Amos 5:15 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 5:15

Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

KJV

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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Commentary

3 voices

Cyril of Alexandria

Commentary on Amos (444)

And again it signifies Ephraim, that is, the ten tribes. For as I have already said before, since Ephraim came from Joseph, for this reason he is also signified by his father's name.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

LETTER 79 (397)

Let us hurry to him in whom is that highest good, since he is goodness itself. He is the patience of Israel calling you to repentance, so you will not come to judgment but may receive the remission of sins. "Repent," he says. He is the one of whom the prophet Amos cries, "Seek you good." He is the highest good, for he needs nothing and abounds in all things. Well may he abound, for in him dwells bodily the fullness of divinity.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Hate . . . evil . . . love . . . good-- (Isa 1:16, 17; Ro 12:9). judgment in the gate--justice in the place where causes are tried. it may be that the Lord . . . will be gracious--so, "peradventure" (Ex 32:30).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׂנְאוּ־	sin.'u-	hate	H8130 →
רָע֙	ra'	evil	H7451 →
וְאֶ֣הֱבוּ	ve.'E.he.vu	and love	H157 →
ט֔וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
וְהַצִּ֥יגוּ	ve.ha.Tzi.gu	and set up	H3322 →
בַשַּׁ֖עַר	va.Sha.'ar	in the gate	H8179 →
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט	mish.Pat	justice	H4941 →
אוּלַ֗י	'u.Lai	perhaps	H194 →
יֶֽחֱנַ֛ן	ye.che.Nan	he will show favor to	H2603 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵֽי־	'e.lo.hei-	God of	H430 →
צְבָא֖וֹת	tze.va.'ot	hosts	H6635 →
שְׁאֵרִ֥ית	she.'e.Rit	[the] remnant of	H7611 →
יוֹסֵֽף׃ ס	yo.Sef	Joseph	H3130 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 12:9
Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
leads to
- Psalms 34:14
  Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 4:8
  Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.
- 1 Timothy 1:5
  The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.
- 1 John 3:18–20
  Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
Through
3 John 1:11
Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God.
leads to
- Isaiah 1:16–17
  Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
- Psalms 37:27
  Turn away from evil and do good, so that you will abide forever.
- Ephesians 5:1
  Be imitators of God, therefore, as beloved children,
Through
Psalms 97:10
Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
leads to
- Proverbs 8:13
  To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.