Let Justice Roll Down. Amos 5:16-27
“Prepare to Meet thy God, O Israel”
II. THE STATEMENT OF ISRAEL’S ACCUSATION, Amos 3-6
4.Religious Forms for Righteousness, Amo_5:1-27
Therefore, thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, “There is wailing in all the public plazas, And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’ And they call the farmers to mourning [for those who have died] And professional mourners to wailing.
“And in all vineyards there is wailing, For I will pass through your midst [in judgment],” says the LORD. [Exo_12:12]
LET JUSTICE ROLL DOWN
Woe (judgment is coming) to you who desire the day of the LORD [expecting rescue from the Gentiles]! Why would you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness (judgment) and not light [and rescue and prosperity];
It is as if a man runs from a lion [escaping one danger] And a bear meets him [so he dies anyway], Or goes home, and leans with his hand against the wall And a snake bites him.
Will not the day of the LORD be darkness, instead of light, Even very dark with no brightness in it?
“I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts, And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.
“Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.
“Take the noise of your songs away from Me [they are an irritation]! I shall not even listen to the melody of your harps.
“But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
“Did you bring Me sacrifices and grain offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? [Certainly not!]
You carried along your king Sikkuth and Kayyun [your man-made gods of Saturn], your images of your star-god which you made for yourselves [but you brought Me none of the appointed sacrifices].
Therefore, I will send you to go into exile far beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts. [Act_7:42-43]
A DARK DAY FOR HYPOCRITES
Mighty sins had been committed, and mighty judgments were at hand. The oppression of the poor, Amo_5:11; the erection of elegant dwellings from unrighteous exactions, Amo_5:11; the acceptance of bribes to betray the needy, Amo_5:12 all these must be reckoned with. But if the guilty nation would not seek God and establish judgment in the gate, where magistrates sat to dispense justice, the streets would be filled with wailing, and the husbandmen and vine-dressers would be equally affected by the widespread desolation as the dwellers in the cities.
Moreover, bad as Israel’s present condition was, it would become infinitely worse, as though a man fleeing from a lion rushed into the arms of a bear, or, taking refuge in a house, was stung by a serpent that lay hid in a cranny of the wall. Of what avail are religious rites, when the heart is alienated from God, Amo_5:21, etc.? Let us heed well the exhortation of Amo_5:23-24. The martyr Stephen quoted Amo_5:25-27, which accuse the people of carrying about little shrines and pocket-idols, to serve as amulets averting disaster, Act_7:43. But they might as well have built a bank of sand to arrest an overflowing flood! The one thing which is going to help us is repentance toward God and faith in our Savior Jesus Christ.
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