amos 5:4-20 . God rejecteth their hypocritical service,...
Opening Lamentation. Amos Pronounces A Funeral Dirge Over Israel ( Amos 5:1-3 ). Amos now looks ahead into the future and proclaims a funeral dirg...
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 judgme...
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 ] T...
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 Isra...
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 mids...
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 t...
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 Isr...
Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord
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...
1 Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.