Amos 5:7

wormwood. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 29:18).

leave off. in. cast down. to.

Related Commentaries of Amos 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ye who turn (d) judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (d) Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppres...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here the Prophet, after having inveighed against superstitions, comes to the second table of the law. The Prophets are sometimes wont to shake...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To wormwood, &c.— Into wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 a...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 th...
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...
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...
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...
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, implie...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 administr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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....
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 judgme...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The First Indictment On Israel ( Amos 5:7 ) Amos followed up his appeal to Israel to repent with a reminder of why they needed to repent. It was b...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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 Chr...
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 Isra...
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 t...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Israel's only Safety in Seeking the Lord
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, by perverting justice into a bitter wrong, and leave off righteousness in the earth, casting it down, trampling i...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ; Haba...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ye — Rulers and judges. Judgment — The righteous sentence of the law. To wormwood — Proverbially understood; bitterness, injustice and oppression....

⁷ Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Related Commentaries of Amos 5:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Amos 5:7