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Revision as of 11:29, 22 May 2012
The Old Testament > Amos > Chapters 5b-6 > Verses 5:18-27
Previous page: Chapters 5b-6 Next page: Verses 6:1-7
Contents
Outline and brief summary
The relationship of verses 5:18-27 to the rest of chapters 5b-6 is discussed at Amos 5b-6. Verses 5:18-27 can be outlined as follows:
- Woe to: those who trust in religious ceremony (5:18–27)
- a. woe to those who seek Day of Lord, they will be hurt by it (18-20)
- b. the Lord despises empty religious ceremony (21-23)
- b. the Lord seeks righteousness but finds idolatry (24-26)
- a. therefore you will go into captivity beyond Syria (27)
- a. woe to those who seek Day of Lord, they will be hurt by it (18-20)
It appears that Israelites were already familiar with the term "Day of the Lord" and saw it as a day in which the Lord would come out in judgment for Israel. Here Amos explains that even for Israel that day will be unpleasant if Israel is not righteous (5:18-20). In Amos 9:11-15 "that day" will be a day of light only to a cleansed remnant – and to righteous gentiles.
The Lord accepts religious ceremony only from those who “let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” (5:24). Moloch and Chiun were pagan gods. A nation "beyond Damascus" (5:27) easily describes Assyria which carried off the Northern Kingdom forty years later, or Babylon which carried off the Southern Kingdom another century after that. (Map). Because Israel has not been just and righteous, but has instead worshipped pagan gods, it will be carried off into captivity beyond Syria.
Detailed discussion
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Questions for further thought and study
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Footnotes
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