Amos 5:13

Therefore the maskil (prudent) shall keep silence in such times; 1 for it is an evil time. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12For I have da'as of your manifold peysha'im 1 and your mighty chattaim (sins); 1 they afflict the tzaddik, they take a bribe, 1 and they turn aside the poor in the sha'ar (gate, court) from their right. 1

14Seek tov, and not rah, 1 that ye may live; 1 and so Hashem Elohei Tzva'os shall be with you, 1 just as ye say He is. 1

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:36But the people held their peace, and answered him not a davar; for the mitzvat HaMelech was, saying, Answer him not.

Psalms 38:14But I, like a cheresh (deaf man), heard not; 1 and I was like a mute that openeth not his mouth. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:12For haAdam also hath no da'as of his et (time, hour); + 9:12 but see Yn 13:1; 8:20; 7:30; 2:4 regarding the Moshiachʼs knowledge of his hour as the dagim that are caught in a metzodah rah (evil net), and as the birds that are trapped in the pach (snare), so are the Bnei HaAdam snared in an et ra'ah (evil time), when it falleth suddenly upon them.

Isaiah 37:3And they said unto him, Thus saith Chizkiyah, This yom is a yom tzarah, and of tokhechah, and of ne'atzah; for the banim are come to the mashber, and there is not ko'ach to bring forth.

Amos 6:10And a manʼs relative shall take him up, and he that burieth him, to carry out the bones out of the bais, and shall say unto him still hiding inside, Is there yet any with thee? And he shall say, Not one. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue; for the Shem Hashem is not to be invoked. 1

Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a re'a, 1 put ye not confidence in an alluf (confidant); 1 keep the doors of thy mouth from her 1 that lieth in thy kheyk (bosom). 1

Matthew Henry on Amos 5:5-16

God's Message to Israel; The Aggravated Sins of Israel; Warnings and Exhortations; Exhortations and Encouragements. ( b. c. 790.) 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: 5 But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. 6 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. 7 Ye who… Read the whole commentary →

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