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Amos 5:16-26
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So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.
17
In all the vine-gardens there will be cries of grief: for I will go through among you, says the Lord.
18
Sorrow to you who are looking for the day of the Lord! what is the day of the Lord to you? it is dark and not light.
19
As if a man, running away from a lion, came face to face with a bear; or went into the house and put his hand on the wall and got a bite from a snake.
20
Will not the day of the Lord be dark and not light? even very dark, with no light shining in it?
21
Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.
22
Even if you give me your burned offerings and your meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: I will have nothing to do with the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
23
Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.
24
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
25
Did you come to me with offerings of beasts and meal offerings in the waste land for forty years, O Israel?
26
Truly, you will take up Saccuth your king and Kaiwan your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.
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Amos 5:16-26 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO AMOS 5
In this chapter the prophet exhorts Israel to hear his lamentation over them for their impending ruin, Am 5:1-3; nevertheless to seek the Lord, and all that is good; to forsake their idols, and repent of their sins, in hopes of finding mercy, and living comfortably; or otherwise they must expect the wrath of God for their iniquities, especially their oppression of the poor, Am 5:4-15; otherwise it would be a time of weeping and wailing, of darkness and distress, however they might harden or flatter themselves, or make a jest of it, Am 5:16-20; for all their sacrifices and ceremonial worship would signify nothing, so long as they continued their idolatry with them Am 5:21-26; and therefore should surely go into captivity, Am 5:27.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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