Hosea, Amos, Micah by Gary V. Smith

Author:Gary V. Smith
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Encyclopedias & Subject Guides, Reference, Old Testament, Criticism & Interpretation, Bible Study, Bible Study & Reference, Old Testament Study, Religion, Education, Sacred Writings, Religious Studies & Reference, Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), Commentaries, Guides, Christian Books & Bibles
ISBN: 0310206146
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2011-10-10T08:00:00+00:00

B Call to seek God and live (vv. 4–6)

C Accusations of no justice (v. 7)

D Hymn to Yahweh (vv. 8–9)

C’ Accusations of no justice (vv. 10–13)

B’ Call to seek God and live (vv. 14–15)

A Lament the death of the nation (vv. 16–17)

Commentators have derived different emphases in 5:1–17. (1) Some make the call to seek God and repent the main emphasis, treating the laments as mere warnings to bring the people back to God. (2) Others make the laments predominant and treat the calls to seek God as empty offers of hope because the nation’s destruction is already determined. (3) Still others refer the laments to the nation as a whole but apply the calls to seek God to the righteous remnant that will respond to the prophet’s message (5:14–15). This last alternative seems the best way to understand this passage because it maintains the validity of both the lament and the call to seek God.5 The prophet’s purpose is to convince the nation that things are so bad that God will soon bury its memory, but in the process he persuades a few responsive people to seek God and live.

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