Amos 5:2a| virgin| Jer. 18:13;| 31:4
Amos 5:4a| Seek| Amos 4:6;| 2|Chron. 15:2;| Isa. 55:6;| Jer. 29:13;| Zeph. 2:3
Amos 5:5b| Gilgal| Hosea 4:15
Amos 5:8a| makes| Job 9:9;| 38:31
Amos 5:8b| shadow| Job 12:22;| Psa. 107:14;| Matt. 4:16
Amos 5:8c| water| Gen. 7:11;| Amos 9:6
Amos 5:101| gate
| The place where the leading ones exercised judgment (Deut. 21:19; 22:15; Ruth 4:1-2).
Amos 5:11a| not| Deut. 28:30, 38-39;| Micah 6:15;| Zeph. 1:13;| cf. Luke 12:20
Amos 5:121| ransom
| I.e., the money paid for a life taken (cf. Num. 35:31).
Amos 5:181a| day| Isa. 5:19;| Jer. 17:15-16;| Ezek. 12:22, 27
| See note 151 in Joel 1.
Amos 5:20a| darkness| Isa. 13:10;| Joel 2:31;| Mark 13:24;| cf. Matt. 22:13
Amos 5:211a| feasts| Prov. 21:27;| Isa. 1:11-16;| Jer. 6:20
| On the one hand, the people of Israel were evil; on the other hand, they still worshipped God with feasts, solemn assemblies, offerings, and singing (vv. 21-23).
Amos 5:212| delight
| Lit., smell (sweetness).
Amos 5:241| justice
| Instead of Israel’s hypocritical worship, God wanted Israel to exercise justice and practice righteousness.
Amos 5:24a| river| Isa. 48:18;| 66:12
Amos 5:25a| Did| vv. 25-27: Acts 7:42-43
Amos 5:261| Sikkuth
| Understood by the Septuagint translators to read, tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Raiphan (i.e., Rompha), their images (cf. Acts 7:43).
Amos 5:27a| Beyond| 2|Kings 17:6