Amos 5:11
Because you trample down the poor 1 and take portions of wheat from him— 1 although you have built houses of worked stone, 1 you will not live in them. 1 You have delightful vineyards, 1 but you will not drink their wine. 1
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10They hate anyone who corrects them in the city gate, 1 and they abhor anyone who speaks the truth. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:16—if you do these things, then I will do this to you: I will inflict terror on you, diseases and fever that will destroy the eyes and will drain away your life. You will plant your seeds for nothing, because your enemies will eat their produce.
Deuteronomy 28:38You will take much seed out into the field, but will gather little seed in, for the locusts will consume it.
Isaiah 5:7For the vineyard of Yahweh of hosts is the house of Israel, 1 and the man of Judah his pleasant planting; 1 he waited for justice, but instead, there was killing; for righteousness, but, instead, a shout for help. 1
Isaiah 65:21They will build houses and inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 1
Hosea 9:2But the threshing floor and the winepress will not feed them; 1 the new wine will fail them. 1
Amos 3:15I will destroy the winter house 1 with the summer house. 1 The houses of ivory will perish, 1 and the large houses will vanish, 1 —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
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 →