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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Amos 5

Chapter 5

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel.

Hear

3:1 4:1

I take

16 Jeremiah 7:29 9:10,17,20 Ezekiel 19:1,14 26:17 27:2,27-32 28:12 Ezekiel 32:2,16 Micah 2:4

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

virgin

Isaiah 37:22 Jeremiah 14:17 18:13 31:4 Lamentations 2:13

is fallen

2 Kings 15:29 17:16 Isaiah 3:8 Hosea 14:1

she shall

Isaiah 14:21 24:20 43:17 Jeremiah 51:64

she is

Jeremiah 4:20

none

7:2-5 9:11 Isaiah 51:17,18 Jeremiah 2:27 30:12-14 Lamentations 1:16-19 Ezekiel 16:36,37 Hosea 6:2

For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel.

The city

Deuteronomy 4:27 28:62 Isaiah 1:9 10:22 Ezekiel 12:16 Romans 9:27

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

Seek

6 Deuteronomy 30:1-8 1 Chronicles 28:9 2 Chronicles 15:2 20:3 34:3 Psalms 14:2 27:8 Isaiah 55:6,7 Jeremiah 29:12,13 Lamentations 3:25,26 Zephaniah 2:3 Matthew 7:8

and

Psalms 22:26 69:32 105:3,4 Isaiah 55:3

But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought.

seek

4:4 Hosea 4:15 9:15 10:14,15 12:11

Beer-sheba

8:14 Genesis 21:33

Gilgal

There is a paronomasia here, both on the letters and words: hag-gilgal galoh yigleh oovaith el yiheyeh le‰wen, "Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Beth-el (the house of God) shall come to nought," or Aven, i.e., Beth-aven, the house of iniquity.

and Beth-el

7:17 Leviticus 26:30-32 Deuteronomy 28:41 Hosea 4:15 10:8,15

come

Job 8:22 Psalms 33:10 Isaiah 8:10 29:20 1 Corinthians 1:28 2:6 Revelation 18:17

Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.

Seek

4 Ezekiel 33:11

lest

Exodus 22:6

the house

6:6 Genesis 48:8-20 Joshua 18:5 Judges 1:22,23 2 Samuel 19:20 1 Kings 11:28 Ezekiel 37:19 Zechariah 10:6

there

Isaiah 1:31 Jeremiah 4:4 7:20 Ezekiel 20:47,48 Mark 9:43-48

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

turn

11,12 6:12 Deuteronomy 29:18 Isaiah 1:23 5:7 10:1 59:13,14 Hosea 10:4 Habakkuk 1:12-14

leave

Psalms 36:3 125:5 Ezekiel 3:20 18:24 33:12,13,18 Zephaniah 1:6

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:

maketh

Job 9:9 38:31,32

and turneth

Job 12:22 38:12,13 Psalms 107:10-14 Matthew 4:16 Luke 1:79

maketh

4:13 8:9 Exodus 10:21-23 14:24-28 Psalms 104:20 105:28 Isaiah 59:10

that calleth

9:6 Genesis 7:11-20 1 Kings 18:44,45 Job 37:13 38:34

The Lord

4:13

That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

strengtheneth

2 Kings 13:17,25 Jeremiah 37:10 Hebrews 11:34

spoiled

Heb. spoil.

They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

hate

7:10-17 1 Kings 18:17 21:20 22:8 2 Chronicles 24:20-22 25:16 36:16 Proverbs 9:7,8 Isaiah 29:21 Jeremiah 20:7-10 John 7:7 15:19,22-24 Revelation 11:10

abhor

Jeremiah 17:16,17 John 3:20 8:45-47

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

treading

4:1 Isaiah 5:7,8 59:13,14 Micah 2:2 3:1-3 James 2:6 Revelation 11:8-10

ye have built

Deuteronomy 28:30,38,39 Isaiah 65:21,22 Micah 6:15 Zephaniah 1:13 Haggai 1:6

pleasant vineyards

Heb. vineyards of desire.

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

I know

Deuteronomy 31:21 Isaiah 66:18 Jeremiah 29:23 Hebrews 4:12,13

manifold

2 Kings 17:7-17 Isaiah 47:9

they afflict

2:6,7,16 Acts 3:13,14 7:52 James 5:4,6

take

1 Samuel 8:3 Psalms 26:9,10 Isaiah 1:23 33:15 Micah 3:11 7:3

bribe

or, ransom. and they.

2:7 Isaiah 10:2 29:21 Lamentations 3:34 Malachi 3:5

in the

10 Deuteronomy 16:18 Ruth 4:1 Job 29:7-25 31:21 Proverbs 22:22

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

the prudent

6:10 Ecclesiastes 3:7 Isaiah 36:21 Hosea 4:4 Micah 7:5-7 Matthew 27:12-14

an evil

Ecclesiastes 9:12 Isaiah 37:3 Micah 2:3 Habakkuk 3:16 Zephaniah 2:2,3 Ephesians 5:15,16 6:13 2 Timothy 3:1

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

Psalms 34:12-16 Proverbs 11:27 Isaiah 1:16,17 55:2 Micah 6:8 Matthew 6:33 Romans 2:7-9

and so

3:3 Genesis 39:2,3,23 Exodus 3:12 Joshua 1:9 1 Chronicles 28:20 2 Chronicles 15:2 Psalms 46:11 Isaiah 8:10 Matthew 1:23 28:20 Philippians 4:8,9 2 Timothy 4:22

as

Numbers 16:3 Isaiah 48:1,2 Jeremiah 7:3,4 Micah 3:11

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Hate

Psalms 34:14 36:4 37:27 97:10 119:104 139:21,22 Romans 7:15,16,22 8:7 Romans 12:9 1 Thessalonians 5:21,22 3 John 1:11

establish

10,24 6:12 2 Chronicles 19:6-11 Psalms 82:2-4 Jeremiah 7:5-7

it may

Exodus 32:30 2 Samuel 16:12 1 Kings 20:31 2 Kings 19:4 Joel 2:14 Jonah 3:9

the remnant

6 2 Kings 13:7 14:26,27 15:29 Jeremiah 31:7 Micah 2:12 5:3,7,8

Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

the Lord

27 3:13

Wailing

8:10 Isaiah 15:2-5,8 22:12 Jeremiah 4:31 9:10,18-20 Joel 1:8,11,14 Micah 1:8 2:4 Revelation 18:10,15,16,19

such

Jeremiah 9:17-19

And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD.

in

Isaiah 16:10 32:10-12 Jeremiah 48:33 Hosea 9:1,2

I will

Exodus 12:12,23 Joel 3:17 Nahum 1:12,15 Zechariah 9:8

Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.

desire

Isaiah 5:19 28:15-22 Jeremiah 17:15 Ezekiel 12:22,27 Malachi 3:1,2 2 Peter 3:4

the day of the Lord is

Isaiah 5:30 9:19 24:11,12 Jeremiah 30:7 Joel 1:15 2:1,2,10,31 Zephaniah 1:14,15 Malachi 4:1 2 Peter 3:10

As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

As if

They should go from one evil to another.

9:1,2 1 Kings 20:29,30 Job 20:24,25 Isaiah 24:17,18 Jeremiah 15:2,3 Jeremiah 48:43,44 Acts 28:4

Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?

darkness

Job 3:4-6 10:21,22 Isaiah 13:10 Ezekiel 34:12 Nahum 1:8 Matthew 22:13 Jude 1:13 Revelation 16:10

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

hate

Proverbs 15:8 21:27 28:9 Isaiah 1:11-16 66:3 Jeremiah 6:20 7:21-23 Hosea 8:13 Matthew 23:14

I will

Genesis 8:21 Leviticus 26:31 Ephesians 5:2 Philippians 4:18

smell in your solemn assemblies

or, smell your holy days.

Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

offer

Psalms 50:8-13 Isaiah 66:3 Micah 6:6,7

peace offerings

or, thank offerings.

4:4,5 Leviticus 7:12-15 Psalms 50:14,23 107:21,22 116:17

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

the noise

6:5 8:3,10

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

let

7,14,15 Job 29:12-17 Proverbs 21:3 Hosea 6:6 Micah 6:8 Mark 12:32-34

run

Heb. roll.

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Leviticus 17:7 Deuteronomy 32:17-19 Joshua 24:14 Nehemiah 9:18,21 Isaiah 43:23,24 Ezekiel 20:8,16,24 Hosea 9:9,10 Zechariah 7:5 Acts 7:42,43

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

the tabernacle of your Moloch

or, Siccuth your king.

Leviticus 18:21 20:2-5 1 Kings 11:33 2 Kings 23:12,13

Milcom

Verse 27

Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts.

beyond

2 Kings 15:29 17:6 Acts 7:43

whose

4:13