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Nowhere to Run
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse uses a powerful series of images—fleeing a lion into a bear, then escaping into a house only to be bitten by a serpent—to illustrate a single point: God's judgment on the unrepentant is inescapable. Trying to avoid one calamity will only lead to another, potentially worse, one. There is no safe haven or clever escape from the consequences of persistent sin.
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Amos
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 5:19
18th Century
Theologian
As if a man, did flee from a lion - The Day of the Lord is a day of terror on every side. Before and behind, without and within, ou…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 5:19
19th Century
Bishop
Your escape will be impossible. You will avoid one calamity, only to fall into a worse.
Charles Spurgeon
On Amos 5:19
19th Century
Preacher
From bad to worse go those who think to escape from present misery by plunging into the presence of God. The suicide is, of all fools, the greatest…
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John Calvin
On Amos 5:19
16th Century
Theologian
Here, what the Prophet had said before is expressed more clearly—that hypocrites can have no hope that the various changes which may take place wil…
John Gill
On Amos 5:19
17th Century
Pastor
As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him
That is, should the day of the Lord come as they desired, they would not …
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…