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II. Prophetic messages that Amos delivered 1:3--6:14 >
B. Messages of Judgment against Israel chs. 3-6 >
3. The third message on injustice 5:1-17 >
Another call for individual repentance 5:14-15
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5:14 Again the prophet urged the Israelites to seek good rather than evil so they could live (cf. vv. 4-6). Then the sovereign, almighty Yahweh would truly be with them, as they professed He was even as they practiced their injustice (cf. Num. 23:21; Deut. 20:4; 31:8; Judg. 6:12; Isa. 8:10; Zeph. 3:15, 17). He would become their defender rather then their prosecutor.
5:15 They should hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the gate (a metonym for the courts). Perhaps then sovereign, almighty Yahweh would be gracious to the faithful remnant in the Northern Kingdom and deliver them.
