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Identity is Not a Shield
Commentators explain that the Israelites wrongly believed their status as God's chosen people guaranteed their safety. They desired the "Day of the Lord," presuming it meant victory for them. Amos warns that religious heritage or outward piety without genuine repentance is a false and dangerous security, as God's judgment is for the unrighteous, even those within His own covenant people.
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 5:18
18th Century
Theologian
Woe to you that desire – for yourselves.
The Day of the Lord – There were “mockers in those days” ([Reference 2 Peter…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 5:18
19th Century
Bishop
Desire the day of the Lord.— Expecting that day to bring you deliverance and judgments upon your enemies. It will bring the revers…
Charles Spurgeon
On Amos 5:18
19th Century
Preacher
The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light, for such as you, impenitent, unjust, graceless sinners. The day of the Lord will …
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John Calvin
On Amos 5:18
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet expresses here more fully what he briefly and obscurely touched upon regarding God's passing through the land. For he shows that the Is…
John Gill
On Amos 5:18
17th Century
Pastor
Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord Either the day of Christ's coming in the flesh, as Cocceius interprets it; a…
Matthew Henry
On Amos 5:18–27
17th Century
Minister
Woe to those who desire the day of the Lord's judgments, who wish for times of war and confusion���like some who long for changes, hoping to rise o…