Amos 5:15

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.””

— WEB

“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.”

— KJV

“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.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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Romans 12:9 "Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good."
3 John 1:11 "Beloved, don’t imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn’t seen God."
Joel 2:14 "Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God."
Psalms 97:10 "You who love Yahweh, hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked."
1 Thessalonians 5:21-22 "Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good."
Micah 5:7-8 "The remnant of Jacob will be among many peoples, like dew from Yahweh, like showers on the grass, that don’t wait for man, nor wait for t…"
Romans 8:7 "because the mind of the flesh is hostile towards God; for it is not subject to God’s law, neither indeed can it be."
Micah 5:3 "Therefore he will abandon them until the time that she who is in labor gives birth. Then the rest of his brothers will return to the chil…"

Commentary

Hate . . . evil . . . love . . . good-- (Isa 1:16-17; Rom 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" (Exo 32:30). Not that men are to come to God with an uncertainty whether or no He will be gracious: the expression merely implies the difficulty in the way, because of the want of true repentance on man's part, so as to stimulate the zealous earnestness of believers in seeking God (compare Gen 16:2; Joe 2:14; Act 8:22). the remnant of Joseph--(see Amo 5:6). Israel (represented by "Ephraim," the leading tribe, and descendant of Joseph) was, as compared to what it once was, now but a remnant, Hazael of Syria having smitten all the coasts from Jordan eastward, Gilead and Bashan, Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh (Kg2 10:32-33) [HENDERSON]. Rather, "the remnant of Israel that shall have been left after the wicked have been destroyed" [MAURER].

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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