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The Poison of Injustice
Commentators explain that “turning justice to wormwood” is a powerful metaphor. Justice, which should be a source of social health and sweetness, was being transformed by Israel's leaders into something bitter and poisonous. Righteousness was not just neglected but actively “cast down to the earth” to be trampled underfoot.
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Amos
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Albert Barnes
On Amos 5:7
18th Century
Theologian
You who turn - Those whom he calls to seek God were people filled with all injustice, who turned the sweetness of justice into the bitternes…
Charles Ellicott
On Amos 5:7
19th Century
Bishop
It is placed after Amos 5:9 by Ewald, since Amos 5:7-8 stand in the Hebrew text without any connecting link. The holy thing “judgment” is perverted…
Charles Spurgeon
On Amos 5:6–7
19th Century
Preacher
Here you have another great truth—that, in order to seek God correctly, we must turn away from sin. All the ritualism in the world will not save us…
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John Calvin
On Amos 5:7
16th Century
Theologian
Here the Prophet, after having spoken strongly against superstitions, comes to the second table of the law. The Prophets are sometimes accustomed t…
John Gill
On Amos 5:7
17th Century
Pastor
You who turn judgment to wormwood
This seems to be spoken to kings and judges, as Aben Ezra and Kimchi observe; in whose hands…
Matthew Henry
On Amos 5:7–17
17th Century
Minister
The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of…