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Amos 5:6-15

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletVI.15, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
bulletXII.13, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
bulletAn Address to Demetrianus -- Cyprian of Carthage (c. 252)
bulletJohn Calvin's Commentary on Amos: 
bullet Part 9
bulletPart 10
bulletPart 11
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Instead of judgment and fairness they execute cruelty and oppression."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary.
bullet"The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness."
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes.
bullet"The seven stars - A constellation, whose rising about September was usually accompanied with sweet showers. Orion - Which arising about November brings usually cold, rains and frosts intermixt very seasonable for the earth. The shadow of the earth - The greatest adversity into as great prosperity."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"As justice is sweet, so injustice is bitter to the injured. "Wormwood" is from a Hebrew root, to "execrate," on account of its noxious and bitter qualities"
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
bullet Amos 5:6-7, 10-15, Studies on Old Testament texts from Series B, Ralph W. Klein, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.
bullet "Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence," Resources for Prophetic Worship, Speaking to North Carolina Justice Issues, North Carolina Council of Churches, 2006.
bulletAmos 5:6-15 in Tim Bulkeley's Postmodern Bible. Text (printed & spoken in English and Hebrew), detailed commentary and discussion.
bullet"Pentecost 21B - Exegetical Notes on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15," Douglas MacCallum Lindsay Judisch, Concordia Theological Seminary (LCMS - Indiana).
bullet"To call the divine word mitzwah, then, is to summon its hearers and readers to faith in all its statements and life in accord with all its injunctions in force at any given time."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "We Believe in Divine Judgment," Georgia Harkness, Chapter 10 in Beliefs That Count, 1961. At Religion Online.
bullet"God is not only the Creator but he is also the Judge of all the earth. All men and nations stand before His judgment bar. The moral law and the Christian ethic judge both sinner and saint. Beyond all human laws, customs, and opinions there is one divine Law which remains absolute and unchanging. Men may break themselves and their civilizations upon that Law but the Law itself stands forever. The judgments of the Almighty are true and everlasting."
bullet"The Best for Our Family," by Desmond M. Tutu at The Living Pulpit.
bullet"We are active participants with God in the struggle for justice."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletdu Preeze, J., "Social Justice: Motive for the Mission of the Church," Journal of Theology for Southern Africa, 1985.
bulletO'Connor, Kathleen M., "Repentance in First-Person Plural," Journal for Preachers, 2008.
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bulletSmith, Gary V., "Amos 5:13: The Deadly Silence of the Prosperous," Journal of Biblical Literature, 1988.
bulletWicke, Donald W., "Two Perspectives (Amos 5:1-17)," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1986.
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bulletFine Arts Illustrations at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bulletAmos
bulletMovies Linked at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance, with the following themes:
bulletGreed
bulletProphet/Prophecy
bulletJustice/Injustice
bulletRepentance
bulletJudgment
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Amos