Amos 5:14

Amos 5:14

12 For I ^aknow your manifold transgressions
And your mighty sins:
^bAfflicting the just and taking bribes;
^cDiverting the poor from justice at the gate.

13 Therefore ^athe prudent keep silent at that time,
For it is an evil time.

14 Seek good and not evil,
That you may live;
So the Lord God of hosts will be with you,
^aAs you have spoken.

15 ^aHate evil, love good;
Establish justice in the gate.
^bIt may be that the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

The Day of the Lord

16 Therefore the Lord God of hosts, the Lord, says this:
“There shall be wailing in all streets,
And they shall say in all the highways,
‘Alas! Alas!’
They shall call the farmer to mourning,
^aAnd skillful lamenters to wailing.

17 In all vineyards there shall be wailing,
For ^aI will pass through you,”
Says the Lord.

18 ^aWoe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is ^bthe day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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and so—on condition of your "seeking good."

shall be with you, as ye have spoken—as ye have boasted; namely, that God is with you, and that you are His people (Micah 3:11).

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